Pacific Business News – June 20, 2025 – Tech ‘now essential’ for restaurant profitability

Sheryl Matsuoka is leveraging three decades of technology experience to guide local operators through recovery efforts following the 2023 Lahaina wildfires. PBN Link: https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2026/10/22/sheryl-matsuoka-executive-insight.html PDF...

KANEOHE (KHON2) — With rising food and fuel prices and fewer tourists, the impacts are being felt everywhere, including in local restaurants. “Shipping went up 80% over the last five years, so that has a major impact on us as a small family-run and operated business,”...

Just days after Hurricane Lowell stripped Kauai of 90% of all power, many restaurants on the island are hoping to return to business on Sunday. "Everybody's kind of using Sept. 13 as maybe the day that they're hoping things can start getting back to normal, according...