Paytronix Acquired By a British Software Company
Guest engagement company Paytronix has helped process more than 40 billion consumer transactions. It is now processing its sale to The Access Group, a leading provider of business management software to mid-market organizations in Europe, the U.S. and Asia Pacific....
DoorDash Partners With Lyft On Discounts and Upgrades
Lyft has been poking around the lucrative food-delivery business for a while now. In 2020, it rolled out a program with Grubhub for Lyft Pink members. In 2021, it partnered with digital-ordering platform Olo to serve as a last-mile delivery provider for restaurant...
7-Eleven Ramps Up Fast Casual Strategy with 600 Food-Focused Stores
C-stores continue to make plays in the fast-casual space. 7-Eleven, the largest C-store chain in the U.S., plans to open 600 large-format, food-focused convenience stores in North America, by the end of 2027. Highlighted by CEO Joe DePinto in a recent investor...
Richtech Robotics Becomes a Franchisee Inside 20 Walmart Stores
Have you ever wondered what would happen if a robot met a ghost? No, this isn’t a description of the latest Marvel movie. It’s the latest announcement from Richtech Robotics, which has agreed to become a franchisee of Ghost Kitchens America, which operates in-store...
Delivery.com Teams with Cartwheel to Boost Delivery Game
Delivery.com has introduced a new hybrid delivery model for its clients by collaborating with Cartwheel. The delivery platform serves over three million customers who order from more than 12,000 businesses across 2,000 cities in the U.S., including Chicago, Boston,...
Toast Survey Shows Operator Commitment to Off-Premises
Toast is out today with its third Voice of the Restaurant Industry Survey and the results show that operators know that off-premises may be where their bread is buttered. From May 17 through June 2, Toast asked 755 restaurant decision-makers a series of questions...
Kitchen Robotics Installs a Robot Kitchen At Florida International University
Imagine you’re a freshman at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami. You’re strolling the campus. Your 10 a.m. class is out of the way. Your next one isn’t until 2. You’re hungry. What to do? Maybe order something. But wait? Didn’t some kid in the dorm say...
Uber Eats Now Lets Users Create and Share Lists of Favorite Spots on App
We’ve all experienced that moment in a new city, unsure of what to order or just scrolling delivery apps at home, eager to try something different. To help with this, Uber Eats is adding a social twist to food delivery, allowing users to create and share lists of...
FoodFriends Aims To Bring the Restaurant Community Together
Nabeel Alamgir, CEO of Lunchbox, an online ordering and guest engagement system, experiences one emotion nearly every time he gets on a plane after a work trip: regret. “I travel every week, half the time to conferences. When I leave I think on the flight back home,...
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