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…

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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…

Albertsons Companies deploys Toshiba’s self-checkout systems

June 18, 2019

Albertsons Companies is deploying Toshiba's self-checkout systems to reduce wait time, enable faster payment, improve operational throughput and reduce…

'R2' asks 'R U ready for driverless Domino's delivery, Houston?'

June 17, 2019

The biggest retail pizza seller has partnered with robotics company, Nuro, to bring autonomous delivery with an unmanned vehicle to Houston later this year for…

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…

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…

Playing pizza for keeps? 3 tech trends to consider

by Donna Cobb — Executive Director, Enterprise Marketing, Comcast Business

The pace of technological change in the pizza segment can be mind-blowing, but future-minded operators will keep their eyes and minds on at least these three…

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…

7shifts debuts Engage dashboard for restaurants

May 31, 2019

7shifts, a labor management platform, is debuting an all-in-one employee engagement dashboard geared for the restaurant industry.   The dashboard provides…

4 ways AI changes the pizza game

For some entrepreneurs, AI is just a buzzword or abstract concept with no real application in their business — maybe because on the surface it seems so…

Domino's system watching Australasian AI-powered pizza checker pilot

May 29, 2019

Domino's is piloting a kitchen-based AI tool that checks whether finished pizzas are up to snuff with the brand's independent master franchisee in Australia…

Coca-Cola, Omnivore launch platform to 'minimize friction between restaurants, third-party technologies'

May 22, 2019

Over the past few years, digital restaurant technology has exploded. Online ordering, reservations, third-party delivery, loyalty programs and kiosks are…

How Yelp uses customer data to help restaurants

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

As more guests use social media to share their dining experiences, companies such as Yelp — which began as a restaurant review site but has expanded into a…

AI-powered dietary tool aims to amp up restaurant margins, satisfy customers

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

Diners increasingly want control over how they eat, just as restaurant owners increasingly want more control over their margins and customer experience…

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…

Domino's Malaysia, Singapore to use blockchain to improve delivery

May 6, 2019

Domino's Pizza division in Malaysia and Singapore is using of blockchain technology to advance and automate delivery through a partnership with automated…

Webinar panel to address restaurant efficiency in age of digital transformation

May 3, 2019

With digital transformation, restaurants are able to improve efficiency and attract customers at he same time. Contributing Editor Bradley Cooper will moderate…