A New Survey Confirms Off-Premises Prominence
Spend time in the restaurant journalism ecosphere and you will still find the occasional skeptic about off-premises operations. Those sales can’t continue to grow, can they? The results from the 2025 Off-Premises Restaurant Trends Report by the National...
Eavesdropping at the National Restaurant Association Show
To get to the action at the National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show, you take an escalator to the third floor of the South Building at McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. Entering the floor feels like entering Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. It’s a world...
Voice AI Steals the Spotlight at National Restaurant Association Show
As I wandered through the technology-packed aisles of the National Restaurant Association food show last weekend, one standout star stole the spotlight among hundreds of vendors: sleek display screens sporting AI-powered voice ordering. Amid rising labor costs and...
BentoBox Restaurant Study Points to Latest “New Normal”
BentoBox has released its 2021 Restaurant Trend Report showing how the restaurant delivery industry has evolved over the last year through the lens of its 7,500 restaurant partners. The findings point to rising operating and real estate costs, rapid ghost kitchen...
Outstanding Operators
Food On Demand Outstanding Operators features restaurant brands with innovative operations that are taking creative paths to success with delivery and all things off-premises.