by Tom Kaiser | Aug 19, 2021 | Best Practices, News, Top Stories
With a fresh Series B investment in hand, two in-house virtual restaurants, pandemic-tested franchisees and a budding consumer packaged goods business, New York-based Mighty Quinn’s BBQ dreams of becoming the Shake Shack of slow-cooked meats as it adds locations...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 19, 2021 | Automation, News
In a move Zume calls an unprecedented technological breakthrough, the tech-focused developer of sustainable packaging has created a substitute for single-use plastics it is open sourcing in partnership with Solenis for food packaging manufacturers and consumer...
by Nicholas Upton | Aug 12, 2021 | Best Practices, News
The new director of takeout and delivery at The ONE Group (NASDAQ: STKS) has made a lot of changes in her first five months at the company. Known for the upscale STK Steakhouse, Kona Grill and a handful of elegant one- and two-location restaurants, off-premises...
by Emili Raeder | Jul 29, 2021 | Automation, Best Practices, News
“We think the POS has gone far beyond what it was originally created to do, and if it hasn’t, it needs to. As consumers—if you think about it—all you want is to be served food when and where we want it,” states Amir Hudda. Hudda, CEO of point-of-sale tech company Qu...
by Nicholas Upton | Jul 27, 2021 | Best Practices, News
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, scores of restaurant companies struggled to be a part of wildly fluctuating consumer desires. Goodcents, known mostly as a fast-casual sub shop, kicked off Goodcents To-Go early in 2020, with the exceptional chance to meet the new...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 22, 2021 | Automation, News, Top Stories
Zume, a tech-focused pizza brand that morphed into a developer of robots and sustainable packaging, secured $122 million to build the world’s first compostable packaging factory powered entirely by renewable energy. After spending years building bespoke packaging...