Many restaurants and lodging businesses offer wireless WiFi Internet for guests. However most use residential wireless products that have an open connection to the Internet and provide no protection for the business computers and credit card processing information in the POS system.

Restaurant POS developer SpeedLine announces the integration of the AROS Advanced Restaurant Ordering System from leading web ordering innovator Delphis Software with SpeedLine POS.

There is one industry the recession hasn’t hurt: gourmet salt. In fact, natural gourmet sea salt is in such high demand, SaltWorks Inc. (http://www.seasalt.com) has just doubled the size of its warehouse and factory – from 35,000 square feet to 70,000.

According to a report from Nation’s Restaurant News, Deals, all kinds of deals, from price discounts, free items, dollar offerings or smaller portions at lower prices, are what today’s — and tomorrow’s — consumers are craving.

According to a report on stuff.co.nz, Restaurant Brands, the operator of the KFC and Pizza Hut franchises lifted second quarter sales 4.8 percent from a year earlier to $96.9 million.

Over 3 billion pizzas are sold each year, and based on industry statistics, at least 1 billion of those are to-go orders or delivered. That adds up to approximately 220 million pounds of cardboard waste and most of that cardboard cannot be recycled because it has come in contact with food.

CiCi’s Pizza recently presented Big Brothers Big Sisters with a check totaling $26,000 at the charity’s headquarters in Irving, Texas during an all-region board meeting. The money raised by CiCi’s Pizza’s team members was generated from the company’s successful Penny Picker Upper campaign, a silent auction at CiCi’s annual conference, and inkind pizza party donations from the Bowl for Kids Sake events. Big Brothers Big Sisters will earmark the funds to support youth mentoring services to children in local communities.

Flippers Pizzeria is bringing its passion for pizza to the Rolling Oaks shopping plaza with the opening of its location at US Highway 192 and SR 429 in Kissimmee. This latest location will open its doors on Friday, Sept. 18.

By lighting up the grill, Fuzio Universal Bistro will help extinguish childhood hunger. For the next seven days, diners can enjoy delectable fire-grilled pizza while supporting the non-profit organization Share Our Strength.