Cibotica Debuts Automated Bowl Dispensing Tech
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...
Outstanding Operator: Saigon Sisters
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....
Uber Eats Launches New Offers, Personalized Marketing Tools
Ahead of a busy holiday season when consumers say prices and promotions are their top consideration for purchases and ~77 percent cope with their busy schedules by ordering from restaurants, Uber Eats is launching three new offer types and new personalized marketing...
ConverseNow and ItsaCheckmate Collab to Make AI-Voice Ordering More Accessible
ConverseNow, an AI-powered voice-ordering solution for restaurants has teamed with third-party delivery aggregator and menu management company ItsaCheckmate. The move enables ConverseNow to integrate its technology with dozens of point-of-sale systems, significantly...
Sauce Integrates Dynamic Pricing with Olo
Sauce, a Los Angeles-based tech company helping restaurants quickly implement dynamic pricing, announced a new integration with Olo. The Olo-Sauce news comes a week after Juicer, another automated pricing platform, integrated its offering with ItsaCheckmate. Sauce...
Growing Chains Tap Loop’s AI to Optimize Third-Party Delivery
Delivery intelligence platform Loop continues to partner with growth brands looking at AI to maximize third-party delivery profitability. Several chains have tapped the company as of late, including Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers. The fast-casual will...
Robotic Reindeer Delivering Meals for Uber Eats
Heads up next time you order a meal from Uber Eats, as the delivery provider announced that Robot Reindeer will be delivering meals in a handful of locations across the country between now and the end of December. Dressed up with bright red noses and what appear to...
Danny Meyer, Amir Hudda on Qu’s EHI Investment
For Qu CEO Amir Hudda, the recent funding announcement from Danny Meyer’s Enlightened Hospitality Investments is transformative, and brings a credibility factor to the point-of-sale player that’s about “something more than capital.” “Having somebody like Danny Meyer...
Sandland: Are Ghost Kitchens Dead?
Meredith Sandland is co-author of “Delivering the Digital Restaurant: Your Roadmap to the Future of Food” and “Delivering the Digital Restaurant: The Path to Digital Maturity.” Meredith is the CEO of Empower Delivery, software that powers off-premise-centric...
Outstanding Operators
Food On Demand Outstanding Operators features restaurant brands with innovative operations that are taking creative paths to success with delivery and all things off-premises.