QSR

QSR is the business-to-business magazine for the limited-service restaurant segment, which includes: quick-service (fast food), fast-casual dining, snack shops.

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Restaurants Race To Offer Most Efficient AI Drive-Thru Experience
Restaurants Race To Offer Most Efficient AI Drive-Thru Experience
June 14, 2021  |  ResTech

The automated drive-thru competition is heating up. McDonald’s recently revealed that it is trying out automated order-taking technologies at 10 drive-thru restaurants in Chicago. Customers...

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Multi-Factor Authentication Makes QSRs Promotions, Discounts Fraud-Free
Multi-Factor Authentication Makes QSRs Promotions, Discounts Fraud-Free
June 14, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

In keeping with the adage that “no good deed goes unpunished,“ it turns out that those popular promotions and discounts that restaurants use to reward existing...

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Chipotle Is Cautious But Candid About Price Increases
Chipotle Is Cautious But Candid About Price Increases
June 10, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Even the price of burritos has to keep up with the needs of the time, it seems. That’s the reality as this week comes to...

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Mobile Order-Ahead App Rankings Already Getting Crowded For Summer
Mobile Order-Ahead App Rankings Already Getting Crowded For Summer
June 08, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

When last we met in this space to update PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Mobile Order-Ahead Apps, we could tell something was up. It’s called “The...

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McDonald’s Taps Apprente Tech To Pilot Automated Drive-Thru Orders
McDonald’s Taps Apprente Tech To Pilot Automated Drive-Thru Orders
June 02, 2021  |  QSR & Mobile

McDonald’s is tapping artificial intelligence (AI) technology from Apprente — its 2019 acquisition — to launch a test pilot of automated drive-thru ordering at 10...

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Today In Payments: Beijing Offers Lottery For Digital Yuan Pilot; Mitek Acquires ID R&D To Fight Identity Fraud
Today In Payments: Beijing Offers Lottery For Digital Yuan Pilot; Mitek Acquires ID R&D To...
June 02, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, Beijing is holding a $6.2 million lottery to pilot its digital yuan, and Mitek has acquired ID R&D to expand its...

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Restaurant Roundup: Deals, Deliveries And Dragontail
Restaurant Roundup: Deals, Deliveries And Dragontail
May 28, 2021  |  Restaurant Roundup

Yum! Brands is continuing its ongoing tech acquisition spree with its purchase of Dragontail Systems Limited, a kitchen management and delivery technology company, which was...

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KFC To Triple Global Store Count Amid Chicken Sandwich Wars
KFC To Triple Global Store Count Amid Chicken Sandwich Wars
May 26, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

In the ongoing chicken sandwich wars, Colonel Sanders is leading his brigade into battle. Specifically, Yum! Brands executives announced on Tuesday (May 25) that KFC...

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Auntie Anne’s Pivots To Drive-Thrus Vs. Malls For Its Pretzels
Auntie Anne’s Pivots To Drive-Thrus Vs. Malls For Its Pretzels
May 24, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

As restaurants throughout the country rethink store design for the post-COVID future, pretzel chain Auntie Anne’s is getting out of the mall and into our...

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