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Restaurant Attendees
Our quick 30-minute webinars will cover important information that YOU need to know to prepare for RFMA 2018 in Phoenix including new additions and offerings!
Thursday, February 8th at 11:00 am CT – Click here to register 
Friday, February 16th at 2:30 pm CT – Click here to register 
Tuesday, February 20th at 11:00 am CT – Click here to register  

RFMA 2018 Exhibitors  
Join us for this upcoming webinar featuring Vendor Voice speaker, Thom Singer. He will be discussing how to instigate real conversations with prospective customers, the importance of attending social events to help build community, and ways to follow up that will help you stand out.
Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to prepare for RFMA 2018, we want to help you make the most of your investment in our conference!
Tuesday, February 6th at 2:30 pm CT – Click here to register

Want to go to RFMA 2018 in Phoenix?  
Click here to visit our annual conference website and register now!

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/rfm-nwl/articles/index.asp?aid=484952&issueID=60518 to view the full article online.

Join your fellow RFMA restaurant members on a Peer to Peer Call. These virtual roundtable calls will be on the first Thursday of each month and will discuss different topics. The calls will be facilitated by a Certified Restaurant Facility Professional. Peer to Peer calls can only be attended by RFMA restaurant members.
When: Thursday, February 1 from 10:00-11:00 AM CT
Topics: Remodeling/Green Building, Recycling, Energy Management (LED Lighting)
Facilitator: Nic Stoyer, CRFP, Nando’s Peri Peri

Visit http://www.rfmaonline.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1065473&group to view the full article online.

Do you have industry experience with any of the following topics?
- ADA
- CMMS (Computer Maintenance Management Systems)
- EMS (Energy Management Systems)
- Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning
- Pest Control
- Roofing

Submissions are due today, January 31, 2018.

Visit http://rfmaonline.site-ym.com/page/BestPractices to view the full article online.

RFMA 2018 Preview: How to Make Things Better When You Are Too Busy  

Whether managing hundreds of locations or a couple of restaurants, employing data has become a dominant trend for facility managers. In this session, learn how Panda Restaurant Group and RPM Pizza are utilizing CMMS solutions, business intelligence, and machine learning in a way that hides complexity but powers big results. As part of the discussion, Panda will address how they keep a de-centralized team - across 2,000 locations - working efficiently and on the same page, while RPM will discuss how a local franchisee is able to gain new and invaluable insight into their storefront by using these various technologies. Don’t miss this helpful session at RFMA 2018!

When: Tuesday, March 6 from 10:45-11:45 am
Speaker: Scott Reyes
Click here to to learn more about this session and other RFMA 2018 education sessions.

 Are you ready to register for RFMA 2018? Click here to register!

Food & Wine
The new restaurant, Runway 1, is located in Haryana, India, and, while inside an old airplane, it's more spacious than it was in its former life as a functioning plane, as all the original seating was taken out to fit tables and waiter service. 

Visit http://www.foodandwine.com/news/airplane-restaurant-air-india to view the full article online.

CNBC
tarbucks is testing a cashless store to better understand how digital and credit card payments affect customer behavior and experience.

Visit https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/26/starbucks-tests-cashless-store-as-more-customers-buy-coffee-with-their-phones.html to view the full article online.

Nation's Restaurant News
Raleigh, N.C.-based Reveal Mobile Inc., a company that measures foot traffic through smartphone app use, recently looked at social-media events at Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s and Wendy’s and matched that to location-based data.

Visit http://www.nrn.com/technology/how-social-media-can-impact-foot-traffic to view the full article online.

Restaurant Hospitality
As shoppers shift to buying online, mall developers see an opportunity to draw foot traffic with food by converting their hulking retail hubs into open-air, mixed-use town centers.

Visit http://www.restaurant-hospitality.com/operations/malls-transform-vibrant-restaurant-hubs to view the full article online.

Nation's Restaurant News
Assembly Bill 450, which went into effect Jan. 1, prohibits public and private employers from voluntarily giving immigration enforcement officials access to nonpublic areas without a judicial warrant.

Visit http://www.nrn.com/workforce/california-employers-caught-between-federal-state-immigration-laws to view the full article online.

RFMA’s Industry Service Guide has you covered!

Visit http://rfma.industry-guide.com/ to view the full article online.