Black Box Intelligence
MAY 21, 2025
Out of the Box: April 2025 In This Issue: The Big Picture: Sales and Traffic Trends April 2025 Restaurant Industry Performance Trends In Detail Segment Focus Fast Casual: Current Performance Trends 1.1% Comp Sales -1.5% Comp Traffic April 2025 Restaurant Industry Trends The Big Picture: Sales and Traffic Trends From a headline perspective, April was a relatively good month for restaurants.
Restaurant Business
MAY 21, 2025
A Deeper Dive: Michelle Korsmo, CEO of the National Restaurant Association, joins the restaurant finance podcast to talk about tariffs, immigration and the state of the restaurant business.
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Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 21, 2025
Operational efficiency is paramount in restaurants. From the front-of-house ensuring a pleasant dining experience to the kitchen crew keeping up with orders and maintaining sanitized facilities, every process needs to run smoothly. Even minor disruptions can impact the entire team and the diner experience. Investing in a reliable restaurant hot water system is crucial to avoid such disruptions and ensure consistent access to hot water when needed.
Restaurant Business
MAY 21, 2025
Black Box Intelligence (BBI), one of the restaurant industrys most trusted names in performance data and analytics, last month acquired Yumpingo, a leading guest experience management platform.This strategic move is set to reshape how restaurants manage their operations and customer experience delivering deeper insights and faster, smarter decision-making.The acquisition is a critical milestone in BBIs broader vision: building the AI Command Center for Restaurants a centralized intelligence hu
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EATER
MAY 21, 2025
Makubi Safari Camp While operators have historically served Western cuisines, a handful of modern safaris are offering local cuisines and native ingredients to immerse guests fully in their stunning surroundings A safari in Africa is about more than wildlife encounters. Its an immersion into the histories, cultures, and landscapes of the host nations.
Restaurant Business
MAY 21, 2025
The fast-food giant plans to target late-night diners this summer, with the vast majority of its restaurants open until midnight or later.
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Restaurant Business
MAY 21, 2025
The fast-casual chain is moving into new locations, formats and markets amid a growth push to diversify the portfolio and meet guests where they are.
Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 21, 2025
Chef Jacob Yoder’s right forearm carries an inside joke that every cook instantly understands – a 22-quart Cambro inked with the word “leaky” in the style of a Sharpie scrawl, top photo. The tattoo is a nod to one of the kitchen’s most infamous yet indispensable tools, a storage container that somehow never quite holds liquid but still earns its place in the lineup. “Even though it can’t do what it’s supposed to, it’s still useful,” sai
SpotOn
MAY 21, 2025
Last year , AI dominated the conversation. This year, it finally showed up to do the work. At the 2025 National Restaurant Association Show , one thing became clear: restaurant tech is entering a new era. We’re no longer in the hype cycle. Operators aren’t looking for the flashiest demo or the trendiest buzzword. They want results. They want technology that solves real problems and makes life easier behind the line.
Restaurant Technology Guys
MAY 21, 2025
Introduction to Krish and His Mission In the bustling world of hospitality, maintaining operational efficiency while ensuring a seamless guest experience is an ongoing challenge. That’s where Know.AI steps in, spearheaded by its visionary founder and CEO, Krish Sridhar. With a mission to transform every frontline worker into a superhero, Know.
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EATER
MAY 21, 2025
Maroon, a modern Caribbean steakhouse from the James Beard winner, brings bold diasporic flavors and live-fire cooking to the Sahara in 2025
Chowly
MAY 21, 2025
Key Takeaways 2025 National Restaurant Association Show Recap Cost-Cutting, AI, and Smarter Tech The 2025 National Restaurant Association Show made one thing clear: independent restaurant operators are done juggling disconnected systems. With rising food costs, policy uncertainty, and tech fatigue top of mind, restaurants are looking for leaner, smarter, all-in-one platforms to drive resultswithout adding workload.
EATER
MAY 21, 2025
Japan-based chain Sushi Zanmai will open in Koreatowns Chapman Market
Restaurant Business
MAY 21, 2025
The Bottom Line: Data from Technomic shows that dine-in service builds equity with customers. So restaurant chains should not ignore it, even if most business walks out the door.
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EATER
MAY 21, 2025
From a "Top Chef" appearance to the nuances of Polish sausage, the actor loved food and Chicago.
Restaurant Business
MAY 21, 2025
The closures of underperforming stores leave the Caribbean-inspired casual-dining chain with about 30 locations. Darden also closed a few locations in its Seasons 52 and Eddie Vs concepts.
EATER
MAY 21, 2025
Chef Daniel Humms nonprofit ReThink Food opens a new tasting menu restaurant named Service in New York City in summer of 2025.
The Salt
MAY 21, 2025
The FDA says 26 people, nine of whom were hospitalized, have gotten sick across 15 states. It is still figuring out where the cucumbers were distributed and warning people to take extra precautions.
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EATER
MAY 21, 2025
Basbas Basbas, the amaro-like liqueur with 16th-century Balearic heritage, used to be nearly impossible to find in the US, but this summer, its finally available (and on sale) Ah, the Balearic Islands. Where else can you find sobrasada, crowd-surfing horse parades, and the birthplace of mayonnaise ? Away from the bummers of techno festival massification and Katy Perry rolling around endangered bird dunes , there is a precious culture whose herbaceous liqueurs are a reflection of the sublime, c
EATER
MAY 21, 2025
Luis Buenfil Its just about time to get away from it all Summers stifling heat will be closing in soon. Itll bear down on gridlocked commuters, clog swampy apartments over the feeble complaints of window A/C units, and blanket city streets in a claustrophobic haze. You might be able to hide out for an hour or two in public pools or frigid movie theaters.
EATER
MAY 21, 2025
Eater Staff The iconic brand is known for its timeless stainless-steel cookware and other quality kitchen goods and right now, the deals are looking very shiny All-Clad is just one of those legacy brands that makes timeless, long-lasting cookware I know my descendants will fight over in the will, and which I have been fastidiously collecting over the years, little by little, in order to sear better steaks and make tomato sauces like a nonna (remember: the acidity of tomatoes can strip your cast
EATER
MAY 21, 2025
Riding the Tren Maya is a great way to try cochinita pibil, tamales, and more in Mrida, Cancn, and Tulum.
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EATER
MAY 21, 2025
Getty Images No taxes on tips sounds great for restaurant workers, but it wont actually do much. Following Tuesdays unanimous Senate vote in favor of the policy, the plan is more likely to become a reality than ever. During the 2024 presidential campaign, no taxes on tips was the rare policy proposal that both Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump supported.
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