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Why First-Party Digital Ordering Is Becoming a Strategic Priority for Restaurants

Third-party delivery marketplaces have long helped restaurants expand their digital footprint. They’ve brought in new customers for restaurants, made ordering easier and built out delivery infrastructure so operators don’t have to build it all themselves. [...]
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Owner Raises $240 Million to Expand Its AI-Powered Technology and Marketing Platform for Restaurants

Owner has raised $240 million in a Series D financing that values the restaurant technology company at $2.3 billion, giving it substantially more capital to pursue an ambitious goal: becoming the technology and marketing platform [...]
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How AI-Powered CCTV Analytics Is Turning Restaurant Cameras Into Operational Intelligence

Restaurants have used cameras for decades, primarily to deter theft, investigate incidents, and monitor entrances, cash registers, kitchens, and parking areas. That role is beginning to expand. As restaurants become more dependent on digital ordering, [...]
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Why Restaurant QR Menus Have an Execution Problem, Not a Concept Problem

Watch a four top get seated on a Friday at full covers. Someone scans the code on the table tent, waits, turns the phone sideways, pinches to zoom, drags the page around with one finger [...]
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MENU TIGER Expands Beyond Digital Ordering with New Cloud-Based Restaurant POS System

MENU TIGER has launched Menu Tiger POS, a cloud-based point-of-sale system that lets restaurants handle orders, payments, menus, inventory, sales, and staff in one place. The system is rolling out as a soft launch, giving [...]

California Pizza Kitchen Plans Up to 1,000 Automated Kiosks as Restaurant Brands Push Beyond Traditional Locations

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California Pizza Kitchen is preparing to make one of the restaurant industry’s largest bets yet on automated foodservice, with plans to deploy as many as 1,000 branded kiosks across the United States over the next [...]
McDonald’s Unifies Data from Nearly 220 Million Loyalty Users as Global AI Strategy Takes Shape

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Chili’s Invests in 23,000 iPads and 9,000 Kitchen Screens as It Takes a Selective Approach to AI

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Owner Raises $240 Million to Expand Its AI-Powered Technology and Marketing Platform for Restaurants

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Owner has raised $240 million in a Series D financing that values the restaurant technology company at $2.3 billion, giving it substantially more capital to pursue an ambitious goal: becoming the technology and marketing platform [...]
Palona AI Expands Beyond Voice Ordering with New Restaurant Operations Platform and $20 Million in Funding

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MarginEdge Raises $80 Million as Competition for the AI-Powered Restaurant Back Office Intensifies

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Why Food Labeling Is the Next Back-of-House Process Ready for Automation

Handwritten food labels aren’t failing because they’ve stopped working. They’re failing because commercial kitchens have changed. Walk into almost any hospitality business today and it’s obvious how much the industry has evolved. Customers book tables online, browse digital menus, pay by phone and expect a seamless experience. Operators have embraced technology because every improvement helps them serve customers more efficiently. Yet step through the kitchen door and, in many businesses, one of the most important food safety processes still relies on essentially the same method it did 20 years ago: someone picks up a marker and handwrites a food label. That isn’t a criticism of the people doing the job. It’s simply an observation that the demands placed on commercial kitchens have changed beyond recognition while some of the processes supporting them have barely moved on. Over the last several years, food preparation demands have increased and allergen management has [...]

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Why First-Party Digital Ordering Is Becoming a Strategic Priority for Restaurants

Owner Raises $240 Million to Expand Its AI-Powered Technology and Marketing Platform for Restaurants

How AI-Powered CCTV Analytics Is Turning Restaurant Cameras Into Operational Intelligence

Why Restaurant QR Menus Have an Execution Problem, Not a Concept Problem

MENU TIGER Expands Beyond Digital Ordering with New Cloud-Based Restaurant POS System

Restaurant Technology News

California Pizza Kitchen Plans Up to 1,000 Automated Kiosks as Restaurant Brands Push Beyond Traditional Locations

Solution Provider News

Owner Raises $240 Million to Expand Its AI-Powered Technology and Marketing Platform for Restaurants

Why Food Labeling Is the Next Back-of-House Process Ready for Automation

Why First-Party Digital Ordering Is Becoming a Strategic Priority for Restaurants

Owner Raises $240 Million to Expand Its AI-Powered Technology and Marketing Platform for Restaurants

How AI-Powered CCTV Analytics Is Turning Restaurant Cameras Into Operational Intelligence

Why Restaurant QR Menus Have an Execution Problem, Not a Concept Problem

MENU TIGER Expands Beyond Digital Ordering with New Cloud-Based Restaurant POS System

Delaware North Partners with TipHaus to Streamline Tip Management Across Its Portfolio

Deliverect and Bounteous Partner to Expand First-Party Digital Ordering for Restaurant Brands

California Pizza Kitchen Plans Up to 1,000 Automated Kiosks as Restaurant Brands Push Beyond Traditional Locations

Why Food Labeling Is the Next Back-of-House Process Ready for Automation

Palona AI Expands Beyond Voice Ordering with New Restaurant Operations Platform and $20 Million in Funding

Market Research

Interface Systems Restaurant Security Report Finds Loitering and Disturbances Drive Most High-Priority Incidents

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Why First-Party Digital Ordering Is Becoming a Strategic Priority for Restaurants

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Spotlight Interview: Cassie Pinckney, Vice President of Marketing for Urban Egg