Dan Lynn, Inspire Brands
Chief Commercial Officer, Inspire Brands Dan serves as chief commercial and restaurant officer of Inspire Brands, a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC...Lisa Landsman, Google
Global Business Development, Google Lisa Landsman leads Industry Engagement and SMB Success for Google’s Search Partnerships team. She and her team empower businesses in the restaurant and food service industry with the knowledge and tools to maximize their...
Vox AI Wants To Transform QSR Operations
There’s an arms race going on among voice AI tech companies. The ones that with the most capabilities stand the best chance at getting a call from prized QSR operators. Vox AI recently completed a $8.7 fundraising round, bringing its total to $10 million, to...
Potbelly Plans Sale to Major C-Store Operator RaceTrac
This article originally appeared in Franchise Times, a sister publication to Food On Demand. An operator of more than 800 convenience stores is turning to sandwiches. RaceTrac, the Atlanta-based company that runs hundreds of RaceTrac and RaceWay c-stores, plans to...
Starbucks Brings AI-Powered Inventory Counting to Coffeehouses
Starbucks has tapped AI to automate inventory counting, now rollling out across North American coffeehouses. With just a quick scan on a handheld tablet, baristas can instantly see what’s in stock. So that items like cold foam, oat milk, or caramel drizzle are always...
Marqii Expands With Yext to Support Hospitality Brands
Marqii is expanding its partnership with Yext, a company that powers business listings across search engines, maps, apps, and directories. This combines Yext’s publishing network—which keeps business details accurate like hours, locations and contact information...
Loman AI Can Answer Your Phone Like Tony Soprano
When Christian Wiens helped launch Loman AI in the summer of 2024, restaurants weren’t on his mind. A moving company was. “We had some friends who owned one and we built a demo for them,” he said. Wiens also enrolled the company in a Facebook group for small business...
WOWorks and Cartwheel Grows Partnership With ezCater Platform
Cartwheel, a leading enterprise delivery management platform for restaurants, is expanding its collaboration with WOWorks, the parent company of such restaurant brands as Saladworks and Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh. WOWorks will integrate Cartwheel’s delivery...
Qu Rolls Out Kiosk Upgrades To Help Operators Preserve Margins
It’s a universal truth shared by operators: costs are infringing on profits, more now than ever. From food to labor, it seems like everything is more expensive. That’s where Qu comes in with its kiosks, which have the potential to make operations more profitable. And...
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