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 designed to work in tandem with the company’s Square for Restaurants offering and larger broader ecosystem of banking, customer engagement...
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, lets Instacart customers order from a wide range of restaurants using a new “Restaurants” tab on the company’s app. “Through this...
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 Chris Kempczinski, who told analysts: “Consumers continue to be even more discriminating with every dollar that they spend as they...
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 that rings true for Steve Fusco, president at Rewards Network. As head of a company that brings customers, data, financing...
May 01, 2024
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 Chris Kempczinski, who told analysts: “Consumers continue to be even more discriminating with every dollar that they spend as they faced elevated prices in their day-to-day spending.” He was referring, […]
April 29, 2024
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 that rings true for Steve...
March 14, 2024
Digital wallets — such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, which use near-field communication tags, and Amazon Pay and PayPal, which use QR codes — offer shoppers a contactless method...
February 29, 2024
With so much consumer review information accessible on the go, the days of simply rolling the dice and taking a chance on a local restaurant appear to be fading. A...
May 07, 2024
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 designed to work in tandem with the company’s Square for Restaurants offering and larger broader ecosystem of banking, customer engagement and business insights tools. “For diners, using Square Kiosk is […]
May 07, 2024
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, lets Instacart customers order from...
April 10, 2024
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 company plans to add 650...
April 05, 2024
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, has six temperature-controlled warehouses across...
