AI / Robots

White Castle to Pilot Autonomous Grilling and Frying Kitchen Robot

Hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, even the largest chains in the restaurant industry have been forced to reexamine their business operations. By adopting innovative and forward-looking technologies – like robotics automation and artificial intelligence […]

Restaurant Technology News

McDonald’s Unveils a Net Zero Energy Restaurant (But Stumbles on Other Initiatives to Reduce Its Carbon Footprint)

McDonald’s has completed construction of a first-of-its-kind restaurant designed to generate all its own power from renewable energy. The restaurant is located in Disney World Resort, which opened its gates on July 11, even as […]

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Restaurant Technology News

Chipotle Launches eCommerce Platform as Virtual Farmers’ Market

The agricultural industry has been weathering a crisis for years that has recently been magnified and accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Farmers around the country have had to destroy millions of pounds of fresh […]

Guest Experience Management

Panera Deploys Geofence-Enabled Technology to Improve the Curbside Pickup Experience

Bakery-café fast casual restaurant chain Panera Bread, which operates 2,174 bakery-cafes in 48 states and in Ontario, Canada, has deployed next-generation technologies to improve the curbside meal pickup experience. In particular, the company has launched Panera […]

Restaurant Technology News

Pizza Hut’s Latest Technology Innovation: Round Pizza Boxes

The wheel is often cited as one of humankind’s earliest technology innovations. Yet here we are, thousands of years later, with pizza boxes that, despite the shape of their contents, remain firmly square, (although, to […]