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> What are the advances in technology between now and 1981 that made restaurants 2x more productive? Microwaves, dishwashers, steam-injection ovens, just-in-ti

• xyzzyz 5y ago
  Microwaves and dishwashers were popular in commercial environment before 1980, and I don’t think credit cards make a restaurant more productive.
  • lumost 5y ago
    > I don’t think credit cards make a restaurant more productive. They certainly reduce the potential for theft/shrinkage! It used to be that you needed a trusted business manager/employee to manage the register, now anyone can do it and it's much harder for someone to siphon funds. All transactions are now viewable to management to more easily see what's selling and what's not.
    • xyzzyz 5y ago
      That’s a good point, haven’t thought of that.