Food and Drink

OpenTable's expansion to international markets obviously includes reservations, but the company seems to be pushing restaurant discovery even harder.

OpenTable's focus on the international market includes reservations, but the company seems to be pushing restaurant discovery even harder.

While it may take some time and effort to change the way a chain operates, large and successful companies work hard to stay one step ahead of the game.

With several other restaurant-facing product offerings, Eat24 was the one that didn't fit into the Yelp puzzle. By ceding delivery to former rival, Grubhub, Yelp is free to focus on the other parts of its business that certainly benefit from its robust consumer network.

It's easy to overlook the importance of a well-designed and useful website in an age of social media hype, but a restaurant's website is the one true place the business has total control of the message.

Sure, we can blame the millennial generation for all the changes in the restaurant industry, but we should probably look at all of the technological and social changes, too.

It's easy to overlook the importance of a well-designed and useful website in an age of social media hype, but a restaurant's website is the one true place the business has total control of the message.

Streamlining menu offerings is a smart way to reduce the cost of food overall, but it also leaves a business vulnerable to major shifts in ingredient pricing.

When your restaurant portfolio includes 37 (!) restaurants around the world, you have to get creative to stay involved with every single one.