Grubhub To Provide Delivery for Starbucks
GrubHub has been on a roll lately. Last month it announced a deal with Hilton for room service delivery. Last week it announced a partnership with Amazon. And this morning it shared news of a collaboration with Starbucks. Starbucks Delivery with Grubhub is now...
If You are Seeing a Lot of Tech in Restaurants Now, Just Wait
Stepping into a restaurant these days can feel like walking onto the set of Dune. It’s pretty tech heavy. You may have ordering kiosks on your right, digital food lockers on your left, robots zipping around. And it’s likely to get even more futuristic,...
Speedy Eats Has an Unmanned Drive-Thru You Gotta See To Believe
Frederic “Speed” Bancroft had such a lousy experience at a fast-food restaurant in 2015 that he decided to design a QSR without a human in it. “This lady griped at me because I didn’t read a sign on the ordering menu about the credit-card machine being down. I started...
Taco John’s Launches Voice AI Ordering with Presto
Taco John’s is the latest chain to test voice AI ordering in its drive-thrus. To make this happen, the taco hub has teamed with AI automation technology provider Presto and restaurant point-of-sale (POS) provider Qu. Presto Voice will be available at select...
Build or Buy? Steering Through Maze of Custom Vs. Commercial Tech
Running restaurants today looks a lot different than years ago, especially when it comes to tech stacks. “When I first started in this industry, close to 20 years ago, operators typically had just a couple pieces of technology that were largely centered around their...
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