food and beverage

Australian Mr. Yum Savors Historic $89M Series A 

Australian Mr. Yum Savors Historic $89M Series A 
Australian Mr. Yum Savors Historic $89M Series A 
December 01, 2021  |  Investments

The mobile ordering and payments startup Mr. Yum has raised $89 million in a Series A funding round, which the Australian company says is a...

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Restaurants Tapping Robot Servers Risk Repeating Past Mistakes
Restaurants Tapping Robot Servers Risk Repeating Past Mistakes
November 30, 2021  |  ResTech

Table-service restaurants are turning to robotics to weather labor challenges, but it is too soon to say whether these robots are the waitstaff of the...

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With Pop-Ups and Digital Tech, Restaurants Follow in Retail’s Footsteps
With Pop-Ups and Digital Tech, Restaurants Follow in Retail’s Footsteps
November 30, 2021  |  ResTech

From quick-service to fine dining, restaurants are turning to retail to get a sense of how to engage with consumers’ quick-changing habits and expectations. Take,...

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Today in Restaurant and Grocery Tech: Ultrafast Delivery Heats Up; Restaurants Rethink Digital Ordering
Today in Restaurant and Grocery Tech: Ultrafast Delivery Heats Up; Restaurants Rethink Digital Ordering
November 29, 2021  |  ResTech

Today in restaurant and grocery tech news: Table-service restaurants scale back their off-premise businesses, while ultrafast grocery delivery services step it up. Plus, Rajat Suri,...

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Digital Ordering Boom Gives Restaurants a Bigger Slice of Thanksgiving Spending
Digital Ordering Boom Gives Restaurants a Bigger Slice of Thanksgiving Spending
November 25, 2021  |  Retail

Thanksgiving is famously a holiday for home cooking, but this year, restaurants will be seeing a bigger piece of the consumer pie as the food...

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Metaverse Pilgrims Tear a Page From the Mayflower Playbook to Make It in the New World
Metaverse Pilgrims Tear a Page From the Mayflower Playbook to Make It in the New...
November 25, 2021  |  Commentary

On Thanksgiving, many people in the U.S. are reminded of 17th century pilgrims who left “the old world” and ventured to an unknown “new world”...

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Gearing up for IPO, MOD Pizza Looks to Voice Commerce, Data Analytics
Gearing up for IPO, MOD Pizza Looks to Voice Commerce, Data Analytics
November 24, 2021  |  IPO

Pizza chains, which typically relied heavily on off-premise sales even before quarantine, have been at the forefront of the restaurant industry’s digital shift. Now, Seattle-based...

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Street Robot Vending Machine Cooks Healthy Food Fast
Street Robot Vending Machine Cooks Healthy Food Fast
November 24, 2021  |  Innovation

A street robot vending machine can prepare healthy food from vegetables and cereals in under one minute, and can cook as many as 1,000 different...

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