COVID-19 hitting food truck operators hard on financial front

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

The coronavirus pandemic, which is prompting the closing of public events and outdoor festivals, is prompting the shuttering of food trucks and big loss of…

Buying a food truck: Tips, insight and what to know beforehand

by Richard Traylor — Writer, WebstaurantStore

This is part one of a two-part series on what food truck operators need to know ahead of buying that first food truck. We'll cover everything from costs to the…

Leveraging technology to manage restaurant labor costs

Labor can make or break a restaurant, being the one variable that exists in all facets of a restaurant’s core functionality and a top concern among managers…

New financial reporting system standardizes languages, currencies

October 21, 2019

Restaurant analytics company, Revenue Management Solutions, has launched an SaaS application called metiRi that gathers, consolidates, standardizes and…

XtraChef raises $7.5M for recruitment, product roadmap advancement

May 30, 2019

Cloud-based restaurant management platform provider xtraChef has closed on $7.5 million dollars in Series A funding and plans to use the money to drive growth…

Survey: Minimum wage rules significantly impacting restaurants, hospitality venues

April 11, 2019

Minimum wage mandates are having a significant impact on restaurants and the hospitality industry with 45% experiencing a labor cost rise of 3% to 9%.

Volition Capital put $12.5 million in PlayerLync

November 1, 2018

Mobile content learning and performance management platform, PlayerLync, secured $12.5 million in growth financing for the purpose of marketing, additional…

Salt Lake City food truck wins $10K in Food Network contest

October 26, 2018

Daysha Filipe, operator of The Salty Pineapple, a Hawaiian barbecue food truck, recently won $10,000 and the opportunity to expand her business during an…

West African food truck concept wins competition, startup financing

June 8, 2018

Tacitus Bailey-Yabani, operator of a store in Muskegon, Michigan, that sells West African merchandise and food, has won $5,000 to jump-start his plan to open a…

Kitchen Fund invests in Curry Up Now

October 31, 2017

Kitchen Fund, a restaurant investor that provides financial capital and operational expertise to emerging restaurant brands, has invested an undisclosed sum in…

Restaurant biz down, but not as bad as it looks

October 13, 2017

Ever since Hurricanes Harvey and Irma roared through most of the nation's southern regions, analysts and others have been itching for numbers on the storms…

How to avoid disputes in the franchisor-franchisee partnership

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Attorney Brian Schnell of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP offers up advice and tips on how potential franchise operators and franchisors can sidestep common disputes…

CONNECT Summit to tackle mobile technology's impact on restaurants, retail

Jayson Tipp, Nikki Baird among the keynote speakers for the fourth annual executive event.