HungerRush CEO: Unplug your Phone, Embrace AI
When HungerRush acquired OrderAI last December, it was a novel way to execute all the no-contact orders out there, but now HungerRush CEO Perry Turbes wants to go a few steps further. “This is a little futuristic, but it’s the way I talk about it...
Three Big Brands Share Off-Premises Strategies at FODC
Five Guys, Jack in the Box and 7-Eleven are very different brands with unique products, storefronts and footprints, but they occupy common ground in their need to work with franchisees to rethink their operations as delivery and off-premises operations become a bigger...
Blendid: Your Algorithmic Smoothie is Ready
At the bleeding edge of robotic restaurant operations, Blendid is rethinking the smoothie bar. It’s out in the wild, ahead of the tests and prototypes across the robotic restaurant space, and there are some interesting learnings from the real world. Blendid is...
Sudshare Wants to Make Your Laundry Room Obsolete
As the convenience economy continues to expand into every vertical imaginable, one company is taking on one of the most dismal household chores: laundry. Sudshare founder and CEO Mort Fertel said the idea came from his wife and the family’s chief launderer....
Sparks Fly as Restaurant Tech Execs Talk Operations
Differing opinions and strategies were on display as four leaders in the restaurant tech space came together to talk shop during Nicholas Upton’s Connecting the Dots on Digital Operations panel on the second day of FODC. Comprised by ItsaCheckmate founder and CEO...
Outstanding Operators
Food On Demand Outstanding Operators features restaurant brands with innovative operations that are taking creative paths to success with delivery and all things off-premises.