food and beverages

Report: McDonald’s to Launch Digital Marketing Fund, Add Ordering Channels
Report: McDonald’s to Launch Digital Marketing Fund, Add Ordering Channels
May 09, 2024  |  Restaurant innovation

McDonald’s is reportedly set to modernize its marketing strategy by launching a digital marketing fund to be paid into by its U.S. franchisees. The move aims to...

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Square Debuts Restaurant Kiosk for Self-Serve Ordering
Square Debuts Restaurant Kiosk for Self-Serve Ordering
May 07, 2024  |  Restaurant innovation

Square has introduced a tool to allow self-service ordering at fast food restaurants. Square Kiosk, announced Tuesday (May 7), is a combined software, hardware and payment solution...

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Instacart Brings Groceries and Restaurant Food Together With Uber Eats Deal
Instacart Brings Groceries and Restaurant Food Together With Uber Eats Deal
May 07, 2024  |  Delivery

Instacart has teamed with Uber to offer its customers restaurant deliveries via Uber Eats. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (May 7) and due to roll out in the weeks ahead,...

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Inflation and Pinched Consumer Wallets Dominate Q1 Earnings
Inflation and Pinched Consumer Wallets Dominate Q1 Earnings
May 01, 2024  |  Earnings

If there’s a theme for retailers this earnings season, and especially for dining, it might be crystallized in the comments this week from McDonald’s CEO...

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How Airline Miles Deliver Incremental Sales and Loyal Customers to Local Restaurants
How Airline Miles Deliver Incremental Sales and Loyal Customers to Local Restaurants
April 29, 2024  |  Loyalty & Rewards

It was restaurateur and self-styled pop culture icon Guy Fieri who said recently: “Food is not just eating energy. It’s an experience.” It’s a statement...

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Starbucks Renovations Include Quieter Stores, More Drive-Thrus
Starbucks Renovations Include Quieter Stores, More Drive-Thrus
April 10, 2024  |  Retail

Starbucks is rolling out new store design features as it adds locations and renovates existing ones. During the current fiscal year that ends in October, the...

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Stord Acquires ProPack to Expand Fulfillment Network for Omnichannel Brands
Stord Acquires ProPack to Expand Fulfillment Network for Omnichannel Brands
April 05, 2024  |  Acquisitions

Stord has acquired ProPack Logistics to expand its fulfillment network throughout the United States and Canada. ProPack, which provides fulfillment services for the nutrition and supplement product industry,...

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Amazon’s Retail Dominance Kept in Check by Walmart’s Food Sales
Amazon’s Retail Dominance Kept in Check by Walmart’s Food Sales
April 03, 2024  |  Retail

Since 2019, PYMNTS Intelligence has closely tracked the battle between the U.S.’s two top retailers, Walmart and Amazon, and each quarter we share our findings...

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Consumers Spend More at Restaurants When Using Digital Wallets
Consumers Spend More at Restaurants When Using Digital Wallets
March 14, 2024  |  Digital Payments

Digital wallets — such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, which use near-field communication tags, and Amazon Pay and PayPal, which use QR codes —...

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