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  • Hurry Up and Eat! Fine Dining in 90 Minutes ... Restaurants Want Your Table ...

    06/21/2002 12:21:58 PM PDT · by BluH2o · 32 replies · 252+ views
    The Wall Street Journal (Weekend Edition) | June 21, 2002 | Unknown
    HURRY UP AND EAT! As the $143 billion restaurant industry comes off its slowest year in a decade, it has a new item on the menu: shooing you out the door. To the dismay of diners who like to sit back and savor the cappuccino, high-end restaurants are turning to high-tech gadgets, efficiency experts and software to help cram as many customers into — and as much money out of — every single seating. The tactics go way beyond the usual glaring maitre d’. From reservation systems that automate a manager’s best guess of how long people will linger to...