Inspiration

This International Women’s Day, Lightspeed is proud to be celebrating women in business. Women-led enterprises help drive the economy,...

What’s the future of retail? How will consumer behaviors change in 2023? What should merchants do to stay ahead?These are all important...

Small businesses employ millions of professionals across dozens of industries. Every year, new companies open their doors and provide...

Every year, The New York Times releases its list of the 50 best restaurants in the United States. For months, eight food editors for...

While small towns might not have the same foot traffic as big cities, they can still be bustling with activity and can be the ideal...

Here at Lightspeed, we’re all about the industry. We love everything hospitality brings to the table. We know and celebrate the diverse...

49th Parallel has been an industry leader in Canada since 2004, bringing third-wave coffee to the forefront, and challenging preconceptions...

For more than 30 years, the mission of the James Beard Foundation has been to celebrate, nurture and honor chefs and other leaders...

The founder of Los Angeles based tabletop gaming store, Next Generation Games, Jeff Bryson, started his career by selling…last generation’s...

As a growing business, how can you maintain uniformity across multiple locations? Generator’s approach to technology might provide...

Since 1919, the National Restaurant Association Show (NRA) has been a must-attend event for the foodservice industry. After a two-year...

Some successful businesses start as childhood dreams, as journeys with a guiding North Star from day one. But others develop organically,...

After 42 years of working in the hospitality industry, Astrid Young has seen it all. What started as a career as a musician doing side...

Are you concerned that your clubhouse restaurant isn’t getting as many reservations as it could? You may be losing diners because...

When opening your new restaurant you have a lot of decisions to make: what beers will you serve on tap? What color will the walls be?...

All types of games are making their way into the restaurant and bar scene, adding a new dimension to the dining experience. Games are...

Some chefs pay attention to the latest restaurant industry trends, and some chefs create the trends.Take one of the latest casual dining...

Palme opened in 2017 with the goal of breaking out of the traditional shell of Caribbean cuisine and offering a casual dining experience...

Tucked away in the Faubourg Marigny, a neighborhood adjacent to New Orleans’ famous French Quarter, you may find yourself face to...

It’s hard to think of Danny Meyer, CEO of the Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG) and founder of Shake Shack, as anything but a...

There’s no cut and dry definition of farm to table, but it boils down to this: the farm to table movement broadly refers to food...