Fall is in full swing and the days are getting shorter. However, there’s no shortage of restaurant tech news. For the month of September, four of the five most read restaurant stories on Hospitality Technology are case studies for best practices at their core. These stories, including the MURTEC Breakthrough Award Winners announcement, detail restaurant operators’ best practices for marketing off-premise sales, staff training, online ordering, data integration and more. Here are the 5 most read restaurant stories from Hospitality Technology.
5. Shift Happens: 3 Ways Tech is Revolutionizing the Restaurant Workforce
Finding staff is hard. Finding skilled staff is even harder. This feature from the August issue of Hospitality Technology details how restaurants are using tech to onboard, train and retain employees.
4. Olive Garden’s Take-Home Deals Drive Off-Premise Sales
No delivery? No problem! Sometimes all you need is a good marketing promo to get customers in the door. Olive Garden’s buy-one-take-one promo strikes the right balance – and boosts both dine-in and carry-out sales.
3. What Rampant Consolidation in Restaurant Tech Means for Operators
This article by restaurant technology entrepreneur Christopher Sebes is not only a good recap of recent mergers and acquisitions, but is also a good forecast where the restaurant tech industry is headed and how operators can best prepare for the tech changes to come.
2. Hospitality Technology Announces 2019 MURTEC Breakthrough Award Winners
MURTEC Breakthrough Awards recognize restaurant tech success stories. This year, HT had a record number of entries! The three winning restaurant operators, listed here, will be honored at MURTEC Executive Summit in Scottsdale, Ariz., Oct. 28-30.
1. Red Robin Eyes Tech Solutions to Capture Delivery Data
As restaurant operators partner with third-party delivery providers at breakneck speed, the question remains, how are the orders being integrated into the POS? There’s not a one-sized-fits-all approach. This story about Red Robin’s plan to capture the customer delivery data was the most-read restaurant story on HT during the month of September.
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