by Tom Kaiser | Dec 13, 2023 | News
CardFree has launched a new, revised loyalty platform that allows merchants to create customized order, pay and loyalty solutions. Officially labeled Loyalty 2.0, the new offering is designed to allow operators to create customized, multi-channel rewards programs. ...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 13, 2023 | News
California-based SoundHound, one of the largest providers of artificial intelligence-based voice recognition, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire SYNC3 Restaurant Solutions, another provider of voice AI. SoundHound says this deal will make it “the...
by Bernadette Heier | Dec 13, 2023 | News
For food industry startups, opening up a brick-and-mortar location can be a difficult, daunting task. To help entrepreneurs get it done, Grubhub and Chicago’s The Hatchery, a nonprofit incubator dedicated to fostering successful F&B businesses, teamed up to host a...
by Peter Backman | Dec 13, 2023 | News, Third-Party Delivery
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. In the early days,...
by Bernadette Heier | Dec 13, 2023 | Automation, News
Cibotica, a Canadian-based food robotics company, has made strides in revolutionizing kitchen efficiency with the release of its flagship product Remy. Remy is an automated salad and bowl assembly line that’s capable of making up to 300 bowls per hour. “Our...
by Bernadette Heier | Dec 7, 2023 | News, Outstanding Operators
Kicking off the first feature of Outstanding Operators is Mary Aregoni of Saigon Sisters. Aregoni is being recognized for redefining the Chicago area food scene, serving a Vietnamese concept that has proven versatile in meeting different market venues and sizes....