MRM Imbibe: Golden Bar Awards and the Robotic Bartender

MRM Imbibe features beer, wine and spirits news.  This column includes Upserve, Diageo, ZD Wines, Guinness, Somabar, Tidal Commerce and DigitalPour, HALL Napa Valley, The Peacock Inn, FATE Brewing Co.,  Tullamore D.E.W., Wild Leap Brew Co. and Sugarlands Distilling Company.

Send news items to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

 F&B Sales InsightsSummer is here and tourists are everywhere, which is great news for the restaurant industry. Restaurants and bars across the country (particularly in areas near the ocean and/or lake regions) are experiencing an uptick in customers. Upserve analyzed millions of daily food and beverage sales transactions for thousands of restaurants in the U.S. in 2017 and provided some key insights to help restaurateurs capitalize on sales this summer.

While it’s no surprise that Miami is the number one vacation spot for booze (pulling in an average of $3,096 in liquor sales daily), Upserve found some unlikely vacation…