National Restaurant Association Show

Join us at The National Restaurant Show, May 17 – 20, 2025 in Chicago and be a part of the largest gathering of foodservice professionals in the Western hemisphere, with more resources, information and connection opportunities than any other industry event. That is why we say the show is The Show for Foodservice.

Power Your Growth
with Restaurant365

At the 2024 National Restaurant Association Show

Restaurant365 is transforming the industry for concepts nationwide, helping restaurants:

Increase Sales

Control Food Costs

Optimize Labor

Drive Profit

Join Us

Learn

Dive into R365’s current product suite and hear about plans for the future, plus explore new releases.

Connect

Network with peers and R365 experts to exchange ideas and share best practices.

Be Inspired

Learn how R365 is helping restaurants nationwide drive profit, creating loyal customers along the way.

Have Fun

Grab some R365 swag, share a love of good food and enjoy Chicago.

LEARN

What's New at R365

Explore the latest from Restaurant365 and discover innovations built to help operators drive consistency, compliance, and profitability.

Dive into a day of ease where guided solutions seamlessly elevate your operations. From timely alerts to knowing exactly when and where action is needed, maintaining consistent performance across multiple store locations. Managers and operators gain visibility into task completion and ensure compliance where needed, getting teams to the most profitable and meaningful actions throughout the day.

Stop by our booth to discover the keys to a restaurant experience where simplicity meets success, and every action produces meaningful outcomes that drive profit.

Drive Stronger Performance with Modern Training

Quickly build and distribute tailored training courses to accelerate onboarding, ensure consistent excellence, and retain and level up your team, all from a user-friendly mobile app.
Train your team to regularly deliver your brand and culture to the highest standards with customized training paths for every role and AI-supported translation to dozens of languages.
Streamline training for managers and teams with a simple-to-use interface that makes it easy for leaders and staff to set up and complete, continue, or revise training as needed.
Create loyal employees by offering opportunities to learn new skills and take on new challenges, leading to lower turnover and labor costs, all in an attractive, sustainable workplace.

Guide Your Managers to Achieve Operational Excellence

Empower managers with a guided task that clearly displays what, when, and where action is needed, so they can spend more time on the floor and less time in the office.
Keep district managers in the loop while freeing up store managers' time. R365 Task Management intelligently tracks and reports on progress in the R365 system, eliminating the need for manual management and reporting on to-do lists.
Delegate specific tasks and responsibilities to certain departments or teams, enhancing operational consistency and productivity.

Ditch Manual Tasks & Spreadsheets with Automated Tip Calculations and Payment Distribution

Reclaim time back in your day with tip automation, eliminating manual tasks and spreadsheet work.
Ensure precise and effortless payroll processing, with flexible tip rules tailored to your restaurant's unique requirements for automated tip distribution.
Build trust and transparency with employees through automated tip distribution and ensure you are compliant with your organization's tipping policy .

Power Restaurant Growth with Dynamic Data On-Demand with Intelligence

Streamline operations with consolidated access to key data at your fingertips, facilitating informed decision-making.
Compile and compare POS, sales, and labor metrics to drive actionable insights that boost the bottom line.
Visualize your data to drive impact, eliminate confusion, and guide your operators to act, highlighting high-impact factors for success.

CONNECT

R365's Solutions Bar

Schedule an appointment in advance to meet with R365’s customer success team in booth. Connect on best practices and solve problems together.

Saturday, Sunday, Monday,
from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Tuesday, from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM

KEYNOTE '24

A Discussion with Acclaimed Chef, Restaurateur and Humanitarian José Andrés

Monday, May 20, 2024 | 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CST | Grand Ballroom, S100

KEYNOTE HEADLINER

José Andrés

Chef, Restaurateur & Humanitarian

KEYNOTE MODERATOR

Michelle Korsmo

President & Chief Executive Officer, National Restaurant Association

The 2024 Restaurant Show Keynote will feature a captivating discussion with acclaimed chef, restaurateur, and humanitarian, José Andrés. A true visionary in both the culinary and humanitarian realms, José will explore the profound influence food can have on communities and how his own culinary journey has intertwined with his philanthropic efforts.

Drawing on his extensive experience as a world-renowned chef and the founder of World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit organization that has provided millions of meals to those in need, José will share valuable insights on building sustainable food systems, empowering communities, and the crucial importance of giving back. His passion for using food as a tool for social impact aims to inspire positive change within communities.

The keynote session will begin with an introduction and presentation by Michelle Korsmo, President and CEO of the National Restaurant Show. Following the introduction, Michelle will moderate a discussion with José, delving into his experiences in the restaurant industry and emphasizing the importance of vision, culinary innovation, and the transformative power of food.

Presented by:

TECH TALK

Turn Data into Dollars: How AI, Automation & Big Data Will Drive Restaurant Success

Monday, May 20, 2024 | 3:00 – 3:30 PM CT | Innovation Theatre in the North Hall Tech Pavilion

Morgan Harris

Co-Founder & Chief Customer Advocate, Restaurant365

John Paul (JP) Thomas

VP of Operations Services, Honeygrow

For today’s restaurants, efficiency is more important than ever. Traditional processes are outdated, and there’s a clear need for better tools to drive sustainable profitability. While many are front-of-house focused, the combination of back office and back-of-house AI and automation is the future, offering the path to smoother operations and growing margins. In this session we’ll explore how restaurant leaders can use the stacks of data their businesses already produce to fuel sales forecasting, AI-driven invoice management, task management, and manager communications to foster better, faster decision making.

Learning Objective One: How to identify opportunities to seamlessly deploy AI tools that will quickly make a difference in efficiency and profitability.
Learning Objective Two: How to measure the impact of technology on your business and vet whether they deserve investment.
Learning Objective Three: How to ensure teamwide buy-in and use of all new tools to ensure maximum usage of any new investment and maximum benefit to your bottom line.

Profit Pros: Menu Engineer Your Way to Better Margins

Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 3:30 – 4:00 PM CT | South Hall: Discovery Stage

Aaron Alexander

Solutions Engineer

Rich Sweeney

Solutions Engineer

Restaurants have been caught in an economic whirlwind for too long, but there’s a lot owners, operators, and managers can do to control their destinies. With menu engineering, you can fine-tune your offerings with strategies that consistently grow margins alongside psychological and sales tactics that drive customers to order the dishes that add the most to your bottom line. In this session we’ll dive into the fundamentals of menu engineering, including identifying your most valuable dishes, how to diagnose and correct thinning margins, and how to adjust prices without repercussions from guests. We’ll also look at the softer yet still-scientific elements of menu engineering that the most successful restaurant operators use to drive diners’ eyes, tastes, and decisions.

FEATURED SESSION WITH TECHNOMIC

Journey to 2030 - Forecasting the Future of Foodservice

Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CST | Grand Ballroom, S100

Joe Pawlak

Managing Principal at Technomic

Liz Moskow

Food Futurist

Voyage into the future of the restaurant industry and explore what lies ahead in this vast ever-changing landscape. Robots? We’d bet on it. Drone delivery? Most likely. Plant-based proteins? Here to stay. But what will be new in 2030? Take a deep dive with Technomic and industry experts as they navigate us through projected opportunities, obstacles and the unknown (because what’s a good voyage without the thrill of not knowing what’s around the corner?!), to guide your long-term strategy and set you up for future success.

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HAVE FUN

Restaurant365 Happy Hour

In-Booth Happy Hours
Booth #6227

Saturday, 05/18
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Sunday, 05/19
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Monday, 05/20
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

National Restaurant Association Show

Power Your Growth
with Restaurant365

At the 2024 National Restaurant Association Show

Restaurant365 is transforming the industry for concepts nationwide, helping restaurants: