PAR Technology to Anchor Pizza Giant’s Next-Gen Tech Stack
PAR Technology Corporation, a New York-based foodservice technology provider, announced Monday that its platform was selected to help guide a “foundational shift” in the operations of the world’s third-largest pizza delivery company. According to a Jan. 12 press...
Papa Johns First to Deploy Google Cloud AI Ordering Agent
Papa Johns is updating its digital ordering experience through a new partnership with Google Cloud, focused on AI-powered ordering across channels. The pizza giant marks the first partner for Google’s newly expanded AI solution, dubbed, Food Ordering Agent. The goal...
2025’s Most Impactful Food and Technology Stories
From multi-billion-dollar deals to artificial intelligence advancements that reshaped the way restaurants around the globe operate, 2025 proved a transformative year for the foodservice and technology industries. The past 12 months featured massive growth for...
Incentivizing Loyalty: Restaurant Brands Personalize Promotions
With customer loyalty programs growing in popularity among both restaurant operators and consumers, brands are already demonstrating out-of-the-box incentives in 2026 to boost app downloads and draw attention to rewards initiatives. Restaurant loyalty is no...
Starbucks Brings Brand to ‘Beast Games’ Season 2
As brands look to connect more deeply with younger consumers, experiential marketing and creator-led partnerships are taking center stage. Starbucks is kicking off the New Year with a high-profile collaboration with YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson, better known as...
New California Law Impacts 3PD Transparency, Refunds and Courier Protections
With the onset of 2026 comes the implementation of a new law passed by wide margins in both houses of the California State Legislature last September. The rule change requires third-party delivery platforms to implement enhanced fee transparency measures, as well as...
2026 Restaurant Predictions and the Rise of Digital Hospitality
As restaurants head into 2026, operators are rethinking how hospitality shows up beyond the four walls. Stephanie Jaeger, Learning and Development Specialist at JOEY Restaurant Group and Immediate Past President of Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI)—a global...
Chick-fil-A Leans into ‘Newstalgia’ for Milestone Anniversary
Eight decades since Chick-fil-A’s humble beginnings as an Atlanta-based grill, the brand honored 80 years of business by launching a year-long celebration for the milestone anniversary. To commemorate 80 years in which Chick-fil-A skyrocketed from a local...
Olo Acquires Spendgo to Expand Platform with Loyalty
Restaurant tech platform Olo just wrapped up its acquisition of Spendgo, the loyalty and guest engagement platform. With Olo Loyalty, restaurant brands can boost guest engagement and profitability while using Olo’s full suite of ordering, payment, guest data, and...
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