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A COLLOQUY-DMA survey results show the average social media spend for marketers whose primary objective is to obtain customer loyalty was $88,000 last year, compared to $53,000 for brand awareness and $30,000 for customer acquisition.

Dairy Queen, Carl's Jr., and Buffalo Wings & Rings are among those operators topping point of sale headlines this month. Meanwhile, new solutions from the vendor community focused on encryption, payroll processing modules and more.

The HyperSafe Secure EFTSec Server 2.0 point-to-point payment data encryption system encrypts cardholder data during transaction processing, starting at the payment terminal and ending at a trusted point where the data is decrypted.

Agency releases documents that outline steps to help chain restaurants comply with new federal nutrition labeling requirements.

MURTEC, 'The Gold Standard Restaurant Technology Event,' returns to Las Vegas this March with an agenda designed around the theme: "The Integrated Enterprise: Aligning Technology Initiatives with Business Objectives."

This fall, the Restaurant Executive Summit will offer technology, finance, operations and marketing professionals a venue for fostering cross-departmental innovation.

Although the new versions will not introduce any new major requirements, they will include a number of key updates and clarifications.

Users can create or edit asset information, manage shipments and returns, and retire inoperative hardware to the virtual Junkyard.