El Pollo Loco adds curbside pickup

September 29, 2020

El Pollo Loco has tapped Radius Networks' FlyBuy technology to automate and enhance the pickup process for staff and customers, according to a company press…

WaBa Grill enhances mobile app

September 17, 2020

California's WaBa Grill has updated its WaBa Rewards App to improve the guest experience with an easy-to-navigate menu layout and order flow, as well as a…

Pollo Tropical offering contactless experience via app upgrade

August 17, 2020

Pollo Tropical has launched curbside pick-up service, which allows customers to park at the restaurant and have their orders delivered to their cars, and even…

Juice It Up adds order-ahead, pay functions to app

August 11, 2020

Juice It Up has added an order-ahead and payment function to its mobile app that customers from all 80 locations in California, New Mexico, Oregon and Texas…

Panera expands contactless rewards with Apple Card

August 5, 2020

Panera guests may now earn 3% daily cashback on Apple Card when they use Apple Pay in the Panera app or website, according to a press release. They can use…

NCR launches contactless ordering for restaurants

August 3, 2020

NCR Corp. has launched NCR Aloha, a contactless ordering and payment solution for dine-in restaurants. With this solution, guests can scan a QR code a table to…

Starbucks swings to fiscal 3Q loss, but sees daylight

by David Jones — Editor, Networld Media Group

July 29, 2020

Starbucks Corp. swung to a fiscal third-quarter loss as the global coffee house continued to deal with the impact of COVID-19, although executives said the…

DoorDash, Bluevine launch PPP funding initiative to assist merchant partners

July 28, 2020

DoorDash has announced a partnership with fintech BlueVine to help struggling restaurants obtain funding through the federal government's Paycheck Protection…

Starbucks gives more payment options to loyalty members

July 21, 2020

Starbucks is expanding the number of payment options available to its most loyal customers, allowing Starbucks Rewards members to pay using cash, credit/debit…

Qdoba to offer contactless payment with FreedomPay

July 21, 2020

Qdoba Mexican Eats entered a deal with FreedomPay to roll out contactless payment across its 730 locations in the U.S. and Canada.

Moe’s Southwest 'Revels' in POS update

July 21, 2020

Moe's Southwest Grill, owned by Focus Brands, is rolling out Revel Systems' cloud-based point-of-sale and business management platform to more than 70…

Bbot raises $3M to drive contactless dining platform forward

July 14, 2020

Bbot Inc., a restaurant and hospitality startup focused on simplifying and improving order and pay processes, has raised $3 million in a seed funding round led…

Small, independent restaurants lag in COVID-19 recovery

July 10, 2020

A report from Bank of America shows that large restaurant chains are recovering faster from the COVID-19 outbreak than the rest of the industry, as small…

Tillster digital ordering platform joins ParTech's Brink POS ecosystem

July 7, 2020

ParTech Inc., a provider of pont-of-sale software for the restaurant and retail industries, has added the Tillster digital ordering platform to the cloud-based…

Uber in talks to buy Postmates for $2.6B: report

June 30, 2020

Uber Technologies Inc., fresh off losing out on a deal to buy meal delivery platform Grubhub, is now in talks to buy rival delivery service Postmates Inc. for…

Chipotle launches digital storefronts for farmers; boost delivery on Grubhub

June 30, 2020

Chipotle Mexican Grill has launched a digital initiative backed by Shopify to create the Chipotle Virtual Farmer's Market. It will allow farmers in the…

Paytronix rolls out contactless dine-in platform

June 22, 2020

Paytronix Systems Inc. announced the rollout of its Paytronix Contactless Dining technology, which is designed to help restaurants offer dine-in service with…

Chipotle 'chats' up Facebook, rolls out app in Canada

June 18, 2020

Chipotle Mexican Grill has rolled out a series of innovations to its digital platform, including an app for Canadian customers and a chatbot for Facebook users

Ritual to launch contactless ordering tool for Chicago restaurants

June 16, 2020

Ritual, a Toronto-based mobile ordering startup, has launched a tool in the U.S. — Ritual One — to allow small, independent restaurants in Chicago provide…

JustEat Takeaway to buy Grubhub in $7.3B stock deal

June 10, 2020

JustEat Takeaway.com NV agreed to buy Grubhub Inc. in an all stock transaction valued at $7.3 billion, creating the world's largest food delivery platform…