Toast launches flat fee mobile delivery for restaurants

April 29, 2020

Toast, a Boston-based restaurant management platform, is launching Toast Delivery Services, which offers simple flat-rate mobile food delivery for restaurants…

Starbucks fiscal Q2 earnings hit by COVID-19

by David Jones — Editor, Networld Media Group

April 29, 2020

Starbucks Corp., one of the first global companies to feel the sting of COVID-19, reported a 47% drop in earnings during its fiscal second quarter, yet managed…

Incentivio partners with ParTech on POS integration

April 28, 2020

Incentivio, an all-in-one restaurant digital guest experience provider, is teaming up with ParTech, Inc., a POS solution, to offer ParTech's cloud-based Brink…

Paytronix secures $10M in additional funding

April 28, 2020

Paytronix Systems Inc. has secured $10 million in funding led by Great Hill Partners and Paytronix Co-Founders Matt d'Arbeloff and Andrew Robbins tocontinue to…

PaybyPhone helping World Central Kitchen

April 27, 2020

PaybyPhone, a provider of mobile parking payment services, is supporting the World Central Kitchen in the wake of COVID-19.

Starbucks, Subway, McDonald's expected to join Chinese digital currency pilot

April 24, 2020

(Updates with comment from Starbucks)

Revel launches standalone version of its online-ordering tool

April 23, 2020

In an effort to meet the needs of restaurants dealing with business disruption due to COVID-19, Revel Systems has introduced a standalone version of its…

Chipotle beats COVID-19 odds as Q1 digital sales soar

April 21, 2020

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. beat the odds during the first quarter, as the burrito chain withstood the COVID-19 outbreak by closing dining areas and surging…

Shake Shack cuts jobs as Q1 same-store sales drop

April 17, 2020

Shake Shack Inc. released preliminary first-quarter results showing a 12.8% drop in same-store sales in the quarter, from the year-ago period, as the COVID-1…

Lyft pilots delivery service for food, health supplies amid COVID-19 outbreak

April 16, 2020

Lyft is getting into the food and supply delivery business. Its latest pilot program — Essential Deliveries — allows drivers at the ride-sharing service to…

Chick-fil-A locations encourage mobile, card payments over cash

April 15, 2020

A number of Chick-fil-A locations have stopped accepting cash or are encouraging customers to use alternate payment methods, as the restaurant chain takes a…

Rewards Network launches online ordering platform

April 10, 2020

In an effort to offer online ordering solutions to restaurant customers that don't have a platform, Rewards Networks is partnering with Zuppler, an online…

Wingstop sees Q1 same-store sales boost despite COVID-related shift

April 7, 2020

Wingstop Inc. released preliminary fiscal first-quarter results showing a boost in same-store business following the switch to takeout and delivery due to the…

Caliburger adds pay-with-face option amid COVID-19

March 24, 2020

CaliBurger is adding a variety of tools to its Pasadena, California, restaurant to help fight the spread of viruses like COVID-19, according to a press release…

Chipotle offering free delivery through March

March 13, 2020

Chipotle Mexican Grill is offering free delivery now through March 31. All orders are customized via Chipotle's Delivery Kitchen, which has a dedicated…

Dickey's rolling out contactless delivery in US

March 12, 2020

Dickey's Barbecue Pit is launching a contactless doorstep drop-off delivery option for guests to choose when they order delivery through Dickeys.com or the…

SpotOn raises $50M led by former Twitter executives

March 11, 2020

SpotOn Transact Inc. has raised $50 million in Series B funding from a group led by O1 Advisors, a firm co-founded by former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo and other…

Mobile-ordering exec: 'Third-party delivery doesn't have to be so pricey'

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

EZ-Chow, a new player in the mobile ordering and delivery scene, said its fees are much lower than other third-party platforms.

Toast launches hardware to help streamline restaurant ops

March 3, 2020

Toast Inc. has launched a suite of point-of-sale tools, called Toast Hardware, designed to help accelerate the restaurant payments process. Building on Toast…

Barberitos delivers mobile app upgrade

March 2, 2020

Barberitos, a fast casual restaurant featuring southwestern-style burritos, has launched its updated mobile app, which includes a new design for the location…