Welcome to the foodservice future

Restaurant tech whiz Jim Melvin envisions a future filled with revenue-boosting, customer-operated purchase devices.

PAR Tech intros iSIVA Delivery software

January 1, 2007

NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — PAR Technology Corp. recently unveiled its iSIVA Delivery software, which improves management of delivery and catering operations with…

Gift cards boost profits

Huge sales prove customers love gift cards.

Boost your productivity and your business with a modern POS system

December 10, 2006

Remember the days when you ran your business with pen and paper, without a computerized POS system? Some operators do, like it was yesterday — literally. …

MICROS Systems acquires TangentPOS

December 6, 2006

COLUMBIA, Md. — MICROS Systems Inc. announced the acquisition of TangentPOS, a provider of technology for event point-of-sale and accounting systems for…

Manny & Olga's Pizza launch ONOSYS online ordering system

December 5, 2006

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Seven-unit Manny & Olga's Pizza, based in Washington D.C., has selected ONOSYS to provide online ordering capabilities to all of its…

Intura Solutions joins Zebra's PartnersFirst program

November 29, 2006

ARLINGTON, Texas — Intura Solutions LP, a leading supplier of POS and business-management software for quick-service, fast-casual and delivery-restaurant…

Cell phone orders claim 22% share at Domino's Pizza Australia

November 28, 2006

Queensland Business Review: A unique mobile phone ordering service employed 12 months ago by Domino's Pizza Australia now claims a 22-percent share of all…

NEXTEP SYSTEMS launches Pizza Builder for online ordering

November 21, 2006

TROY, Mich. — NEXTEP SYSTEMS announced the launch of Release 3.0, its dynamic Online Ordering application for quick-service, fast-casual and pizza operations.

Restaurant gift card sales poised to exceed $18 billion

November 20, 2006

NEEDHAM, Mass. — With the holidays fast approaching, 'tis the season for gift cards. This relatively new segment of the U.S. payments industry continues to…

PAR acquires SIVA Corp.

November 19, 2006

NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — PAR Technology Corporation announced it acquired SIVA Corporation for $6.6 million.    SIVA Corporation provides software solutions built…

Radiant Systems to offer VeriFone Mobile Payment Processing Solution

November 8, 2006

ATLANTA —Radiant Systems Inc. announced an agreement with payment systems leader VeriFone Holdings Inc. to offer VeriFone's ON THE SPOT mobile electronic…

Accounts receivable solution added to Intura Vision pizza POS

November 6, 2006

ARLINGTON, Texas — Intura Solutions, a leading supplier of POS and business management software for quick-service, fast-casual and delivery-restaurant…

SpeedLine pizza POS releases Speedlink Enterprise 3 multiunit management tool

November 6, 2006

LYNDEN, Wash. — Speedline Solutions announced the release of SpeedLink Enterprise 3, a new enterprise management and multiunit management tool for its POS…

NRA pleased MasterCard will publish interchange rates

November 1, 2006

WASHINGTON D.C. — The National Restaurant Association (NRA) said it's pleased MasterCard will join Visa in disclosing its interchange fee schedules, but a…

Intura Solutions broadens POS reach to Domino's Pizza in India

November 1, 2006

ARLINGTON, Texas — POS provider Intura Solutions announced the signing of Futuristic Info Solution Pvt. Ltd. as an Intura Distributor in the Republic of…

Givex and FireFly POS integrate gift-card processing

October 30, 2006

TORONTO — Givex, a card management company specializing in customer acquisition and retention programs, and POS software developer FireFly Technologies…

Flood takes Pizza Nova call center offline

October 29, 2006

Toronto Star: The Pizza Nova chain lost potentially thousands of orders when a cracked water main flooded Bell Canada's central offices on Halloween weekend.

Pizza Pilot claims it can improve delivery times by 12 minutes

October 23, 2006

RESEARCH TRIANGLE, N.C. — Pizza Pilot claims its software can improve delivery times by 12 minutes.   According to a news release, Pizza Pilot uses GPS to…

Report criticizes Pizza Hut N.Z. credit card handling

October 9, 2006

Stuff: A consumer watchdog group in New Zealand has warned Pizza Hut patrons not to use credit cards when ordering delivery pizzas because it says the company…