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Consumers Think Twice About Restaurant Spending as Inflation Climbs

Consumers Think Twice About Restaurant Spending as Inflation Climbs
Consumers Think Twice About Restaurant Spending as Inflation Climbs
July 29, 2022  |  Consumer Insights

As food prices rapidly rise, consumers are rethinking how they spend at restaurants. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Chipotle Invests in Kitchen Automation, Plant-Based Food
Chipotle Invests in Kitchen Automation, Plant-Based Food
July 21, 2022  |  Restaurant innovation

Chipotle is tapping into its $50 million Cultivate Next venture fund to invest in Hyphen, a kitchen automation platform, and Meati Foods, a company making...

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Chipotle: Loyalty Launch Will Help Canada Fandom Catch up to US
Chipotle: Loyalty Launch Will Help Canada Fandom Catch up to US
June 21, 2022  |  Loyalty & Rewards

With many major United States restaurant brands’ rewards programs now well established with their domestic customers, some chains are turning their focus to international markets,...

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Final Howard Johnson’s Closes, Illustrating Restaurant Industry’s Transformation
Final Howard Johnson’s Closes, Illustrating Restaurant Industry’s Transformation
June 03, 2022  |  Commerce Connected

Many restaurants have shuttered their doors permanently in the past couple of years, but this one may hit Americans especially hard — the final Howard...

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Despite Higher Prices, UK Quick Service Restaurants See Rising Demand
Despite Higher Prices, UK Quick Service Restaurants See Rising Demand
May 24, 2022  |  Retail

British quick service restaurants (QSR) are raising their prices amid a rising demand as commuters begin returning to their office jobs. Get the Full Story...

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Restaurants Jumped On Curbside Pickup, Now They Need to Fix Outdated Back-of-the-House Tech
Restaurants Jumped On Curbside Pickup, Now They Need to Fix Outdated Back-of-the-House Tech
March 25, 2022  |  Restaurant innovation

As restaurants’ front-of-house operations have barreled into the future with increasingly frictionless consumer-facing digital technologies, the back of house is still stuck in the past....

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Culinary Complements: 82% of Restaurant Subscribers Use Loyalty Programs 
Culinary Complements: 82% of Restaurant Subscribers Use Loyalty Programs 
March 03, 2022  |  Subscriptions

The most steadfast and engaged restaurant customers are those who have subscriptions to dine at a particular eatery, franchise or group. When a loyalty program...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Uber Launches Entertainment Feature
Today in the Connected Economy: Uber Launches Entertainment Feature
March 01, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Uber launched a feature that lets people book reservations at restaurants, while a partnership between NCR and Stratacache helps restaurants...

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Toast Aims for $18B Valuation in IPO
Toast Aims for $18B Valuation in IPO
September 20, 2021  |  IPO

Boston-based restaurant tech point-of-sale (POS) firm Toast Inc. will push for a valuation of up to $18 billion in its U.S. initial public offering (IPO),...

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