by Bernadette Heier | Dec 12, 2024 | News
Pizza chain Mellow Mushroom is embracing digital transformation. Recently, the brand teamed up with QSR Automations for some major tech upgrades, starting with integrating kitchen display systems (KDS). These digital screens replace paper-based tickets in the kitchen,...
by Adam Wahlberg | Dec 11, 2024 | News, Research
It’s one of the eternal questions in the restaurant world: at what price point would consumers be persuaded to come in for pickup instead of delivery? Medallia, a customer and employee experience research firm, suggests a formula: if your pickup pricing is 25 percent...
by Bernadette Heier | Dec 11, 2024 | News
Taco Bell is shaking up the traditional drive-thru experience, by giving customers the opportunity to appear in its 2025 Super Bowl commercial. It’s all part of Taco Bell’s Live Más Drive-Thru Cams campaign. At select locations, Taco Bell Rewards members can...
by Bernadette Heier | Dec 9, 2024 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Toast announced on Thursday that it is expanding its partnership with Uber by making Uber Eats Direct the primary white-label delivery option for businesses using Toast’s services. As part of this change, Toast is shifting away from its previous default partner,...
by Adam Wahlberg | Dec 6, 2024 | News, Third-Party Delivery
If you live in the Beacon Hill neighborhood in Seattle and have ordered food delivery in the past few years, chances are the smiling man who handed you your bag was Tony Illes. He’s been busy on the third-party delivery platforms. So busy that he figured that the area...
by Bernadette Heier | Dec 4, 2024 | News
We’ve all been there—standing in a busy restaurant, trying to figure out which order is yours or where it even is. Meanwhile, staff are juggling delivery drivers who are also looking for orders to pick up. It’s a situation both customers and staff deal...