Botrista Reaches $120 Million in Total Fundraising, Enhances Beverage AI Tools

The innovative beverage solution has attracted the attention of major players in the food service industry and secured significant investment from global…

Dave's Hot Chicken joins Botrista's board

June 14, 2024

Botrista, a beverage platform allowing restaurants to serve beverages, has added Dave's Hot Chicken COO and President Jim Bitticks to its board of advisers.

Botrista Appoints Jim Bitticks, Restaurant Executive, to Advisory Board

Botrista, the beverage platform that enables restaurants to serve profitable trending beverages, is thrilled to announce Jim Bitticks, a seasoned restaurant…

Botrista allows restaurants to serve craft beverages

Mandy Detwiler, editor of Pizza Marketplace and QSRweb, talks to Jason Valentine, chief strategy officer for Botrista, about the brand's drink machines and all…

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L&L Hawaiian launches Botrista beverages

May 29, 2024

L&L Hawaiian Barbecue, a Hawaii-based restaurant franchise with over 230 locations in the U.S. and Japan, is expanding its craft beverage menu thanks to a…

10 robots rescuing restaurant workers

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Meet 10 of the robots that Fast casual brands are using to improve the guest experience and provide better service.

Gen Z sipping on craft beverages, less alcohol

November 15, 2023

Gen Z, which is made up of people between the ages of 11 and 26, is the largest and most diverse generation with a spending power of $360 billion and craves…

Scooter's Coffee exec: 'The whole point of innovation is growth'

by Mandy Wolf Detwiler — Editor, Networld Media Group

Nathan Lester, senior director, drive-thru innovations for Scooter’s Coffee, spoke about pairing innovation and growth during the keynote address kicking off…

iRestaurant: Dirty Dough, Sweetberry, CKE Restaurants balance AI with human touch

by Daniel Brown — Editor, Networld Media Group

During this year’s Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit in Miami, Florida, a session of industry experts and operators convened to discuss automation…

Dirty Dough, Sweetberry, CKE Restaurants share automation tips for success

by Daniel Brown — Editor, Networld Media Group

During this year’s RFIS summit in Miami, Florida, a session of industry experts and operators convened to discuss automation and how to leverage it for success…

Shipley Do-Nuts opens 14 shops in 2022

January 27, 2023

Houston-based Shipley Do-Nuts, which is 85 years old, continued its expansion in 2022, opening 14 locations and inking 11 multi-unit franchise deals that will…

4 ways automation helps restaurants tighten operations

by Sean Hsu — CEO and Co-Founder, Botrista Technology

America's labor force endured significant disruption over the past few years, with 47 million workers quitting their jobs last year alone. All industries were…

Botrista raises $55M, hires former Zoup president to lead strategy

October 6, 2022

Botrista Beverages, a provider of automation technology and the inventor of The Botrista DrinkBot, has raised $55 million for expansion.

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…