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New restaurant equipment and back-of-the-house technology

Famous Dave’s lifts the napkin off its delivery-only concept

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 26, 2018

COO Geovannie Concepcion reveals more details about casual dining's latest scaled-down venture.

3 game-changing resolutions

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 17, 2017

Fate has me of drafting New Year’s resolutions for the whole restaurant industry. I don’t have to tell you how much reform the business needs in 2017.

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10 books restaurant operators should be reading

By Benita Gingerella on Mar. 15, 2017

Expand your industry knowledge with these bookshelf staples.

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Talking Trash: Waste Reduction Systems

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 07, 2007

The recent spike in gasoline prices not only affects the cost of restaurant deliveries—it also impacts the price of what is taken away.

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Down the hatch

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 01, 2011

Drinks—whether potent or soft, cold or hot—hold some of the biggest profit potential for any operation. The newest beverage dispensing systems aim to serve drinks faster, more profitably and at just the right temperature for peak flavor.

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Hardly uniform

By Tom O'Brien on May 01, 2014

According to the NRA, the look of a uniform can play a key role in staff pride and performance, and more restaurant concepts are seeking employee input.

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7 big trends from the restaurant equipment show

By Sara Rush Wirth on Feb. 15, 2017

While the industry may be slow to adopt ultra high-tech advances such as robots, there's innovation happening on the equipment front, with suppliers trying to make running a restaurant easier.

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