Restaurant

A cultural and ethnic melting pot, Hawaii is known for its fresh food and delicious recipes. Ono Hawaiian BBQspecializes in bringing Hawaiian spirit to the mainland with its unique dishes and inviting atmosphere.

Southwest Deli Group, which also operates under the name McAlister’s Deli, is on the rise in the quick service restaurant scene. Now serving up tasty sandwiches, salads and spuds in over 400 locations in 28 states, Southwest Deli Group prides itself on its friendly and reliable service which they call genuine hospitality.

Artificial intelligence or “A.I.” is coming, but it isn’t quite what you think it is. While the Hollywood-driven narrative about machine overlords or scheming supercomputers is entertaining, and might convince you that it’s time to start stocking the basement with bottled water and weapons, the reality will be much more incremental and less dramatic.

Today’s big data-driven marketplace only has room for the fittest. It sounds a little scary— I know. And for a long time, mastering the art of accurate and effective number-crunching was no small feat. Over the last decade, machine learning has grown and matured from a flashy high-tech tool to a business essential. But too many retailers still fail to acknowledge the incredibly positive impact artificial intelligence (AI) and big data can have on their businesses and are suffering as a result of their sluggishness.

With nearly 50 locations spanning the East Coast and the Midwest, Wings Etc. is the ultimate family-friendly and overall fun sports bar, serving award-winning wings, cold beer and great vibes. Founded in 1994 in Indiana, the restaurant chain offers a full-service grill and pub with a relaxed atmosphere that has successfully competed with even the biggest sports bar chains.

Big data, analytics and the Internet of Things are creeping into all aspects of business operations these days from staffing and inventory management to real estate and social media strategy. Many franchisors are finding it is time to jump on the trend or risk getting left behind.

TAMPA, Fla. (May 10, 2017) — SiteZeus®, the leading location intelligence platform for restaurants and retailers, has added Black Box Intelligence, a TDn2K company, to its data pipeline. The new partnership will offer valuable information and actionable insights to restaurant brands of all kinds.

Did you miss “Man vs. Machine” at this year’s Restaurant Leadership Conference? In case you did, we’ve put this video recap together, filled with golden nuggets from the industry’s best. That includes leaders from INRIX, Restaurant Magic, Epson, and SiteZeus.

Called the “Sexiest job of the year” by the Harvard Business Review and listed as the number-one best job in America on Glassdoor’s most desirable jobs list for 2016, data scientists are here and in high demand. The postings for such job positions on hiring sites like LinkedIn read like a who’s-who of CPG and QSR: Starbucks, Arby’s, General Mills, Miller Coors, Kohl’s, Macys, and the list goes on.

Join us at this year’s Restaurant Leadership Conference, on April 10th at 2:15pm – Grand Sonoran C. We’ll be kicking off the conference at our breakout session, where Tyler Carlson, VP of Sales at SiteZeus, will be running a panel session with Keenan Baldwin, Co-CEO & Co-Founder of SiteZeus, Steven Roberts Founder & President of Restaurant Magic, and Kevin Foreman GM for GeoAnalytics with INRIX, Inc. We’ll be taking a deeper dive into the challenges facing the restaurant industry…

Cutting-edge technology and brick-and-mortar retailers have never gotten along perfectly. The relationship is complicated, but it can be incredibly harmonious — despite the knee-jerk opposition of many retailers to things like online shopping, mobile apps, bluetooth beacons, and now big data. Business owners who reject these ideas are often left behind as the natural selection of capitalism demands better, smarter, and cheaper strategies. But what about those who embrace these revolutionary technologies? This is where we see an elegant integration of ancient and modern, providing customers with the best of both worlds: the familiarity and convenience of brick-and-mortar retail, enhanced by the actionable and dynamic insights provided by machine learning.

Today’s consumers expect the same level of simplicity for online retail, as they do for dinner. As a result, food delivery services have exploded in popularity and have now grown large enough to impact the industry that they serve…