PizzaForno to expand into Southern California

March 10, 2022

Automated pizzeria company PizzaForno is expanding in Southern California. Entrepreneur Jaco Duayhe will launch five licensee units in Q1 and is looking for…

How automation helps labor issues in today's restaurants

by Mandy Wolf Detwiler — Editor, Connect Media

Labor remains a top issue for restaurateurs and management teams and an increasing number of operators are turning to automation to ease labor woes. That's…

Nextbite updates menu management tools

March 8, 2022

Ordermark, an online ordering and delivery management platform which was recently rebranded as Nexbite, has launched tools to provide restaurants with a…

Star Micronics Introduces the TSP143IVUE, the first model of the 4th generation of the TSP100 series

Star Micronics releases the TSP143IVUE, an ultra-connected and innovative thermal receipt printer.

Papa Johns releases line of NFTs

March 7, 2022

Papa Johns has dropped its first collection of non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, according to a press release.

Jet's Pizza continues growth in 2022

March 4, 2022

Jet's Pizza continues to grow its brand into 2022. The company has plans to open 30 locations, introducing Jet's in new states, including Utah, Kansas, New…

DoorDash to acquire tech startup Bbot

March 1, 2022

DoorDash is acquiring Bbot, a hospitality technology startup. The acquisition will offer merchants more solutions for their in-store and online channels…

How technology can help solve your labor crisis

by Zach Goldstein — CEO and Founder, Thanx

Restaurants are still suffering when it comes to hiring and retention. Here are a few examples of tech-centered solutions that can put more functionality…

Revel partners with Voxie to drive customer revenue

February 24, 2022

Revel Systems, a cloud-native POS and complete business management platform, is partnering with Voxie, a texting and automation platform, according to a press…

Aldi tests robotic pizza vending machine in Australia

February 21, 2022

Aldi has introduced a robotic pizza vending machine on a test basis at its store in North Sydney, Australia that serves freshly baked pizza in under two…

Study: 48% of guests use restaurant loyalty apps

February 14, 2022

Nearly half of restaurant patrons engage with a loyalty program in some way, according to "The Digital Divide: Minding The Loyalty Gap," a report based on…

Round Table Pizza chooses Sparkfly for digital initiatives

February 2, 2022

Round Table Pizza has selected Sparkfly, a retail tech solutions company that helps restaurants to unify customer engagement technologies, to develop guest…

Miso Robotics announces fundraising round

February 2, 2022

Miso Robotics, a manufacturer of automation solutions for foodservice, has announced a Series E funding round after raising more than $50 million through…

Pizza Hut in Israel tests robotic restaurant

January 28, 2022

A Pizza Hut in an Israeli mall has a robotic restaurant using technology from Hyper Food Robotics, according to a New York Tech Media report.

ParTech Inc. partners with Jolt to integrate Brink POS

January 26, 2022

ParTech Inc., a global restaurant technology company offering a unified commerce cloud platform, is teaming up with Jolt to integrate its operations management…

Marco's Pizza on track to reach $1B in sales in 2022

January 19, 2022

Marco's Pizza is projected to reach $1 billion in sales in 2022 and plans to grow by 500 units by 2023 and has more than 200 stores in development, according…

Data, loyalty programs and off-premises technology to rise in 2022

by Emil Davityan — CEO and co-founder, Bluedot

As we enter 2022, brands are maturing into omnichannel, technology-centric and data-driven restaurant businesses. Here's what to expect in 2022.

Hatco introduces pizza locker machine

January 18, 2022

Hatco Corp., a Milwaukee based foodservice equipment manufacturer, has introduced its Flav-R 2-Go Pizza Locker System, which holds multiple hot pizza orders…

ItsaCheckmate expands partnership with Grubhub

January 12, 2022

ItsaCheckmate, a technology provider for streamlining digital orders and menus, is expanding its partnership with online food delivery marketplace Grubhub.

Jet’s Pizza tops more than 2M text orders

January 6, 2022

Jet's Pizza has completed more than 2 million text orders, generating nearly $54 million in sales, according to a press release.