Point B Launches a Tech Innovation Center For Operators
If the shortest path between two points is a straight line, the shortest path to a smart tech play might mean a trip to Point B Restaurant Technology Innovation Center in Chicago. Walk into the center and you will find a Wonka-like facility, which is decked out with...
Panso Streamlines Tech and Reduces Headaches For Operators
Britney Ziegler had a ghost kitchen ready to go. She had a location picked out in Larkspur, Calif. She had a chef. She was not far away from opening the doors. Then she changed her mind. “It was when I got to the tech stack,” she said in an interview. “I was blown...
SpotOn Launches GoTo Place to Take on Restaurant Super Apps
POS provider SpotOn is taking aim at apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats with its own mobile ordering app. The company launched GoTo Place, a mobile app that lets you order pickup or delivery, make a reservation, join a waitlist, and collect loyalty points. Restaurants...
The Great Merger Wave: Why Delivery Giants are Eating Each Other
Contributing editor, Peter Backman, is a long-term foodservice sector guru and founder of theDelivery.World, a platform that connects the delivery sector and makes sense of the myriad changes and challenges that affect the sector across the globe. The global food...
Independent Pizza Shops Are Succeeding With a 20th Century Formula
It’s generally accepted that the bond between Americans and affordable big-chain pizza is unshakeable. Yet 2024 has jolted that assumption, according to a recent Technomic Top 500 Report, which shows that many of the top brands, including Pizza Hut, have been seeing...
Outstanding Operators
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