by Adam Wahlberg | Apr 24, 2024 | Automation, News
A Serve robot can deliver all manner of restaurant items, from burritos to salads, but could it handle an order of $40 million? That is what shareholders delivered to the robotics company last Thursday when the company debuted on the stock exchange. The haul brings...
by Nicholas Upton | Apr 11, 2024 | Automation, News
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in Franchise Times, a sibling publication to Food On Demand. If any restaurant operator found a magic lamp with genie in tow, they’d probably wish for some kind of solution to their staffing and wage challenges or a few...
by Bernadette Heier | Mar 7, 2024 | Automation, News
Colorado-based Mad Greens is leaning further into supporting its off-premises and catering demands with a new prototype design. Online ordering has significantly increased over the last few years for the fast-casual health chain, which offers salads, grain bowls and...
by Nancy Luna | Mar 4, 2024 | Automation, News
Cava closed 2023 with record revenue growth of nearly 60 percent, on top of a 10.4 percent increase in traffic—impressive results as many chains reported a slowdown in traffic due to increased menu prices. To continue its momentum in 2024, Cava announced plans last...
by Nancy Luna | Feb 26, 2024 | Automation, News, Top Stories
Chipotle founder Steve Ells is out to fix the biggest pain points for restaurants while also saving the planet with his new concept Kernel, a robotics-run restaurant in New York City. Kernel, which opened in mid-February for lunch only, uses modified off the shelf...
by Beth Signarovitz | Feb 21, 2024 | Automation, News, News Briefs
Autonomous sidewalk robots will soon provide food deliveries in Japan thanks to a new partnership between Uber Eats Japan, Mitsubishi Electric and Cartken. Deliveries are expected to begin in part of Tokyo by the end of March 2024, via Cartken’s “Model C” robot....