Full Service
January 30, 2020
The labor crisis was one of the biggest stories for the casual dining segment in 2019. But the arrival of the new decade doesn’t mean that this narrative is going away any time soon. Minimum wage inflation is extending beyond coastal states. What exacerbates this problem further is the fact that the unemployment rate remains at its lowest in the last 50 years. Yet restaurants are now growing at twice […]
January 23, 2020
Welcome Daniel! Here’s your favorite appetizer and a sample of something new. As the saying goes, sooner or later, everything old is new again. Being welcomed to a restaurant as a “regular”—whose preferences and habits are well known—used to be the norm for many diners. I still remember the times when being greeted by name at your neighborhood diner was the norm. Then, with the advent of large casual chains […]
January 17, 2020
“The casual dining restaurant’s deal with the tabletop tech provider is aimed at better tracking ordering behaviors and is part of the company’s strategy to boost customization. Chili’s wants to remember your order. Through a partnership with Presto, a front-of-house technology firm, it is hoping to be able to do just that and more. The casual chain will soon roll out [Presto Pay At Table] across its 1,250 restaurants, collecting […]
January 13, 2020
Chili’s will deploy the industry-leading Presto Pay-At-Table solution at all its restaurants across the U.S. Presto, the restaurant industry’s leading end-to-end technology platform, has been selected by Brinker International, Inc. as the exclusive provider of its next generation guest-facing pay-at-table solutions. Designed to provide a superior guest experience and more powerful payment technology, the Presto pay-at-table systems are scheduled to be deployed across most of Chili’s® Grill & Bar 1,250 […]
January 8, 2020
We can learn a thing or two from restaurants abroad. And we’re not just talking about more exotic dishes and limited edition Starbucks drinks. Pay-At-Table solutions have gradually seen more adoption by US restaurants in recent years. But tableside payments have existed in Europe, Canada, and other countries for much longer. Using wireless terminals or mobile POS devices to pay at the table in Europe has been the norm since […]