Epicure Digital Menu Boards with Nutritional Menu Labeling Featured at the NRA 2011 Restaurant Show

Beverly Hill, CA (PRWEB) May 17, 2011

Epicure Digital, a leader in digital menu boards, presents the Epicure Digital Menu System with special emphasis on nutritional labeling at the NRA 2011 National Restaurant Association show, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, 21-24 May, 2011, Booth #1212.

Epicure Digital custom designs highly graphical digital menu board systems to solve your complex menu and point-of-sale marketing issues.

Epicure Digital specializes in developing nutritional menu labeling systems to educate and inform customers to make healthier meal choices. These nutritional labels display as nutritional data, nutritional scoring, and icons representing food groups, healthy choices, allergens, vegan, vegetarian, local and organic, whichever and whenever are applicable.

Epicure Digital menu boards help customers become aware of their choices, helping them make the right decision to achieve a balanced life by eating well. These systems provide tools to increase efficiency, revenues and profitability.

"The restaurant industry has an important journey along the road to improved health and customer satisfaction, according to Kim Blum, MS, RD, at KB Nutrition Consulting in Dallas, TX. Ms. Blum explained The FDA released proposed menu regulations on April 1, 2011, which detail how the restaurant industry must implement the new rules. Per the FDA, retail food establishments with 20 or more locations doing business under the same name and with substantially the same menu items, will be required to clearly list the calorie information on their menus. This is great news for nutrition educators and customers alike! Since 76% of adults said they are trying to eat healthier now at restaurants than they did two years ago (National Restaurant Association Top Ten Facts in 2011), this is the perfect opportunity for restaurants to highlight foods on their menu boards that meet certain calorie and nutrient guidelines. In addition, 54% of Americans polled for the American Dietetic Association Nutrition and You: Trends 2008 survey say it takes too much time to keep track of their diet. Since Americans now consume about one third of their total calories on foods prepared outside the home, it is critical for nutritional information to be available at restaurants in order to help consumers make informed decisions. This journey can be simple and rewarding. Once restaurants move forward to display nutritional information on their menu boards as well as identify healthier menu items, they will meet consumer needs and help Americans lead healthier lifestyles."

Kim Blum is a former USDA employee, owns a consulting company, KB Nutrition Consulting, dedicated to working with restaurants to provide the nutrition information of their recipes.

Epicure Digital Systems is a digital menu board company uniquely integrating its expertise in software technology and food service operations and marketing to create digital signage products and services for the food service industry. Its core product is the Epicure Digital Menu System. Its core services are menu engineering, nutritional menu labeling, and content creation.

The Epicure Digital Menu System lets operators control LCD menu boards and signage in any number of locations, easily and quickly, online, with customized configurable web templates using Epicure Digital LiveMenu and LiveText user interfaces. Operators can change prices and menus, schedule menus and promotions by day part and menu cycle, and display other information such as nutritional labeling and data, videos, photos, and live feeds from the Internet. Clients operate more efficiently and engage customers in powerful new ways.

Epicure Digital engineers and designs customized digital menu boards for each client that solve their complex menu engineering and point-of-sale marketing issues with multi-screen and multi-station digital menus, signage and greeter board systems.

In new construction, remodeling and renovation projects, Epicure Digital works closely with food service consultants and clients to determine the best digital menu system strategy and participates in the management of the projects from concept phase to full implementation.

Epicure Digitals clients include colleges and universities, hospitals, K-12 Schools, independent and chain restaurants, contract food service companies, business & industry, and cinemas and casinos among others.

The companys website (http://www.epicuredigital.com) has an extensive portfolio of its clients multi screen and multi station digital menu board projects.

Come and see the Epicure Digital Menu System at the following shows:

The National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, May 21-24, 2011, Booth #1212.
The Texas School Nutrition Association (TASN) Annual Conference, Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, 19-22 June, 2011, Booth #125
The Association of Healthcare Foodservice (AHF) Annual Conference, Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix, AZ June 5-9, 2011, Booth #316
The School Nutrition Association (SNA) National Conference, Gaylord Opryland Convention Center, Nashville, TN, July 14-15, 2011, Booth #2330.
The National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS) National Conference, Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, Grapevine, TX, July 14-15, 2011, Booth #115.
The National Association of College Auxiliary Services (NACAS) National Conference, Rosen Shingle Creek Resort & Club, Orlando, Florida, October 25-26, 2011, Booth # 228
CSNA California School Nutrition Association Annual Conference, Sacramento Convention Center, Sacramento, California, November 11-12, 2011, Booth #723

For more information, contact:

Tommy Orpaz, 310-652-8246

torpaz(at)epicuredigital(dot)com

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The National Restaurant Show - Epicure Digital Menu Boards Revolutionize Restaurant Point-of-Sale

Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) May 20, 2011

Visitors to the 2011 National Restaurant Association Show, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, 21-24 May, 2011 will have the opportunity to visit the Chicagos Museum of Science & Industry and Central Dupage Hospital to view Epicure Digital Menu Systems with nutritional menu labeling.

Epicure Digital Systems will be exhibiting in booth #1212 at the show. Visitors to the booth will have the opportunity to view a large selection of digital menu boards featuring nutritional menu labeling and attend hourly nutritional menu labeling presentations.

Epicure Digital is revolutionizing the point of sale in restaurants with its digital menu system. Epicure Digital designs customized digital menu boards that solve our client's complex menu engineering and point-of-sale marketing issues, explained Harvey Friedman, Founder and President. By creatively combining information and nutritional menu labeling with motion graphics and food photography, we produce visually compelling multimedia menus and promotions to help customers make more informed nutritional choices and enhance the dining experience. We call this experience: The Cure for the Menu Bored.

The nutritional labels used on the digital menu boards display as nutritional data, nutritional scoring, and icons representing food groups, healthy choices, allergens, vegan, vegetarian, local and organic, whichever and whenever are applicable. Friedman continued, Using Epicure Digital LiveMenu and LiveText intuitive user interfaces, operators can easily and quickly change prices and menus, schedule menus and promotions by day part and menu cycle, and display videos, photos and live feeds from the Internet on LCD menu boards and signage. These tools provide more efficiency, revenues and profitability, and help customers waiting in line at a restaurants point of sale to make informed choices and achieve a balanced life by eating well.

Epicure Digital provides multi-screen digital menu boards for restaurants and multi-station digital menu systems for institutions.

When dealing with new construction, remodeling and renovation projects, Epicure Digital partners with food service consultants and clients to determine the best digital menu system strategy, helping them manage projects from concept phase to full implementation. Epicure Digitals clients include colleges and universities, hospitals, K-12 schools, independent and chain restaurants, contract food service companies, business & industry, and cinemas and casinos among others. Epicure Digitals website at http://www.epicuredigital.com reveals an extensive portfolio of its multi-screen and multi-station digital menu board projects.

Epicure Digital Menu Systems will be on display at the following shows:

World’s First Digital Camera System for Creating Cinema Quality Animation and Time-lapse Sequences Announced

(PRWEB) May 21, 2005

European company InnoView introduces the world’s first digital camera system especially made for creating cinema quality animation and time-lapse sequences.

The Artech system is delivered turnkey and consists of an industrial strength ‘state of the art’ computer controlled digital camera, Apple iMac control computer & integrated software packages.

The cost effective system that has been under development for nearly two years can replace both 16 mm and 35 mm film cameras and can produce results at 4K resolution, completely digitally. The prototype has already created two cinema quality animation films.

Film style depth of field effects are fully retained as the Artech system uses a full frame 24 x 36 mm digital sensor and 35mm aspect lenses.

Image sequences can be captured and processed in 16-bits right through the Artech system and then output to film for distribution, so ensuring ultimate image quality.

The Artech system is supported by a network of local agents and locally based Apple Solution Experts.

InnoView

InnoView, based in Nieuwegein in The Nederlands, is a specialised company with wide ranging expertise in the fields of film and digital technologies. Online information is available at http://www.inno-view.com

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"Miller & Levine Biology" Digital Path Honored With 2010 "Tech & Learning" Magazine's Award of Excellence

Boston, MA (PRWEB) January 21, 2011

Miller and Levine Biology took top honors for its innovative Digital Path in the 2010 "Tech & Learning" magazine's Awards of Excellence. Named for its two internationally renowned scientist-authors, Dr. Kenneth Miller and Dr. Joseph Levine, the online biology curriculum takes a bold approach to science instruction, combining the power of a robust digital learning path with a proven foundation of academic success.

Developed by Pearson, the global leader in education, technology and services, the world's bestselling biology program is one of seven of the company's products to be honored this year in the magazine's awards program. These prized awards are testimony to the company's global leadership in developing education-technology solutions that ensure that students are prepared for success in college and careers. Selected for the cover of the December 2010 issue of the magazine, Miller & Levine Biology Digital Path was cited by the awards program judges for its "variety of resources and fun and engaging information."

"In the less than two years since its launch, this new digital edition of Miller & Levine Biology has earned wide praise - and numerous awards - from the education and technology communities," said Lynda Cloud, Pearson's senior vice president for Science. "This prestigious honor from 'Tech & Learning' magazine recognizes that by combining the high-quality science instructional content developed by Ken Miller and Joe Levine with a learning environment that engages today's students, we are helping high school teachers around the world prepare the science leaders of tomorrow."

"Miller & Levine Biology" aims to help all students learn the big ideas and science concepts, regardless of their learning style or ability. Customized curriculum packages allow educators to select the learning solution that fits the needs of their individual classrooms. Through Biology.com, the program's compelling digital path, students meet their partners on their adventure into the world of science - a team of young "ecogeek" scientists who have created real-life experiences infusing curriculum topics with new intrigue and relevance for students. Their "Untamed Science" videos offer an ingenious blend of energy, enthusiasm and solid scientific knowledge and biology that engage students as they explore their world. The program's dynamic digital path also offers students and teachers a wealth of resources and engaging activities, including complete online student and teacher editions of the textbooks, editable worksheets, interactive study guides, fun science games and online assessments.

Recent independent research supports the effectiveness of this approach to science instruction.

According to an efficacy study completed by Cobblestone Applied Research and Evaluation, Inc., students learning with Miller & Levine Biology significantly outperformed their peers learning with other biology programs, and the program's engaging Digital Path was cited for making a critical contribution to this improved achievement.

For more information about Miller & Levine Biology Digital Path, go to http://www.biology.com.

About Pearson

Pearson has a vision of effective education: a virtuous circle of learning where powerful technologies enable teachers to assess students unobtrusively, diagnose their learning needs swiftly, prescribe personalized learning, and monitor student progress. This ongoing cycle of feedback to students, teachers, and parents begins by optimizing assessment data and putting it to work for continuous improvement in student progress and teaching effectiveness. For more, visit http://www.pearsonschool.com.

For more information, press only:

Kate Miller, kate.miller (at) pearson (dot) com, 800.745.8489

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