Del Taco Opens First Fresh Flex Store
Del Taco, the second-largest U.S. Mexican QSR brand, opened its first Fresh Flex location that maximizes consumer convenience, improves operational efficiency and puts third-party delivery and customer pickup front and center with dedicated drive-thru lanes for mobile...
Reef’s Chief Creative Officer on Riding the Hyper-Growth Wave
As it grows in leaps in bounds via mega-partnerships, Reef wants the restaurant industry to imagine a future beyond the next quarterly earnings report. Inside its crystal ball, Reef sees you watching a cooking show where the chef is making an Italian feast, which...
Reef Kitchens Signs Mega Deal with 800 Degrees
Reef Kitchens, which went from a parking lot owner to a ghost kitchen operator, recently announced a partnership with 800 Degrees Woodfired Pizza to open 500 ghost kitchens for the brand over the next five years. The news comes amid a flurry of partnership...
Tech Stack Recap: Low-Friction Order Handoffs
At the beginning of the pandemic, one of the first non-tech solutions Del Taco came up with was using traffic cones to speed up the drive-thru. They already had outside order-takers at some locations, so they were able to scale that quickly, plus they were set up with...
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