by Tom Kaiser | Mar 17, 2020 | Best Practices, COVID-19, News
Nobody knows how the current social distancing and mandated bar and restaurant restrictions will impact the wider foodservice industry as many restaurants pivot to off-premises-only operations or close down, but the leading restaurant analysts are zeroing in on what...
by Nicholas Upton | Mar 12, 2020 | Best Practices, COVID-19, News
This article was originally published by Alex Canter, founder and CEO of Ordermark, on LinkedIn. It is republished in full here with permission. Thank you to Alex and the Ordermark team for their insights. As concerns about coronavirus grow, Ordermark sat down with...
by Nicholas Upton | Jan 17, 2020 | Best Practices, Research
Virtual restaurant operation is one of the sexy new things that has restaurants buzzing, but as the virtual restaurant segment grows, there seem to be three dominant paths that take full advantage of the potential for new ways of doing business. Industry leaders...
by Nicholas Upton | Jan 9, 2020 | Automation, News, Top Stories
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is absolute nerdy chaos. Some 180,000 or more attendees are there to see hundreds or thousands of exhibitors all promising the next big thing in technology. Ultimately, the world may never see what the breathless bloggers hail as...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 3, 2020 | Best Practices, Top Stories
A facial recognition company is starting with the restaurant industry in its quest to break consumers free of the tyranny of pulling out purses, wallets or phones to pay for things. For hungry consumers, the claimed benefits are speedier transactions and instant...
by Nicholas Upton | Jan 3, 2020 | Best Practices, News, Research
As it works through a new restaurant design, Chipotle is testing new walk-up and drive-thru windows for digital orders and pickups. According to a CNBC article, the burrito giant will open around 80 restaurants with “Chipotlanes,” which is what they’re calling their...