Industry Headlines from FSR magazine

  • QSR Automations Debuts Guest Management App [05-16-2013]

    QSR Automations, a provider of in-store, online, and mobile technology solutions for restaurant businesses worldwide, will debut the DineTime solution at the 2013 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show (NRA), held May 18 to 21 in Chicago.  Featured at NRA along with...

  • NRA Teams Up With Mopro to Offer Online Business Building [05-15-2013]

    The National Restaurant Association (NRA) is announcing an official partnership with digital media company Mopro, an organization with extensive expertise in helping restaurants build their businesses online.

    “We all know the impact the Internet has had on the restaurant industry,...

  • Industry Vets Come Together to Grow Wild Wing Café [05-15-2013]

    Wild Wing Café, the brand that lives by the motto “Where Great Food Rocks,” announced an aggressive franchising strategy. Details on the planned growth come after 18 months of strategic preparation for this moment.

  • LiveWall Creates Vertical Gardens for Restaurants [05-15-2013]

    Vertical gardens, or plants on walls, can offer a cost-effective opportunity for restaurants to improve nutrition, meal taste, and prestige. 

    By providing a convenient method for growing and harvesting produce, owners and managers can provide their chefs with low-cost fresh herbs and...

  • Alaska Fisherman to Bring In Estimated 179M Fish This Summer [05-15-2013]

    The summer harvest season for wild Alaska salmon officially opens on May 16, with a projected harvest of 179 million fish.

    Should the harvest reach this prediction, 2013 will mark the eighth-largest Alaska salmon season on record and a 40 percent increase from last year’s catch of...

  • Restaurant Equippers to Open Equipment Warehouse in Philly [05-15-2013]

    Restaurant Equippers has announced plans to open its third warehouse store this summer to serve the Northeast region of the country.  

    The Columbus, Ohio–based company has begun construction on the 40,000-square-foot state-of-the-art store at The Point in Pennsauken, New Jersey...

  • How Austin's Kerbey Lane Cafe Saved Time and Money [05-13-2013]

    Diverse, adventurous, socially conscious, fun—Kerbey Lane Cafe embodies what's best about Austin, Texas. They opened the first store in a small house on Kerbey Lane in 1980 when they sensed a market for affordable food cooked with fresh, locally grown ingredients. Still today, they...

  • Thirtieth Annual Copper River Salmon Season Set for Kick-Off [05-13-2013]

    At 7am on Thursday, May 16th, fishermen will reel their nets into the water to officially kick off the 2013 Copper River salmon season. Each year, salmon lovers worldwide anticipate the first harvest of Copper River kings and sockeyes and the first tastes of fresh wild Alaska salmon.

  • National Restaurant Association's Top Lobbyist Receives Honor [05-13-2013]

    National Restaurant Association executive vice president of policy and government affairs Scott DeFife has been named a “Top Lobbyist” by Washington-based news publication CEO Update, which featured a select group of lobbyists for their major victories -- both on the congressional...

  • European-style Stella Artois Cidre is Coming to the U.S. [05-10-2013]

    Stella Artois, the best-selling Belgian beer in the world, is introducing Stella Artois Cidre to the surging U.S. cider market.

    Stella Artois Cidre is a crisp, distinctive European-style cider made with apples hand-picked from wine-growing regions. Initially it will be available...