Streaming TV for Restaurants that Bar Rescue’s Jon Taffer Swears By

What are your diners watching in-restaurant? Brands that help their customers laugh, clink their beer mugs and just plain ol’ enjoy each other’s company, are…

Sparkfly, Wisely partner on data-driven restaurant loyalty

July 19, 2021

Offer management company, Sparkfly, and restaurant customer intelligence platform, Wisely, have partnered to offer what the companies said are game-changing…

San Francisco-based pizza chain boosts customer connection with Ovation, Marqii

July 16, 2021

San Francisco-based 30-location chain, Extreme Pizza, recently partnered with Ovation and Marqii improve its online presence and digital customer experiences…

Domino's digital retail innovation leader on embracing change

by Judy Mottl — Editor: RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com, Connect Media

Amber Gadsby, Domino's director of digital retail innovation, shared insight on how the pizza brand is continually driving innovation within the organization…

Oracle acquires GloriaFood to expand cloud POS platform apps

July 8, 2021

Oracle has acquired GloriaFood, an online ordering and marketing platform, to extend its Oracle Micros Simphony Cloud POS platform.

July 22 webinar tells why what you put on your restaurant TVs really matters

July 8, 2021

Restaurateurs have heard it a thousand times: Brands that provide the best experiences are the ones that win customers for life. But what is your restaurant…

2 pizza execs revealing journey to online ordering

July 7, 2021

Although building an online ordering site is crucial, it can get expensive and time-consuming if you aren't fully prepared for the challenge.

Papa John's hits 20M rewards members

July 6, 2021

Papa John's Papa Rewards loyalty program reached a milestone recently when it signed up its 20-millionth member, following its launch 11 years ago. In fact…

PizzaForno begins growing US presence in the shadow of Domino's home base

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

Is it possible for someone like an often insanely busy orthopedic surgeon to run a pizza business? One Michigan physician is not only proving it's possible…

Robot barista lands $10M for national rollout

June 28, 2021

Botrista Technology Inc., the company behind the drink-making robot —Botrista DrinkBot — has raised $10 million to ramp up national deployment of the…

Gimbal’s Matthew Russo explains how location-based marketing can improve services and revenue

Diners come to expect experiences that are catered to them. How can restaurants understand a diner’s context, preferences, and real-world movement to better…

QSRs beating casual dining brands at loyalty game

June 24, 2021

Nearly half (47%) of restaurant customers use at least one loyalty program, according to "Delivering on Restaurant Rewards," a report co-authored by Paytronix…

Miso Robotics teams with Lancer on automated-beverage dispenser

June 22, 2021

Miso Robotics, the AI startup company behind Flippy, a robotic kitchen dispenser, has joined forces with beverage dispenser manufacturer Lancer Worldwide to…

Taking the data-driven approach to loyalty

by Seshu Madabushi — Founder & CEO, mKonnekt

A metric-driven implementation of a restaurant's loyalty program will bring a focus on the business's objectives as well as accountability around the program's…

Happy Joe's selects Speedline for online ordering

June 16, 2021

Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream has selected SpeedLine Solutions Inc. as its exclusive online ordering provider, according to a news release. The Iowa-based…

Lunchbox, Otter partner to streamline ordering

June 11, 2021

Smart-ordering system company, Lunchbox, and Otter, a delivery management and optimization solution, are partnering to help restaurant owners increase…

Restaurant365 acquires Compeat

June 11, 2021

Irvine, California-based Restaurant365, a restaurant management platform, has acquired Compeat, which provides restaurant back office, workforce and business…

Toast acquires xtraCHEF

June 10, 2021

Boston-based restaurant cloud platform Toast has acquired a suite of back-office restaurant tools, called xtraCHEF, a news release said.

Domino's struts its tech-savvy 'stuff' in latest Noid campaign

June 8, 2021

Domino's Pizza self-produced nemesis, the Noid, has gone all techy in the brand's latest face-off with the pizza-delivery thwarting character. The irritating…

Patent granted for restaurant food safety system

June 7, 2021

Restaurant food safety management got a boost last week from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office when it granted food safety tech company, CM Systems LLC…