SBE Hospitality, C3 Founder Sam Nazarian Acquires Nextbite
Sam Nazarian, founder and CEO of the sbe hospitality group and virtual restaurant platform C3, announced the sole acquisition of Nextbite, one of the leading virtual brand providers created by Ordermark founder Alex Canter. Nextbite’s brand name will live on as...
Grubhub Lays Off 400 Corporate Employees
Three months after succeeding Adam DeWitt as Grubhub’s CEO, Howard Migdal announced the third-largest U.S. meal delivery provider has laid off 15 percent of its corporate team, which equates to approximately 400 employees. Migdal posted a message on Grubhub’s media...
“Jukebox” Robotic Bartender Mixes Up Industry with Speedy Service
Inspiration from the ’60s and ’70s era paired with distaste for waiting in long lines are among reasons behind a Los Angeles-based startup’s retro, robotic bartender. Resembling a jukebox, Rotender is a robotic bartender that pours shots and cocktails in less than 30...
Looking to Scale, RobotLab Enters Franchise Space
With more than 10,000 robots deployed worldwide, RobotLab’s products can almost be everywhere at once, but the same can’t be said about its physical locations. To change that, the California-based robotics provider has launched a franchise system, meant to give more...
Restaurants Use Customer Data to Deepen the Guest Experience
The core customers at Dave’s Hot Chicken are “the 19- to 35-year-old pot-smokin’ dudes that live in their mother’s basement,” said James McGehee, the company’s finance chief. Dave’s has tailored its technology stack and deployment of customer data with that guest in...
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