Slightly Skewed Teams with Origin Displays for their Menu Board

Origin Display Group Inc., a leading supplier of indoor, outdoor, and digital menu boards is pleased to announce the work they have completed for Slightly Skewed, a first-of-its-kind grilled Asian food truck based out of Sacramento CA.

Slightly Skewed teamed up with Origin Displays after an exhaustive search for a magnetic menu strip provider. Slightly Skewed President, Alan Jong, had samples made by a number of companies and selected Origin Displays based on quality and responsiveness. “The materials are solid and the craftsmanship is exceptional.”  The various menu items have been placed in a frame that stylizes itself with the truck.

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Industry News

Seeing as how it has been a while that we have passed along some good reads, we thought we’d take this week to do so.  As we wrap up the 3rd quarter of 2013 and stare the holiday season down, these articles, courtesy of QSR Magazine, take a look at some interesting ideas and concepts that are gathering steam out in the market.  We also revisit the “10 trends of 2013” to see how they currently match up to the beginning of the year.  Enjoy!

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Popingo’s Upgrades Digital Signage with Origin Displays

Origin Display Group Inc., a leading supplier of indoor, outdoor, and digital menu boards announced today that they have completed the design and integration of their Origin Elite menu board system, powered by SmarterSign, for Popingo’s Convenience Stores.

What will start as a new four screen set-up at a single location, it will conclude as a roll-out to their subsequent locations.  Origin Elite was selected by Slade Klack, Popingo’s Vice President of Operations, after he viewed demonstrations of three other companies.  With a digital system already in position Slade had clear objectives when searching for its replacement.

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Origin Display Group, Point-of-Purchase Leader, Launches New All-Access Website

Long Island, New York 

Origin Display Group, a Long Island-based leader in the menu-board industry, announces the launching of the first of a series of new websites, designed to offer unprecedented accessibility for clients.

“We are very excited to have launched our new Menu Boards website,” says Partner Vic Pereira. “This is phase one in a wave of four new sites that we are developing and will be refining in order to provide greater accessibility to our first-class products and services.”   [Read more...]

Recent Goings-On in the QSR Industry

In order to help you stay up-to-date on what’s going on in the restaurant industry, we have dedicated this week’s blog to scouring the QSR Magazine, Fast Casual Magazine and Digital Signage Today’s of the world to provide you with what we see as some of the most interesting and recent industry news.  A lot of times, reading articles like the ones below can help take your mind to areas you had never considered for your own concept.  Take a read, our hope is that you’ll get some takeaways.   [Read more...]

Menu Boards: Functionality Versus Budget

For a moment, imagine drawing a graph with “Functionality” on the Y axis and “Budget” on the X axis.  From the bottom heading north on the Y would be a list of menu board capabilities and functions that continues to grow.  Clumped within would be a series of menu board systems that could accommodate the capabilities.  Along the X would be dollar amounts starting at say $250 (per panel) that increases as you venture right.  The “Functionality-Budget”  line would be drawn on a 45 degree angle from the corner of the Y and X axis point. [Read more...]

Calories & Menu Boards: What You Need to Know (Part 2)

Last time, we talked about the FDA rules about showing calories on menu boards, in plenty of time before the December 2016 deadline.  So now that we know what the rules are, let’s talk about how to integrate calorie counts into your digital menu board, and make sure you don’t scare off calorie-counting customers! [Read more...]

Calories & Menu Boards: What You Need to Know (Part 1)

If you’re in food service, you might be starting to get nervous about the FDA requirements that govern how calorie counts must be listed on menu boards.  As the December 1st 2016 deadline approaches, if you haven’t already gotten moving, you might be getting really nervous.

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What’s Coming in Digital Advertising: Developing Trends

As technology develops, we want to keep an eye on what’s to come. It seems like digital technology is advancing at an ever-increasing pace these days, and the digital industry is keeping pace with it.   [Read more...]

Digital Signage in the News: February Roundup

Every month, there are a multitude of new and exciting things happening in digital signage, and we detail a few of them here.  The second roundup of digital signage news in 2016 comes to you with exciting technology education initiatives, emotional engagement with retail, and even aliens! [Read more...]