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Toast Gets Rid of Customer Fee and Restaurant Owners Applaud

Toast Customer Advisory Board in 2023 at Toast HQ in Boston

Toast is removing the 99 cent online ordering fee that has been met with a lot of controversy.  This is proof that Toast leadership listens to restaurant owners. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuokf_oSALc Along with hosting the Toast-sponsored Restaurant Influencers podcast, Cali BBQ Media founder Shawn Walchef sits on the Toast Customer Advisory Board.  The restaurant industry proponent says a lot […]

Restaurant Influencers Review: Yelp Blog Highlights Restaurant Podcast

Sam on Restaurant Influencers Podcast

The Restaurant Influencers podcast focuses on helping business owners create a social media strategy that works. The Yelp Blog featured the behind-the-scenes story about making the Restaurant Influencers podcast in an interview with host Shawn Walchef (Cali BBQ Media). Read the full interview below with the restaurant owner and podcast host to learn how Cali […]

Murtec 2022: The Future of Food is Technology

Technology is the future of restaurants. The MURTEC 2022 conference is March 7-9 at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Speakers include Jon Taffer (Bar Rescue), Shawn P. Walchef (Cali BBQ Media), Darla Morse (Red Robin), Michael Montagano (Kitchen United), and other leaders in hospitality and tech discussing the future of food. Cali […]

New Restaurant Influencers Podcast Series | Entreprenuer + Yelp + Cali BBQ Media + Toast

The Restaurant Influencers podcast debuts in January 2022

On the Restaurant Influencers podcast, leaders in the restaurant and hospitality space give tips about digital content and online marketing. Are you SICK and TIRED of scrolling through your business social media feeds and not seeing your company being talked about anywhere? On the new Restaurant Influencers podcast, top thought leaders in the restaurant and […]

Toast Company Event Introduces Innovations and Tech for Restaurants

Spark 2021 by Toast is November 16, 2021

The Toast company introduced a number of exciting products and innovations for restaurants during their Spark event. Spark by Toast brought together hospitality industry and tech leaders to learn about how Toast and its line of products and offerings can help their customers manage and grow their restaurant businesses. The online Toast restaurant innovation event […]

Spark Restaurant Innovation Event 2021 by Toast

Spark 2021 by Toast is November 16, 2021

Spark by Toast is an online Restaurant Innovation Event that no restaurateur should miss. The Toast Spark event takes place online on Nov. 16 and features insights and education from restaurant industry professionals, including innovative restaurateur José Andrés. You’ll also get an exclusive look at new Toast tech. SIGN UP FOR SPARK: https://pos.toasttab.com/spark-2021   At […]