Restaurants

February's retail sales beat analysts' expectations for a second straight month, as retail sales showed surprising growth. While there is some growth in consumer spending, it remains to be seen whether this trend will continue.

The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association enters into a partnership with HotSchedules to provide its member with monthly discounts to use the tech vendor's web-based labor management solutions.

Designed to empower consumers in retail, hospitality, and banking applications, the latest website from Edgell Communications, NextGenSelfService, provides end users and resellers with information on kiosks, digital signage, POS systems, and other self-service technologies.

According to a recent study released by the IHL Group, purchases of POS terminals that run on Microsoft Windows operating systems are up nearly 5 percent from last year.

The Back Bay Restaurant Group, Inc. announces a three-year contract with Vendor Safe to deliver PCI Managed Security Services to Back Bay's corporate headquarters and restaurants at MURTEC 2009.

Web-enabled labor management solutions from HotSchedules can improve restaurant communications, employee retention and reduce labor costs.

Management for the KRM Restaurant Group attributes its success in training managers for restaurant expansion to QSR's Kitchen Automation Solution. Plans to extend the solution across all fourteen 54th Street Grill & Bar restaurants are in the works.

Cumberland Farms and Spacenet sign a contract to upgrade the satellite network in 500 locations to support improved performance for web-based and back-office applications including credit/debit card authorization, POS polling, HR software and inventory tracking.