Farmer Boys launches fresh loyalty app

August 11, 2020

Farmer Boys, a fast casual restaurant concept, has made its Very Important Farmer app and loyalty rewards more user friendly and is also offering more flexible…

SpotOn acquires Seatninja

August 11, 2020

SpotOn Transact Inc., a software and payments company, has acquired Seatninja, a reservation management company. Seatninja will now be known as SpotOn Reserve…

Mad Mobile acquires Sysco's restaurant technology company CAKE

August 10, 2020

Mad Mobile Inc., a mobile platform for restaurants and retailers, has signed an agreement to acquire CAKE, a restaurant technology company based in Silicon…

Automated drink dispenser maker Botrista raises $4M+

August 7, 2020

Botrista Technology, a startup based in Silicon Valley that provides an automated cloud-connected drink dispenser called DrinkBot, raised $4 million in seed…

Mobile is moving in: Is your network ready?

by Jeff Bradbury — Sr. Director, Marketing, Hughes

With mobile applications becoming increasingly instrumental to near-premise and on-premise operations, it's important to consider whether the enterprise…

TouchBistro acquires loyalty and marketing solutions provider TableUp

August 6, 2020

TouchBistro, a foodservice point-of-sale solutions provider, has acquired Boston-based TableUp, a provider of loyalty and marketing solutions for the…

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…

Original ChopShop adds mobile app, in-house delivery drivers

August 5, 2020

Original ChopShop, a fast casual restaurant brand featuring protein bowls, salads, sandwiches and fresh juice, is making it easier and faster for guests to…

Grubbrr teams with BlueStar to meet commerce automation demand post COVID-19

August 5, 2020

Grubbrr, a commerce automation company, has teamed with with BlueStar, a global distributor of solution-based technologies, to help meet the demand for…

Modern Restaurant Concepts integrates with Grubhub

August 4, 2020

Modern Market Eatery and Lemonade Restaurants are integrating with Grubhub, leveraging the company's partnership with PAR Tech's cloud-based Brink POS Software.

Onosys, ItsaCheckmate join to create restaurant-ordering solutions

August 3, 2020

Onosys, a platform for restaurant digital ordering, and ItsaCheckmate, a provider of end-to-end integrations between POS systems, third-party delivery and…

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…

Shake Shack's comeback plans: All-things digital

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Although Shake Shack shares were down 10% Friday morning after the chain reported Thursday that sales and revenues both dropped nearly 40% during Q2, CEO Randy…

Restaurants can't afford to avoid contactless tech

by Breck Hapner — Director of Marketing, Chepri

In an entirely ironic sense, the COVID-19 situation has completely changed how restaurants think about digital technology, from "Well, I'll get it someday…

Qu-Franklin Junction solution aggregates delivery orders, gives brands power to multiply

July 30, 2020

API-based POS provider, Qu, has joined two-sided restaurant marketplace, Franklin Junction, to create a platform that uses a Qu tablet product to collect…

Qu Partners with Franklin Junction to Power Host Kitchens

Qu announced its partnership with Franklin Junction, the two-sided marketplace featuring Host Kitchen™ and Cloud Concepts™ founded by industry veteran Aziz…

How 1 pizza chain drove mid-market growth in the digital age

July 28, 2020

As the nation struggles with a resurgence of COVID-19 cases from L.A. to the Big Apple and many places in between, restaurateurs are struggling to adjust…

Snackpass introduces Digital Menus

July 24, 2020

Snackpass, a contactless pickup app, has launched Digital Menus, which allows customers to view and order from menus without downloading an app. The service is…

Clean Juice launches mobile app with Lunchbox

July 24, 2020

Clean Juice, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based organic juice bar franchise, has launched a branded mobile app under a partnership with Lunchbox, an omnichannel…

Kabbage co-founders launch social referral app Scout

July 22, 2020

Drum Technologies, a startup led by the co-founders of Kabbage Inc. announced the launch of Scout, a social referral app that allows users to recommend…