food and beverage

Meal Delivery Service RealEats Wraps $16M Series A

Meal Delivery Service RealEats Wraps $16M Series A
Meal Delivery Service RealEats Wraps $16M Series A
October 26, 2021  |  Investments

RealEats has just raised some real money. The meal delivery service announced on Tuesday (Oct. 26) that it had concluded a $16.3 million Series A...

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Gearing up to Go Public, Sweetgreen’s Aggressive Digital Efforts May Be Misdirected
Gearing up to Go Public, Sweetgreen’s Aggressive Digital Efforts May Be Misdirected
October 26, 2021  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Sweetgreen may be making major investments in digitizing its restaurants, but for a restaurant chain so focused on technology, it has made some odd choices...

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Next-Gen Food Carts Gear up to Take Over City Streets
Next-Gen Food Carts Gear up to Take Over City Streets
October 25, 2021  |  ResTech

With the rise in off-premise digital ordering, restaurants and coffee shops are rethinking their formats. Brands are experimenting with ghost kitchens, robotic kiosks, physical locations...

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Kroger’s Home Chef Sales Soar as Consumers Seek Alternative to Increasingly Costly Restaurant Delivery 
Kroger’s Home Chef Sales Soar as Consumers Seek Alternative to Increasingly Costly Restaurant Delivery 
October 25, 2021  |  ResTech

Consumers increasingly expect simple, convenient ways to get their food needs met, but most are not willing to bear the cost of on-demand restaurant delivery...

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Burger King’s Paper Coupon Problem Pits 20% of Loyal Customers Against Digitization Push
Burger King’s Paper Coupon Problem Pits 20% of Loyal Customers Against Digitization Push
October 25, 2021  |  Earnings

Burger King’s push to get consumers on board with its digital offerings could be alienating a huge portion of its most long-standing customers. On Monday...

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Restaurant Roundup: Robots Take Over Major Casual Dining Chains
Restaurant Roundup: Robots Take Over Major Casual Dining Chains
October 22, 2021  |  ResTech

Chili’s Grill & Bar, the Brinker International-owned casual dining giant with over 1,600 restaurants across 29 countries, is looking to mitigate its front-of-house labor challenges...

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Chipotle Aims to Convert Its Majority In-Person Customer Base to Omnichannel with Loyalty Investments
Chipotle Aims to Convert Its Majority In-Person Customer Base to Omnichannel with Loyalty Investments
October 21, 2021  |  Earnings

Chipotle Mexican Grill is seeing digital sales rise and in-person visits fall. The company announced on Thursday (Oct. 21) that in the third quarter of...

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Automated Kiosks Out-Quick-Service the QSRs
Automated Kiosks Out-Quick-Service the QSRs
October 20, 2021  |  ResTech

As the restaurant industry’s labor shortage stretches out indefinitely into the future, consumer demand for restaurant meals remains elevated, with the rise of off-premise ordering...

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