Technology

GoTo Foods piloting Qu to streamline ordering

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February 29, 2024

GoTo Foods, formerly known as Focus Brands, has selected Qu as its POS platform for all seven of its brands including Auntie Anne's, Cinnabon, Carvel, Jamba, McAlister's Deli, Moe's Southwest Grill and Schlotzsky's.

"Our strategy remains to provide best-in-class resources to our franchisees and Qu is a unified omni-channel technology platform that all of the brands within the GoTo Foods portfolio can benefit from," Nandu Gandhi, chief technology and data officer, GoTo Foods, said in a company press release. "We are currently in the pilot phase and rapidly expanding across brands. We look forward to getting this technology in the hands of our franchisees and their businesses to provide a reliable and stable POS solution."

Qu combines native solutions that integrate with delivery and catering providers, online ordering, digital menu boards and multiple loyalty and back-of-house technology providers from a single menu database and management portal, said Quo CEO Amir Hudda. The open and flexible platform upgrade gives complete ownership of the tech ecosystem and the ability to use Qu native and third-partner solutions, based on what makes the most sense for specific business needs. Qu's real-time local redundant cloud reduces limitations caused by connectivity and bandwidth, creating a stable and interruption-free experience.

"Five years ago, Qu set out on a path to create a platform from the ground up to address the needs of large multi-brand restaurant chains exclusively in the QSR and fast casual segments," Hudda said in the release. "This unique collaboration with GoTo Foods is a confirmation of that strategy and underscores the value of staying focused and continuing to invest, even through the massively disruptive COVID environment."

With Qu's modern micro-services architecture and triple-redundant commerce cloud, the GoTo Foods portfolio benefits with normalized data, arming analytics and insights teams with centralized data that are easier to interpret and act upon, Gandhi said. It improves redundancy and speed with real-time syncing between the public and in-store clouds while reducing dependency on internet connectivity.

Atlanta-based GoTo Foods is the franchisor and operator of nearly 7,000 restaurants.