As restaurants struggle to meet the demands required to keep staffed with qualified employees, major brands are looking for ways to use technology to reduce...
Since March 2020, the digitization of the restaurant industry has been dramatically accelerated. While many in the industry see this as a gain, providing businesses...
Merchant point-of-sale (POS) commerce platform Lightspeed is rolling out a new restaurant tool with analytics, payments and inventory management for a one-stop, unified solution, the...
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Restaurant rewards are increasingly becoming the norm for quick-service restaurants (QSRs). In the past month alone, Focus Brands-owned bakery giant Cinnabon launched its Cinnabon Rewards...
Today in restaurant and grocery tech news, Portillo’s aims to raise $400 million in its initial public offering (IPO), and Kroger partners with Ocado to...
Where once even having a loyalty program was enough for a restaurant to stand out against the competition, now digital rewards are table stakes, which...
Hot dog restaurant chain Portillo’s is planning to sell 20.27 million shares at a range of $17 to $20 each in an initial public offering...
“The takeaway close” is a familiar tactic to marketers, leveraging fear of missing out (FOMO), along with perceptions of scarcity, to impel consumer behavior. It goes like this: brands tempt with items or services,...