food and beverage

Today in Restaurant and Grocery Tech: Blue Apron Launches Frozen Meals; Toast Eyes $170M IPO
Today in Restaurant and Grocery Tech: Blue Apron Launches Frozen Meals; Toast Eyes $170M IPO
September 13, 2021  |  ResTech

Today in restaurant and grocery tech news: Blue Apron announces “Heat & Eat” single-serve meals, while Resy adds vaccination status-checking tools for its restaurant customers....

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Blue Apron’s New Frozen Meals Add Value for High-Churn Subscription Service
Blue Apron’s New Frozen Meals Add Value for High-Churn Subscription Service
September 13, 2021  |  Subscriptions

Blue Apron announced on Monday (Sept. 13) that it is launching “Heat & Eat” meals as add-ons for subscribers. Unlike the company’s meal kit offerings,...

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Kroger Closes Q2 With Digital Partnerships, Higher Wages, Rebranding
Kroger Closes Q2 With Digital Partnerships, Higher Wages, Rebranding
September 10, 2021  |  Retail

Kroger closed its second quarter with new digital partnerships, rebranding with a unifying symbol and boosting its employees’ wages to $16 per hour, which will...

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LA’s SoFi Stadium, Square Ink 10-Year Deal for Contactless Payments
LA’s SoFi Stadium, Square Ink 10-Year Deal for Contactless Payments
September 10, 2021  |  POS Innovation

Square will be the exclusive point-of-sale (POS) payments, software and merchants service provider for the new SoFi Stadium, which is home to the Los Angeles...

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Shake Shack Bets on Food, Fun and Connected Consumers with New Casino Partnership  
Shake Shack Bets on Food, Fun and Connected Consumers with New Casino Partnership  
September 08, 2021  |  Commerce Connected

In Boston, Shake Shack is opening a location in a casino. The restaurant will be at the Encore Boston Harbor resort, and it will open...

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F6: Four Factors Forming Fast-Casual’s Future with Freddy’s
F6: Four Factors Forming Fast-Casual’s Future with Freddy’s
September 03, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Fast-casual is the quickest-growing category in the restaurant sector, with studies finding that the segment is currently growing about 8% each year, compared to the...

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69% of Restaurants See 2021 Pacing or Exceeding 2019 Levels
69% of Restaurants See 2021 Pacing or Exceeding 2019 Levels
September 03, 2021  |  ResTech

The pandemic winds on, but restaurants see their fortunes improving – enough so that owners and operators are cautiously optimistic about the near-term future. Get...

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Today in Food Tech: Walmart Expands Ghost Kitchen Partnership, Chipotle Gamifies Rewards
Today in Food Tech: Walmart Expands Ghost Kitchen Partnership, Chipotle Gamifies Rewards
September 01, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Today in restaurant and grocery tech news, Chipotle soups up its loyalty rewards and Walmart adds a 25-brand ghost kitchen in Rochester, New York. Plus,...

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Ghost Kitchens Broadens Walmart Collab With US Expansion
Ghost Kitchens Broadens Walmart Collab With US Expansion
September 01, 2021  |  Retail

Canada’s Ghost Kitchens is broadening its collaboration with Walmart with the opening of its first U.S. location in Rochester, New York. Get the Full Story...

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