EnTouch Controls secures expansion funds

November 5, 2013

EnTouch Controls, a provider of cloud-based energy management systems for restaurant and retail chains, announced it has raised a total of $8.25 million in…

Food and Money in 2020

by Noah Glass — CEO, Olo

Eight years after launching my company OLO - the first of its kind to combine mobile commerce and food ordering - I found myself sitting on a conference stage…

Gamification webinar now available for free download

November 4, 2013

The biggest challenges most companies face with their social media platforms, loyalty programs, mobile apps and websites are low engagement and low conversion…

First Data takes on loyalty with Perka acquisition

November 1, 2013

First Data Corporation, a provider of electronic commerce and payment processing, has announced its acquisition of Perka, a provider of a smart loyalty…

Takeout King taps eThor for POS integration platform

November 1, 2013

Calgary-based Takeout King has chosen the POS integration platform by eThor to power its new direct mobile ordering capability, an eThor news release said.

GE Capital enhances digital business tool for restaurant owners

October 30, 2013

GE Capital, Franchise Finance will demonstrate enhancements to its SmartChart at the Restaurant Finance & Development Conference Nov. 4-6 in Las Vegas.

Uno Chicago Grill engages customers with tabletop technology

Casual dining is the last space where customers give their credit card to someone who walks away with it.

PeopleMatter secures funding to fuel expansion

October 28, 2013

PeopleMatter, a cloud-based workforce management platform designed specifically for the service industry, has announced that it has secured $16 million in…

ArrowStream extends technology agreement with SpenDifference

October 28, 2013

ArrowStream Inc., a software-as-a-service supply chain management company, announced that SpenDifference LLC has renewed its technology license agreement to…

DelaGet launches mobile restaurant management solution

October 24, 2013

DelaGet, a restaurant software and financial services company based in Golden Valley, Minn., has launched the COACH platform. The new product was created to…

Is your app ready for Apple's iOS7?

by Jess Taylor — CEO, Blue Rocket

Apple's recent release of iOS 7 has several changes, and with any new software update, there are bound to be a few glitches. Since your restaurant's app is…

Mobile is ideal for Millennials

by Jitendra Gupta — Mobile CRM Director, Punchh

When it comes to mobile marketing in fast casual restaurants, it's all about Millennials—at least that's the belief of several restaurant operators we listened…

Domino's selects Splunk solution to drive marketing decisions

October 22, 2013

Splunk Inc., provider of a software platform for real-time operational intelligence, today announced that Domino's Pizza is using Splunk Enterprise to help…

Domino's UK adds Pulse franchise software

October 18, 2013

Servant Systems, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based software firm, has signed a contract with Domino's Pizza to provide the Domino's Pulse Franchise Office System at…

Restaurant check-out app secures $6M in funding

October 17, 2013

MyCheck, a check-out app for restaurants and other businesses across three major markets worldwide, has concluded a $6.1 million Series A round of financing…

Paper pain: How electronic onboarding can be your cure

by Jason Hamilton — VP of Marketing, Snagajob

More than 25 percent of new hire paperwork is now completed on mobile devices.

Cottage Inn Pizza selects SpeedLine POS

October 16, 2013

Michigan and Ohio pizza chain Cottage Inn Pizza has selected SpeedLine Solutions Inc. as its exclusive POS partner for 56 existing locations and all new…

Sparkfly, NCR expand partnership to enable mobile redemption at restaurants

October 14, 2013

Sparkfly Inc., a point-of-sale mobile offer redemption technology platform, today announced an expanded relationship with NCR Corporation to launch, deliver…

NoWait launches intelligence feature for restaurant management

October 11, 2013

iPad-based waitlist and seating management service NoWait has released a new artificial intelligence feature for restaurant management. According to a news…

Punchh adds next-generation mobile CRM, new COO

October 10, 2013

Punchh, a provider of mobile CRM for the restaurant industry, has launched a new product — Big Data Customer Segmentation — to further expand its market…