Around the Restaurant Industry at RFDC
Stagnant foot traffic, an uneven post-COVID recovery, the rise of automation, and a broad-based consumer drive for experiences over things were the key themes at this year’s Restaurant Finance & Development Conference in Las Vegas. Produced by Food On Demand...
Domino’s Sees Delivery Sales Fall After Incentivizing Customer Pickup
A year and a half after a national ad campaign incentivized Domino’s customers to pick up their pizzas rather than having them delivered, the pizza giant’s customers have followed suit as its pickup sales rise and delivery sales fall. During its third-quarter 2023...
Domino’s CTO on Microsoft AI Partnership, Future of Autonomous Delivery
As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly seeps into the restaurant industry, pizza giant Domino’s is one of the latest to test out new operational technologies. Via an ongoing partnership with Microsoft, Domino’s will utilize Microsoft Cloud and Azure OpenAI to...
Marco’s Pizza Tests Self-Driving Delivery Bots
Customers of Marco’s Pizza may have their next pizza delivery arrive via robot. The 1,200-unit pizza chain is tapping Magna, a global mobility technology company, to test last-mile autonomous delivery in select locations throughout North America. “With the challenges...
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