Removing friction in digital ordering, delivery discovery

by Jackie Berg — mArketing director, olo

Digital presence is everything today, but too many brands are unwittingly diverting sales to third-parties thanks to a cluttered digital path that drags the…

Clicking with Customers: Exceeding Expectations Through Better Digital Experiences

It’s not enough for a restaurant to add technology solutions such as online ordering and self-service kiosks. Those solutions must work together to create a…

California Pizza Kitchen launches nationwide 'take-and-bake' pies

August 1, 2019

California Pizza Kitchen or CPK said it's launching take-and-bake takeout and delivery pizzas across the country, greatly expanding the West Coast brand's…

Toast acquires HR/payroll software provider

July 24, 2019

Toast Inc., a restaurant management platform, has acquired StratEx, a provider of HR and payroll software for restaurants, according to a press release.

The Benefits of a Delivery-Specific POS

Winning at the delivery game means leveraging every tool at your disposal. That begins with the point of sale system.

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Like toppings on pizza, pictures portray your brand's personality on social media

by Ashley Davidson — Senior Director, Media & Industry Relations, Fish Consulting

While pizza toppings may tell a lot about a diner's personality, great images and video can serve the same purpose for pizzerias on social media. Follow these…

Domino's cashless store test underway in Australia

July 12, 2019

Domino's Australia is testing a new "Tap & Take" payment model at five of its stores, which Domino's will take most other forms of payments, aside from…

Sure, you're marketing to the individual diner, but what about the 'diners'?

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Marketing to the individual and "knowing the diner" are familiar terms to restaurateurs, but new University of Virginia research shows brand leaders must also…

Online ordering in an age of 'pie-high' expectations for pizza brands

by Elizabeth Kelly — Marketing Specialist, https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/590905/

Increasing demand for delivery and decreasing customer tolerance for waiting mean that pizza brands must absolutely have an online ordering portal today and…

Designer: Don't let restaurant tech wave wipe out customer experience

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Delivery-heavy pizza brands today depend heavily on all sorts of restaurant tech, but one restaurant designer wants brand leaders to approach their…

Coke, Omnivore launching restaurant digital marketplace covering apps to third-party delivery

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

June 25, 2019

Coca-Cola North America is making a big move into foodservice tech this fall when the company said it will launch a digital marketplace that can connect…

Pizaro's Pizza

See what Pizaro’s Pizzeria has to say about Revention

Launching a more lucrative pizza brand through tech-assisted recipe costing

by Andrew Rosenbloom — Director of Marketing, Consolidated Concepts

How often do you recipe cost and what factors do you take into consideration? Today, with the proliferation of online ordering tools, POS integrations and…

KFC US CEO on building a better bucket of chicken + Chowly CEO on streamlining third-party delivery

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

This week we go inside that heavenly scented bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken as we pull back the curtain on the 89-year-old KFC brand with the help of KFC…

Playing a powerful pizza game in an Amazon-Uber-fied world

Pizzerias have long been players in the delivery game, but Amazon's model of how that delivery happens, along with Uber's model of who does it, has changed the…

Technology Takes Restaurant Management to the Next Level

A new management platform makes it simpler for operators to track what’s happening in their restaurants.

Square for Restaurants wipes out 'tablet farms' with DoorDash, PostMates, Chowly integration

June 7, 2019

Square for Restaurants has launched a set of order management integrations that allows orders from Postmates, DoorDash and the POS integration solution…

OpenTable, Upserve partner to connect the diner data dots

June 5, 2019

Online restaurant reservation provider, OpenTable, has connected with restaurant management platform, Upserve, in what a news release said is an…

Elo releases touchscreen stand for tight restaurant spaces

May 30, 2019

Room is tight in most restaurant environments, and that holds doubly true for limited-service brands, which is why Elo has created Slim Self-Service Stands to…

Toast introduces payroll and management solution

May 15, 2019

Toast Inc., a restaurant management platform, has introduced Toast Payroll & Team Management, a solution that simplifies payroll and employee management…