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Today In Food Tech: Prop 22 Reversal Could Strain Food Delivery Volume; Taco Bell Restaurants...
August 23, 2021

Today in restaurant and grocery tech news, the ruling to overturn Prop 22 could change the meal delivery landscape, and Taco Bell talks restaurant design. Plus, there’s a look at the ways drive-thru is transforming the restaurant industry. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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67 Pct Of Restaurants’ Orders Come Via Phone Or Digital Channels
August 23, 2021

Restaurants have pivoted through the past year and a half of the pandemic to embrace customers’ shifting preferences about how they want to order and receive their food. The move – to digital channels, phone ordering, apps and enhanced websites – has been a hallmark...

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Faster Drive-Thrus Are Eating Dining Rooms’ Lunch And Reshaping The Future Of Restaurants
August 23, 2021

The quick-service restaurant (QSR) drive-thru hardly seems like it would be the cutting edge of technology. If anything, the channel has vaguely retro connotations, calling up images of, say, “American Graffiti,” an early ‘70s recollection of the early ‘60s. Today, however, the drive-thru is a...

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OpenTable, CLEAR Simplify US Vax Proof At Restaurants
August 23, 2021

OpenTable and secure identity company CLEAR have partnered to give U.S. restaurant diners an easier way to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination through CLEAR’s free digital vaccine card, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Taco Bell Restaurants Will Keep Getting Smaller, Says COO
August 23, 2021

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Restaurant Roundup: Red Robin Struggles To Take Flight
August 20, 2021

As many major restaurant chains surpassed their pre-pandemic sales in Q2, seizing on consumers’ pent-up demand for restaurant dining, Red Robin did not fare so well. Restaurant sales were down 10 percent from Q2 2019, the company announced Wednesday (Aug. 18) and net loss totaled...

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Hyphen’s Restaurant Robotics Fend Off Delivery Giants
August 19, 2021

We may not have Jetsons-style food machines or Wallace & Gromit autochefs in our kitchens just yet, but food production automation is accelerating. From salad-making robots to pizza creation automation systems to robot baristas, innovations are coming to the fore each month. Get the Full...

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Today in Food Tech: Target Touts Drive-Up Grocery Sales; Brinker Prioritizes Dine-In
August 18, 2021

Today in restaurant and grocery tech news, Target sees grocery sales grow at double the rate of Walmart, while Brinker International slows its virtual brand expansion to focus on the on-premises experience. Plus, Subway’s senior director of digital talks about building a data-informed relationship with...

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RBI-Backed Home Chef Marketplace WoodSpoon Brings Personal Connections To On-Demand Delivery
August 18, 2021

In today’s connected economy, the ways we get our food needs met are running together, with restaurants offering packaged foods, grocery stores selling prepared foods and hybrid solutions such as meal kits coming to the fore. No wonder then that the distinctions between the home...