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…

Deploying kiosks in your restaurants: What are you waiting for?

by Dipesh Hinduja — Director, Mobile Solution Architecture, Stratix Corp

Dipesh Hinduja of Stratixcorp gives advice for a successful kiosk deployment. Hint: Not having a Mobile Device Management system in place will derail your…

New virtual summit focuses on innovation, customer experience in self-service, kiosk, vending industries

Networld Media websites, Vending Times and Kiosk Marketplace, are launching a virtual summit that promises to bring attendees the very best in self-service…

Robotic video display kiosk can invite diners to 'roll on in' for pizza

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

What if you had a way to send out a kind of unpaid emissary who displayed an enticing video of your brand's menu items to passersby to pull them in to eat? Or…

Coca-Cola rolls out contactless Freestyle beverage dispenser

July 15, 2020

The Coca-Cola Co. is rolling out contactless, triggered via smartphone, for its Freestyle self-service dispenser used in restaurants, as the coronavirus…

[ON-DEMAND WEBINAR]: How franchisees can drive mid-market growth in the digital age

Stay on the leading edge and learn what the best brands are doing technologically and how they're doing it to stay neck-and-neck with diners' expectations

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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…

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…

Anonymous restaurant check-in offers option for security-wary diners

July 3, 2020

A Canadian company called, I Checked In, has released a contact-tracing service that restaurants and other businesses can use to contact customers who want to…

New service helps QSRs manage text messaging

July 2, 2020

The AI-powered answering service for restaurants and other businesses, Numa, now offers businesses the ability to send and receive text messages, pictures…

How franchisees can drive mid-market growth in the digital age

Using digital tech to maximum effect is the focus of an hour-long discussion with two leaders at Ohio-based pizza chain, Romeo's Pizza on July 14.

And the top delivery app award goes to ...

July 1, 2020

DoorDash is the most-used food delivery app across the nation, according to an analysis by an advertising technology company, Sabio, which has nearly 30…

PreciTaste launches AI-enabled health check kiosk

June 29, 2020

PreciTaste has created a health-check kiosk, called the AI Welcome Center, for near-term economic recovery and long-term exposure prevention across a wide…

6 ways your restaurant can survive COVID-19

by Kiera Blessing — Content Specialist, Paytronix

Although states are reopening after Covid-19 shutdowns, many customers are still wary of physical contact, which is forcing restaurants to rely on contactless…

Customers want a contactless world — especially when it comes to trash

June 26, 2020

Contactless trash cans are all the rage these days, according to a blind study conducted by a front-of-house trash compactor company, Compaction Technologies…

Newk’s Eatery tests ‘hardwareless kiosk,' plans to add vending coolers

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Adam Karveller of Newk's Eatery thinks order habits will change long-term as a result of COVID-19. He thinks curbside pickup, delivery, online ordering and…

The bionic bar: Is Iceland's Viking-themed bar the future of fast casual?

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

Ice & Fries, a Viking-themed fast casual concept in Iceland, relies on drink-making robots, a bionic dog and 3D technology to provide an epic self-service…

Visa programs aim to help 50M SMBs drive digital business

June 22, 2020

Visa is offering 50 million small and micro businesses a range of services to help them grow more efficiently, build their online footprints and promote…

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…

[ON-DEMAND WEBINAR]: How Mid-Market Restaurateurs are Hyper-Focused on Digital Channels for Future Growth

With many fast-casual restaurant concepts having successfully pivoted to off-premise, the desire to re-open the doors to diners may come with hesitation.

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