by Tom Kaiser | Jul 21, 2022 | News, Top Stories
Denny Post isn’t done speeding toward the horizon of the restaurant world. In an interview with Food On Demand, the former president and CEO of Red Robin who steered development of KFC’s Popcorn Chicken, Burger King’s Chicken Fries and Starbucks’ Pikes Place Roast,...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 21, 2022 | Briefs, News
Travelers flying through Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina have a new option with a new virtual food hall bringing nine restaurant concepts for pickup and gate-side delivery through a partnership between Reef and Hubb Kitchens. For off-premises...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 21, 2022 | Briefs, News
Wow Bao is taking its next step toward an off-premises-biased real estate model with high-tech vending machines through a partnership with Automated Retail Technologies and its Just Baked Hot Food kiosks. Wow Bao inside of Just Baked vending machines will begin...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 21, 2022 | Briefs, News
Brian Hedlund has been named senior vice president of foodservice for the U.S. and Canadian markets at Vollrath Company. In this new role, Hedlund will focus on capturing the synergies that exist across all Vollrath Foodservice product lines, as well as executing...
by Nicholas Upton | Jul 20, 2022 | Automation, News
Compass Group Canada will soon have three fully-robotic kitchens in a new partnership with SJW Robotics, the creator of RoWok. Compass, the largest foodservice company in Canada with more than 2,200 locations across the country, will pilot three kitchens starting this...
by Nicholas Upton | Jul 20, 2022 | Automation, News, Research
In a recent survey from Presto, drive-thru customers like the influx of automation and they want more. Presto, a digital services provider known recently for AI-voice technology, announced the findings of a biannual survey that showed a strong desire for more...