Restaurant Technology News

Del Taco Restaurants, the nation’s second largest Mexican quick service restaurant chain, announced this week that it is now providing automated voice ordering at several drive-thru locations across the country. The company’s artificial intelligence (AI) […]

McDonald’s is reportedly testing a new restaurant concept for customers who are on the go. The first location of this new type of fast-food restaurant opened in Fort Worth, Texas on December 1st. This location […]

Restaurant chain Sweetgreen is continuing its journey toward digital transformation with the upcoming launch of two fully-automated robotic restaurants. News of the plan came last week during the company’s quarterly shareholders conference call. According to […]

What do you get when you combine the precision of a rocket scientist with the freshness of a wood-fired pizza? A new food truck concept called Stellar Pizza that is set to launch at the […]

Chipotle Mexican Grill, which had over 3,000 restaurants as of June 30, 2022, in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Germany and is the only restaurant company of its size that owns […]

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 begun testing AI technology in drive-thru lanes with the stated aim […]

Some of us remember being mesmerized by the first generation of vending machines that could prepare coffee and hot chocolate without human intervention. Fast forward a few decades and a startup restaurant concept, based in […]

In 1970, Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s, introduced breakthrough innovations that helped transform the entire quick service restaurant industry. Foremost among these innovations was a new design element known as “the pick-up window.” This […]

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 has been on an technology innovation tear this past year as it looks to rapidly grow both its physical and digital presence. In its May earnings conference call, Jonathan Neman, the company’s Co-Founder and […]