A Behind the Scenes Look at the Robot-Run Restaurant CaliExpress by Flippy
CaliExpress by Flippy bills itself as the world’s first fully autonomous restaurant. The fast-food restaurant, operated by Miso Robotics in Pasadena, California, is an hour’s drive from my home, so I set out after the July 4 holiday to check out the pop-up eatery. At...
ConverseNow Teams with Valyant to Accelerate Voice AI in Drive-Thrus
Fueled by the restaurant industry’s push to use tech for better efficiency, two big AI-voice ordering players have teamed up. ConverseNow, which automates ordering for restaurants with AI, announced Tuesday it’s acquiring Valyant AI, a provider of drive-thru...
Delivery Hero Prepares To Write a Lot of Zeros
German company Delivery Hero (DH), which operates in more than 70 countries and partners with around a half-million restaurants, may face a fine of nearly a half-billion dollars from the European Commission (EC) for alleged antitrust violations connected to its...
Report Reveals How QSRs Can Create Marketing in the Moment With AI
Nearly 70 percent of quick-service restaurant sales nationwide take place in drive-thrus, and thanks to new technology, marketers see a way to connect with customers like never before. That was the conclusion in a report released by the Chief Marketing Officer...
Local Kitchens Raises Another $40 Million. Can It Go National?
Local Kitchens may be cracking the multi-brand restaurant code. Just don’t call it a ghost kitchen. In its 12 Northern California micro food halls, the company operates one kitchen and prepares items from many menus. Unlike ghost kitchens, it offers a dine-in...
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