Restaurant Innovation

Innovation Or Annihilation: The Choice Restaurants Face As Recovery Revs Up
Innovation Or Annihilation: The Choice Restaurants Face As Recovery Revs Up
June 08, 2020  |  Restaurant innovation

After nearly three months of closures in most places, the U.S. restaurant industry is preparing for its grand reopening with extensive safety guidelines in place....

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What The Restaurant Industry Needs To Serve Up Next
What The Restaurant Industry Needs To Serve Up Next
June 05, 2020  |  Restaurant innovation

The restaurant industry is in a state of massive flux, with almost all on-site dining switched to carry-out as shutdowns in most U.S. states forced...

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Why The Food Industry Has To Change What It Brings To The Dining Table
Why The Food Industry Has To Change What It Brings To The Dining Table
May 26, 2020  |  Restaurant innovation

For a consumer, the most important deciding factor in picking a place to eat pre-pandemic was pretty simple — which was offering them the best...

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Deep Dive: Contactless Payments And Touch-Free Ordering: How QSRs Are Reopening Their Storefronts
Deep Dive: Contactless Payments And Touch-Free Ordering: How QSRs Are Reopening Their Storefronts
May 20, 2020  |  Restaurant innovation

Approximately 30,000 U.S. restaurants have permanently shuttered operations, and more than 110,000 anticipated closing their doors in April, according to recent estimates from the National...

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Curry Up Now On Its Contactless Approach To Reopening
Curry Up Now On Its Contactless Approach To Reopening
May 19, 2020  |  Restaurant innovation

Redesigning restaurant layouts and creating a touch-free environment are about to become non-negotiable for quick-service restaurants (QSRs) across America as they prepare to reopen their...

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How COVID-19 Is Accelerating Drive-Thru Upgrades
How COVID-19 Is Accelerating Drive-Thru Upgrades
April 21, 2020  |  Restaurant innovation

Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) competing in an already tight space have been under increasing pressure to differentiate their brands and enhance business operations at a time...

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Schlotzsky’s: When You Can’t Dine-In Then Drive-Thru
Schlotzsky’s: When You Can’t Dine-In Then Drive-Thru
April 17, 2020  |  Restaurant innovation

The drive-thru, which captured 70 percent of quick service restaurants’ (QSRs’) total sales in 2018, has become a critical focal point as dine-in seating areas...

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Smart Kiosks: The Key To QSR Loyalty?
Smart Kiosks: The Key To QSR Loyalty?
January 23, 2020  |  Restaurant innovation

It’s among the most successful businesses in human history, but even mighty McDonald’s can make a colossal blunder. People were not lovin’ it, for instance,...

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Adopting Technology Without Eclipsing Human Interaction
Adopting Technology Without Eclipsing Human Interaction
January 21, 2020  |  Restaurant innovation

Using tech to draw diners closer was once something that Boston-based Clover Food Lab resisted. In the latest Order To Eat Tracker, Ayr Muir, Clover’s...

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