DoorDash will use $400M investment to grow 325% this year

February 22, 2019

DoorDash has raised $400 million toward expansion of the app-based food delivery platform, which a news release said has already grown more than 250 percent…

Shake Shack names board member, creates leadership roles

February 20, 2019

Shake Shack has filled several executive roles and has tapped a ninth board member.

Chipotle debuts deep dive view into company history

February 12, 2019

Chipotle Mexican Grill is launching what it calls an "intimate" look into the company's 25-year-history with Behind the Foil, a documentary-style digital and…

Webinar: 5 reasons to move to cloud-based scheduling and time, attendance

February 8, 2019

When you're responsible for staffing a busy restaurant with an hourly workforce, scheduling is only half the battle. As the labor pool gets smaller and the…

3 restaurant tech trends that can help get the 'whole house' in order

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

Whether it's in the front-of-house. the back-of-house or outside the house, restaurants should rely on technology this year to create agility, increase digital…

Squaring the square: White Castle VP tells how brand develops new slider spin-offs

In this podcast, White Castle Vice President Jamie Richardson tells how the brand keeps innovating on that famous little square of beef, while Blockchain Tech…

Mina Group partners with Oracle for Street Food Hall concept in Hawaii

January 29, 2019

The Mina Group is partnering with Oracle to deploy its MICROS 600 series of point of sale devices and its Food and Beverage Simphony Cloud restaurant…

London's Soho Coffee launches mobile payment platform

January 28, 2019

Soho Coffee Co., a London-based chain, has partnered with Yoyo, a European mobile payments platform, to launch a mobile loyalty and payments app, according to…

4 ways restaurants can add 'flexibility, versatility' to customer experience

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

Most restaurants know they need to be more flexible and offer customers versatility, but what does that mean exactly?

New Zealand fast casual expanding using Oracle Cloud

January 25, 2019

New Zealand-based Cafe Anatolia is looking to expand across the country and has tapped Oracle Food and Beverage Simphony Cloud to ensure that customers receive…

Chipotle VP chats digital strategy

Nicole West, Chipotle VP Digital Strategy and Product, discusses how seriously the chain takes real-time engagement with its customers and what types of…

Olo secures $18M investment from Tiger Global Management

January 10, 2019

Olo, a mobile ordering and delivery platform for restaurants, has received $18 million in financing from Tiger Global Management, according to a company…

Eatsa launches pick-up system to alleviate bottlenecks caused by mobile orders

January 10, 2019

In hopes of addressing the operational challenges facing restaurants stemming from the rise of digital ordering and third-party delivery, San Francisco-based…

Hughes Achieves Verifone Managed Network Service Provider Certification

Company Now Offers Verifone POS Retailers Easy Transition to PCI-Compliant Solution from Discontinued Enhanced Zone Router (EZR)

Restaurateurs ditching paper manuals for digital training tools

January 8, 2019

Employees armed with mobile tools are happier, better trained and take better care of customers, according to a survey conducted in 2018 by Vanson Bourne on…

Execs predict increased usage of near-me, voice searches to make dining decisions

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

From the explosion of near-me searches to consumers demanding more options, this year's tech trends are all about meeting the customer where and when they…

Omnivore raises $10M in Series A via The Coca-Cola Company, Performance Food Group

January 8, 2019

Omnivore, a point-of-sale connectivity platform enabling third-party technologies to integrate with restaurants' POS systems, has announced a Series A…

Industry insiders predict top tech restaurant trends of 2019

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

FastCasual interviewed executives from a variety of tech vendors to reveal some of 2019's most promising tech trends. ​​​​​​Part 1 of this series features…

Infor acquires Vivonet, expanding foodservice POS

December 28, 2018

Infor, a provider of industry-specific cloud applications, has acquired Vivonet Inc., a provider of cloud-based hospitality solutions, according to a press…

Caribou Coffee reports security breach

December 21, 2018

Caribou Coffee President John Butcher reported today on the chain's website that it has fallen victim to a security breach. Customers who visited any…