Archives du jour : samedi 14 février 2015

2013 Franchise Forecast: Going Strong  The IFA, a Washington D.C.-based advocacy organization, recently released a first quarter update to its economic outlook, which notes that franchise businesses « are expected to employ 8.3 million people in the U.S. by the end of this year and generate $802 billion in revenue. » Quick-service restaurant […]

Restaurant Closing Time: A Moving Target? When does a restaurant really close? In a classic case of « we said, they said, » a San Francisco quick-serve restaurateur contacted Inside Scoop at SFGate with a conundrum about how to handle late-arriving diners and perceptions of « closing time. » After an incident where diners […]

Crucial Considerations Before Purchasing a Cash Drawer Point of Sale News has a thorough primer on cash drawer considerations in which they explore all the major factors to help business owners choose the right drawers tailored to their needs: cost; space requirements; durability, reliability, and length of warranty; manual or […]

SXSWi: Timely Trends in Restaurant Tech A report from Food Fanatics relates the restaurant industry’s hottest digital and mobile tech tools trending at the recent South By Southwest Interactive Conference in Austin, Texas. « Mobile technology has changed the way consumers experience your restaurant—from how they discover it to how they […]