In the wake of the off-premises revolution, Olo founder and CEO Noah Glass has turned his attention to reinventing the experience of dining inside restaurants. With guests identified by their phone number or even biometrics like a face or eye scan, his goal is giving...
Chipotle is still on the gas as it opens its 500th restaurant with a Chipotlane, its digital order drive-thru lanes, and outlined a new partnership with regional marketplace ASAP.com. The latest Chipotlane location just opened in Louisville, Kentucky. “We are thrilled...
Miso, best known for Flippy the burger-flipping and fry-frying robot, is coming to Jack in the Box. It’s the latest announcement in what Miso CEO Mike Bell calls a “drumbeat” of new pilots and partnerships. In the mix, Chipotle’s Chippy test,...
Miso Robotics and Chipotle are testing an automated chip-making robot to see if it can keep up with human counterparts and meet the burrito giant’s exacting standards. Dubbed “Chippy,” the chip-making robot will look familiar to Flippy fans. It’s...
When COVID-19 hit, it was clear that things in the restaurant industry were going to change. Many of those changes, such as the rise of delivery, were obvious. But other changes and their knock-on effects would have been harder to predict. “I never thought I’d see the...
Off Premises University is a new digital content series designed to inform and educate restaurant operators on some of the most critical off-premises issues affecting their business and the best practices to address them.