Restaurant innovation

Restaurant innovation
When Restaurant Tech Sees Your Face And Identifies Your Taste
November 05, 2019

Facial recognition tech could give the old restaurant axiom “service with a smile” a whole new meaning, by allowing customers to reorder meals with just a glance. In the latest Order To Eat Tracker, Dallas-based QSR Malibu Poke Owner Jon Alexis tells PYMNTS how facial...

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Get Ready For A More Intimate, Data-Driven QSR Experience
October 16, 2019

Fast food and QSR operations are trying to do more than old-fashioned mass meal production. Customization is coming into its own in that space, as Tim Ridgely, head of order and delivery for Paytronix Systems, tells PYMNTS in a new discussion. What will stand out...

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Deep Dive: Third-Party Delivery Apps Face Growth Challenges
October 07, 2019

Third-party delivery apps such as DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats are in high demand as customers seek to enjoy meals from their favorite fast-food restaurants and quick-service restaurant (QSR) brands. Many restaurants work with such delivery services to more easily reach their consumer bases, but...

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Taco Bell’s Strategy To Help Customers Own Their Ordering Experiences
October 04, 2019

In the quick-service restaurant (QSR) space, sometimes the best combos aren’t on the menu. With consumers’ ordering preferences getting increasingly digital, many restaurants are turning to self-serve technology and delivery partnerships to provide enhanced omnichannel experiences. In the new Order To Eat Tracker, Taco Bell’s...

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Inside Taco Bell’s Omnichannel Overhaul
October 03, 2019

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Mobile Smart Kitchens Reinvent Food Delivery
September 19, 2019

The food that appears on one’s dinner plate each night comes with no small amount of environmental cost. It takes much land, water, pesticides, electricity and fossil fuel to grow, harvest, package, transport and prepare the food required to make even the simplest possible meals. ...

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TouchBistro Lands $119M To Expand Restaurant POS Tech
September 18, 2019

Restaurant POS and payments firm TouchBistro has raised CDN $158 million (U.S. $119.24 million) in a Series E funding round led by OMERS Growth Equity, the company said in a press release on Wednesday (Sept. 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Deep Dive: QSRs Find Their Voice
September 16, 2019

More than one-quarter of all U.S. consumers who own voice-activated devices have used them to order food. These consumers commonly rely on technologies such as Amazon Echo or Google Home to have food delivered. The following Deep Dive highlights how voice technology could change the...

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Mobile Loyalty Success Hinges On More Than Just Points
September 13, 2019

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