Family Casual Dining

The two-hundred-unit restaurant chain has implemented Radiant's Aloha and hardware across many locations in 2011 to drive efficiency and increase customer convenience.

In-restaurant mobile payment system, created in conjunction with PayPal, allows customers visiting the 370-unit UK chain the ability to pay for meals, view menus and more.

Are rising food costs and labor costs eating away at your profitability? Family Sports Concepts, franchisor for all 212 Beef 'O' Brady's restaurants, reveals how it was able to keep track of financial performance and troubleshoot areas where costs were getting out of line.

Hospitality venues are investing in new technology, as well as powerful wireless networks to handle greater data volumes and increasing demands for high-speed access from the customer and mobile workforce.

New features of Version 17 include: split check capabilities, real-time alerts, support for real-time inventory counters, and integration with the Linea-pro 4 Magnetic Card reader from Infinite Peripherals.

It is believed that Lafrance Hospitality's credit and debit system was breached electronically beginning in February.

Custom Facebook application enables guests, 21 and over, to buy up to five beers by "liking" the Friday's fan page and placing an order through the custom tab.

Coming federal regulations include a provision that creates a national, uniform nutrition-disclosure standard for restaurants. Firehouse Subs and Au Bon Pain discuss the technologies that are helping them pro-actively meet the new regulations.