Top Back of House News

Upserve Acquires SimpleOrder to Streamline Back of House

With food costs accounting for 28 to 35 percent of gross sales, tightly managing back-of-house management can make or break restaurant profitability. But unlike some restaurateurs who consider this to be the cost of doing business, Upserve sees it as an area ripe for innovation. Upserve has acquired inventory management solution SimpleOrder to become Upserve […]

The Howard Company to Feature Interactive Order Kiosk Demo at NRA Show

Continuing in its commitment to provide business partners with products that enhance the customer experience, The Howard Company will demonstrate their new interactive digital kiosk at the 2018 National Restaurant Show in Chicago. NRA Show guests will have the opportunity to explore this new item May 19-22 in booth #5401 on the main floor in the McCormick […]

Penn Station East Coast Subs Honored for Its Training Initiatives

Penn Station East Coast Subs has been named a 2018 Training Top 125 company by Training magazine. This is the second year in a row that Penn Station has made the list. The company moved up from No. 90 in 2017 to No. 78 this year. “It’s an honor to once again be recognized on […]

Madden Communications Joins as GlobalShop Sponsor

The GlobalShop 2018 Tradeshow & Conference, the nation’s largest annual gathering for the retail design and shopper marketing community, announced Madden as the official sponsor of the GlobalShop conference program. GlobalShop takes place March 27-29, 2018, in Chicago at the McCormick Place Convention Center. GlobalShop has been hard at work curating a conference program ensuring […]

Raising Cane’s Looks to Boost Supply Chain

ArrowStream, Inc., a supply chain innovator that combines expertise in data science and analytics to improve the way supply chains perform, announced that Raising Cane’s, the popular Louisiana-based restaurant company known for its ONE LOVE—quality chicken finger meals, has licensed ArrowStream’s market-leading OnDemand software to better manage food spend, inventory, and auditing with its suppliers […]

NRA Show Report: 11 Can’t-Miss Products

Didn’t make it out to this year’s National Restaurant Association Show? Got lost in the crowd of nearly 70,000 attendees? Not to worry. We have you covered with 11 of the coolest finds from the floor. From kitchen equipment to cold brew coffee, here are some of the standout products that could take your restaurant […]