Industry-Shaping Trends from the 2026 NRA Show
Beverages driving revenue, the rising importance of the post-ability of menu items and consumers’ shifting approach to value meals — these were a few of the trends shaping discussion at the 2026 National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago last weekend. Three...
Restaurants Use Menu Intelligence to Shape Loyalty, Discovery and Personalization
Consumers want more visibility into what they are eating and more personalized digital ordering experiences, according to restaurant and technology leaders speaking at the 2026 Food On Demand Conference in Dallas. The panel, titled “How Menu Intelligence and...
Rising Gas Prices Drain Delivery Driver Take-Home Pay
Rising gas prices are taking an increasingly significant toll on the take-home pay of food delivery drivers thus far in 2026, outpacing fuel relief and incentive programs from third-party delivery marketplaces like Uber Eats and DoorDash, resulting in lower net...
Restaurant Industry Experts Weigh in on Dynamic Pricing
Few topics polarize the restaurant operators and consumers like dynamic pricing, the practice of using technology like artificial intelligence to adjust menu item costs based on analysis of real-time data. At its best, dynamic pricing could automatically pass...
Alternate Delivery Platforms Find Success in Niche Spaces
Not all third-party delivery platforms need to be at the scale of the big players, but leaders of those less prominent companies in the space said the impact still has to be large. That was the message from a panel of representatives from the delivery industry at the...
Outstanding Operators
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