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White Castle Puts Its Restaurant in a Box with 1,000 Automated Kiosks

White Castle’s latest technology push is less about novelty and more about redefining where and how a restaurant can exist. The company’s plan to deploy 1,000 automated “Crave & Go” kiosks across the U.S. serves […]

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Dairy Queen Extends AI Drive-Thru Testing Across Franchise Locations

Dairy Queen is taking the next step in one of the restaurant industry’s most closely watched technology experiments: letting AI take the order. This week, the company announced it’s expanding its partnership with technology solution […]

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Starbucks Tests AI-Driven Drink Discovery Through ChatGPT Integration

Not long ago, the idea that a customer could describe a mood instead of a menu item and receive a tailored drink recommendation would have felt experimental. What stands out about Starbucks’ launch this week […]

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Shipping Containers Become Smart Infrastructure for Restaurant Design

In an industry where technology innovation is often associated with software platforms, AI-driven personalization and automation, a small restaurant in southern India is making a compelling case that the next frontier of restaurant technology may […]

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Wonder’s Multi-Restaurant Model Takes Flight in Grubhub Drone Delivery Pilot

Grubhub is expanding its exploration of new delivery technologies with a three-month pilot program that will use autonomous drones to deliver food from a Wonder location in Green Brook, New Jersey. The initiative, scheduled to […]

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McDonald’s Doubles Down on AI, Cloud and Loyalty as Digital Sales Strategy Accelerates

McDonald’s is extending its long-running partnership with Capgemini for another five years as the fast-food giant accelerates a sweeping modernization effort that now spans cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, edge computing and data-driven customer engagement across […]

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Burger King Tests AI Headsets to Support Restaurant Operations and Training

Burger King is testing AI-powered employee headsets in approximately 500 U.S. restaurants, part of a broader effort by parent company Restaurant Brands International (RBI) to modernize operations and improve frontline support. The system uses an […]

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Dubai’s Woohoo Puts AI at the Center of the Restaurant Dining Experience

Dubai’s restaurant scene has long been known for immersive concepts, but Woohoo, a new venue in Downtown Dubai, is attempting something more technically ambitious: placing an AI agent at the center of its audiovisual and […]

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Yum! Brands Makes Restaurant Tech Central to Its 2026 Growth Strategy

Yum! Brands’ Q4 2025 earnings call this week was less a traditional brand performance recap and more a progress update on a strategy that is becoming increasingly explicit. As one of the world’s largest restaurant […]