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How Restaurants Can Maintain Profitability with Menu Engineering

It’s no secret that food costs have been rising rapidly, making it hard for restaurants to manage overall costs and maintain profitability. Operators have been looking at every option to keep costs under control, including [...]
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Why More Restaurants are Ditching Traditional Phone Ordering in Favor of Text-Based Online Ordering

The restaurant industry has undergone many changes since 2020. From the transition to QR code menus to 100 percent reliance on online ordering, the industry has effectively upgraded its practices. Propelled by these quickly changing [...]
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HungerRush Launches New Solution that Allows Restaurant Customers to Place Phone Orders with AI Bot

Restaurant technology software provider HungerRush has announced the general availability and early pilot results of its new OrderAI Talk product. OrderAI Talk allows restaurant consumers to place phone orders with an artificially intelligent phone bot. [...]
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WKS Restaurant Group Deploys Remote Video Monitoring Solutions from Interface to Improve Security Across 394 Locations

WKS Restaurant Group, one of the fastest growing multi-brand restaurant franchisees in the US, is deploying Virtual Guard interactive remote video monitoring solutions from Interface Systems across its major restaurant brands including El Pollo Loco, [...]
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Why We Pivoted to Voice Feedback Technology to Hone Our Guests’ Restaurant Experience

Our steakhouse has experimented with the full range of traditional (or at least traditional digital) marketing activities— especially when collecting customer feedback and trying to understand just how well our customers enjoy the dining experience [...]

Panera Opens the First of Its Restaurants for Digital-Only Pick Up and Delivery

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Panera Bread, which operates 2,118 bakery-cafes in 48 states and in Ontario, Canada under the Panera Bread or Saint Louis Bread Co. names, has opened its first “Panera To Go,” a new restaurant format offering [...]
Sweetgreen Sows the Seeds for Future Growth with Investments in Digital Channels and Restaurant Robotics

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Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s Restaurants to Undergo a Half a Billion Dollar Makeover Focused on Technology Improvement

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MenuSifu Secures $20 Million to Grow Its U.S. Market Presence and Expand Its Restaurant Technology Solutions

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New York City-based restaurant technology solution provider MenuSifu has closed a $20 million Series B fundraising round, led by Challenjers Venture. According to Crunchbase, this latest investment brings the company’s total funding to date to [...]
Cheetah Sees Expansive Growth for Its Restaurant Supplies Marketplace App and Tech-Enabled Logistics Capabilities

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Sharebite Secures $39 Million for Its Corporate Client Food Ordering and Benefits Platform

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How Restaurants Can Optimize the Customer Checkout Process with New Payment Technologies

A lot has changed in the way restaurants adapted to overcome the pandemic. It may be that your business has gone through staff turnovers and that you or your team had to embark on a digital and social media journey to survive. But I’d bet that your checkout process still has lots of room to improve – as is the case with most restaurants. By going through the thoughts below, your restaurant(s) can not only avoid losing customers due to payment method preference but tap into an opportunity of standing out by offering the ultimate checkout experience. Spoiler: it also means savings and more profits. It seems like QR codes are popping up everywhere these days after the pandemic drove a push toward contactless. If you haven’t already, consider introducing a QR code-powered digital menu. These are fairly easy and inexpensive to do (this site offers the QR code for [...]

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How Restaurants Can Maintain Profitability with Menu Engineering

Why More Restaurants are Ditching Traditional Phone Ordering in Favor of Text-Based Online Ordering

HungerRush Launches New Solution that Allows Restaurant Customers to Place Phone Orders with AI Bot

WKS Restaurant Group Deploys Remote Video Monitoring Solutions from Interface to Improve Security Across 394 Locations

Why We Pivoted to Voice Feedback Technology to Hone Our Guests’ Restaurant Experience

Restaurant Technology News

Panera Opens the First of Its Restaurants for Digital-Only Pick Up and Delivery

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MenuSifu Secures $20 Million to Grow Its U.S. Market Presence and Expand Its Restaurant Technology Solutions

How Restaurants Can Optimize the Customer Checkout Process with New Payment Technologies

How Restaurants Can Maintain Profitability with Menu Engineering

Why More Restaurants are Ditching Traditional Phone Ordering in Favor of Text-Based Online Ordering

HungerRush Launches New Solution that Allows Restaurant Customers to Place Phone Orders with AI Bot

WKS Restaurant Group Deploys Remote Video Monitoring Solutions from Interface to Improve Security Across 394 Locations

Why We Pivoted to Voice Feedback Technology to Hone Our Guests’ Restaurant Experience

Native Foods Launches New Mobile App and Rewards Program Built on the Paytronix Platform to Improve the Guest Experience

MenuSifu Secures $20 Million to Grow Its U.S. Market Presence and Expand Its Restaurant Technology Solutions

Incentivio and EatOkra Join Forces to Enhance the Digital Guest Experience for Black-Owned Restaurants

Research: Half of Gen Z and Millennial Diners More Likely to Eat at Restaurants on Delivery Apps

How a Personalized Loyalty Program Can Increase Restaurant Sales

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Research: Half of Gen Z and Millennial Diners More Likely to Eat at Restaurants on Delivery Apps

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How Restaurants Can Maintain Profitability with Menu Engineering

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Spotlight Interview: Bo Davis, Cofounder and CEO of MarginEdge