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Crunchtime Connects AI, Kitchen Automation and Restaurant Operations Management at Scale

Running a multi-unit restaurant brand has always depended on timing. The right food has to be in the building before the rush. The right people have to be scheduled by daypart. Prep has to match [...]
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Hostie Raises $12 Million to Expand Its AI-Powered Virtual Concierge for Restaurant Guest Communication

Hostie, the San Francisco-based startup building an AI-powered virtual concierge for restaurants, has raised $12 million in Series A funding as operators look for new ways to manage rising volumes of calls, texts, reservations, takeout [...]
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Taco Bell Expands Drive-Thru Voice AI to Nearly 900 Restaurants Across the U.S. as Automation Gains Momentum

Taco Bell’s expansion of drive-thru voice AI to nearly 900 U.S. restaurants is one of the largest deployments yet of automated order-taking technology in the quick-service restaurant industry. The company’s partnership with Omilia, which began [...]
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Bear Robotics Brings Physical AI, Service Robots and Autonomous Cleaning to Restaurants and Hotels

Restaurant and hospitality operators have spent years trying to reduce repetitive physical work without weakening the guest experience. Servers, bussers, runners, banquet teams, housemen and kitchen staff are often stretched across tasks that require constant [...]
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Squirrel Brings Cloud POS, Integrated Payments and Kitchen Automation to Restaurants and Hotels

Restaurant POS decisions have become more complicated. Operators are no longer choosing only a system for entering orders and closing checks. They need a platform that can support mobile ordering, digital channels, kitchen workflows, payments, [...]

Taco Bell Expands Drive-Thru Voice AI to Nearly 900 Restaurants Across the U.S. as Automation Gains Momentum

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Taco Bell’s expansion of drive-thru voice AI to nearly 900 U.S. restaurants is one of the largest deployments yet of automated order-taking technology in the quick-service restaurant industry. The company’s partnership with Omilia, which began [...]
Restaurant Brands Are Rebuilding Their Apps Around Loyalty, Personalization and Digital Guest Engagement

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McDonald’s Turns to Connected Operations, AI and Automation to Drive Its Next Phase of Innovation

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Hostie Raises $12 Million to Expand Its AI-Powered Virtual Concierge for Restaurant Guest Communication

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Hostie, the San Francisco-based startup building an AI-powered virtual concierge for restaurants, has raised $12 million in Series A funding as operators look for new ways to manage rising volumes of calls, texts, reservations, takeout [...]
Liberty Mutual Backs inKind With $320 Million Financing to Help Restaurants Access Capital and Drive Guest Demand

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GoTab Acquires Fishbowl to Bring Guest Marketing and Loyalty Deeper Into Restaurant Commerce

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How Perishable Inventory Visibility Reduces Food Loss and Protects Restaurant Margins

At a time when restaurant operators are already under pressure from labor costs, menu volatility, insurance, and price-sensitive consumers, one margin problem still hides in plain sight: poor visibility into perishable inventory. When operators cannot see early enough what is moving too slowly, what is aging too fast, and what is at risk of running short during service, they do not just lose product. They lose menu stability, purchasing discipline, and revenue quality. In many restaurant organizations, perishable inventory is still managed with partial information. A team may know what was ordered, what arrived, and what is theoretically on hand, but that does not always reveal what matters most operationally: which products are losing usable life inside storage, which items are likely to create emergency purchases, which categories repeatedly generate write-offs, and where stock is drifting away from actual demand. In a restaurant, that gap between recorded stock and usable [...]

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Crunchtime Connects AI, Kitchen Automation and Restaurant Operations Management at Scale

Hostie Raises $12 Million to Expand Its AI-Powered Virtual Concierge for Restaurant Guest Communication

Taco Bell Expands Drive-Thru Voice AI to Nearly 900 Restaurants Across the U.S. as Automation Gains Momentum

Bear Robotics Brings Physical AI, Service Robots and Autonomous Cleaning to Restaurants and Hotels

Squirrel Brings Cloud POS, Integrated Payments and Kitchen Automation to Restaurants and Hotels

Restaurant Technology News

Taco Bell Expands Drive-Thru Voice AI to Nearly 900 Restaurants Across the U.S. as Automation Gains Momentum

Solution Provider News

Hostie Raises $12 Million to Expand Its AI-Powered Virtual Concierge for Restaurant Guest Communication

How Perishable Inventory Visibility Reduces Food Loss and Protects Restaurant Margins

Crunchtime Connects AI, Kitchen Automation and Restaurant Operations Management at Scale

Hostie Raises $12 Million to Expand Its AI-Powered Virtual Concierge for Restaurant Guest Communication

Taco Bell Expands Drive-Thru Voice AI to Nearly 900 Restaurants Across the U.S. as Automation Gains Momentum

Bear Robotics Brings Physical AI, Service Robots and Autonomous Cleaning to Restaurants and Hotels

Squirrel Brings Cloud POS, Integrated Payments and Kitchen Automation to Restaurants and Hotels

MarginEdge Improves Restaurant Profitability With Real-Time Cost Management, AI Forecasting and Back-Office Automation

ezCater Helps Restaurants Capture Workplace Catering Demand Through a More Connected Food Platform

Why In-Store Audio Is Becoming a Strategic Engagement Channel for Restaurants

Liberty Mutual Backs inKind With $320 Million Financing to Help Restaurants Access Capital and Drive Guest Demand

Restaurant Brands Are Rebuilding Their Apps Around Loyalty, Personalization and Digital Guest Engagement

Market Research

Lavu Publishes Restaurant POS AI Capabilities Report, Finding Most Platforms Lack Cross-System Intelligence

Viewpoints

Why In-Store Audio Is Becoming a Strategic Engagement Channel for Restaurants

Spotlight Interview

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