Wonder Scales Up Production With FreshRealm Expansion
Wonder, Marc Lore’s food hall delivery concept, is partnering with FreshRealm to boost expansion. The partnership aims to help the chain expand from 12 to 90 locations by the end of 2025, with a goal to open 25 this year. FreshRealm produces fresh meals for grocery...
DoorDash Grows Alcohol Delivery and Expands Brand Advertising Options
DoorDash has expanded its alcohol delivery options to include several well-known retailers. They also announced new advertising offerings that will allow brands to connect with consumers who are looking to purchase alcohol. Alcohol delivery will now be available via...
Checkmate Steps Out With a New Identity and Expanded Ordering Solutions
A lot has changed for itsaCheckmate since it came onto the scene eight years ago. Originally it started as a third-party integration company for restaurants’ point-of-sale (POS) systems—remember the sea of tablets operators often had to deal with to handle multiple...
The Great Dining-Room Rethink Continues
For a fast-casual chain that offers old-fashioned fare, Potbelly also has a taste for the modern. Last year, it launched Potbelly Digital Kitchen, an in-store tech platform that optimizes online order processing. And now it’s toasting the bread even more with a sleek,...
California’s $20 Minimum Wage Spurs Kiosk Demand at Fast Food Restaurants
California’s new $20 minimum wage for fast food workers is spurring the adoption of restaurant automation tools, from kiosks to drive-thru voice bots. Kiosks are especially having a moment in the state as quick-service chains look for ways to increase revenue and...
Grubhub To Provide Delivery for Starbucks
GrubHub has been on a roll lately. Last month it announced a deal with Hilton for room service delivery. Last week it announced a partnership with Amazon. And this morning it shared news of a collaboration with Starbucks. Starbucks Delivery with Grubhub is now...
If You are Seeing a Lot of Tech in Restaurants Now, Just Wait
Stepping into a restaurant these days can feel like walking onto the set of Dune. It’s pretty tech heavy. You may have ordering kiosks on your right, digital food lockers on your left, robots zipping around. And it’s likely to get even more futuristic,...
Speedy Eats Has an Unmanned Drive-Thru You Gotta See To Believe
Frederic “Speed” Bancroft had such a lousy experience at a fast-food restaurant in 2015 that he decided to design a QSR without a human in it. “This lady griped at me because I didn’t read a sign on the ordering menu about the credit-card machine being down. I started...
Marqii Partners with Open Table, Expands Review Management Capabilities
Digital operations platform Marqii has combined with OpenTable to incorporate publisher reviews on its review dashboard. The dashboard will feature reviews from the likes of Yelp, Facebook, and Grubhub, Uber Eats and ezCater —to name just a few. Marqii restaurant...
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