TouchBistro Survey Shows FSR Faith In Off-Premise
TouchBistro, the all-in-one restaurant management system, has been publishing its annual State of Restaurants Report for six years now. And in that time, which pre-dates the pandemic, Jackie Prange, vice president of marketing, says that this year’s data, which...
API Provider MealMe Validates B2B Play With $8 Million Round
In 2019, Matthew Bouchner and Will Said, two college friends from the Atlanta area, burst through the doors with MealMe, a food-delivery price comparison aggregator. But aggregators quickly became ubiquitous. So MealMe pivoted. More than once. It started by adding a...
Could Voice AI Be Your Most Effective Drive-Thru Cashier?
Andrew Charles, a senior restaurant analyst at TD Cowen, has seen the future of drive-thru. Rather, he’s heard it. “Voice AI is showing a check lift where it is being used today,” he told the audience at the Restaurant Finance & Development Conference. “The reason...
Wonder Acquires Grubhub for $650 Million
Wonder, the food hall and delivery startup founded by Marc Lore acquired Grubhub for $650 million. The deal, expected to close in the first quarter of 2025, includes $500 million in senior notes and $150 million in cash. Wonder also announced an additional $250...
Texas Roadhouse Looks To Chick-fil-A For Reconciliation Insights
Kelsey Davis, a corporate systems analyst with Texas Roadhouse, believes in constant learning. And when it comes to her brand’s emerging third-party delivery business, and resulting reconciliation needs, she wanted to learn from Chick-fil-A, she told the audience at...
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