New research: Foodservice leads card-data attacks

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

September 15, 2008

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — New research from global payment security consultancy Trustwave analyzes the most common methods and targets of recent card breach incidents…

XFormity, Cosi partner on restaurant reporting solution

September 11, 2008

DALLAS — XFormity Technologies and Cosi Inc. have announced the deployment of XFormity's Business Intelligence solution across all Cosi corporate restaurants.

Mid-Atlantic to showcase new products, services

September 7, 2008

BALTIMORE — The Mid-Atlantic Food, Beverage and Lodging Expo, slated to take place Sept. 17-18, 2008, at the Baltimore Convention Center, will offer a variety…

Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to roll out free Wi-Fi

August 27, 2008

LOS ANGELES — The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has announced that it will offer free Wi-Fi Internet access at virtually all company-owned stores. The company…

Caribou Coffee implements HR management tool

August 27, 2008

SAN MATEO, Calif. — SuccessFactors Inc., global provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, has announced that Caribou Coffee is using…

Five Guys selects OnDemand for HR training

August 25, 2008

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. — Five Guys Burgers and Fries is implementing Saba Learning's OnDemand to deliver online training and assessments for the Five Guys…

MICROS acquires services provider Fry Inc.

August 12, 2008

COLUMBIA, Md. — MICROS Systems Inc. has announced their acquisition of Fry Inc., an e-commerce design, development, and managed services provider. Fry is…

uWink intros menu language-translation feature

July 8, 2008

LOS ANGELES — uWink has announced a new menu language translation tool designed to translate its menu offerings into Chinese, English, French, German…

Peet's Coffee & Tea partners with Junction Solutions

June 9, 2008

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. — Junction Solutions, provider of vertical industry-focused enterprise software and services based on the Microsoft platform, has announced…

NCR intros contactless, mobile payment solutions

January 27, 2008

DAYTON, Ohio — NCR Corp., in partnership with ViVOtech, has introduced a suite of contactless-payment terminals for the point of sale (POS). The solutions…

Starbucks to test automated coffee machine

December 12, 2007

CNN Money: Starbucks  Corp. and Coinstar Inc. have teamed up to test an automated coffee machine under the Starbucks Seattle's Best Coffee label, according…

Intura Solutions certifies eThor Media, ONOSYS

December 11, 2007

ARLINGTON, Texas — Intura Solutions LP, manufacturer of point-of-sale and enterprise-management software for quick-service, fast-casual and delivery restaurant…

uWink unveils game credit software

December 4, 2007

LOS ANGELES — uWink Inc. has announced the introduction of its new proprietary game "credit" purchasing and redemption system. The new software is designed to…

Chipotle, La Madeleine eye handheld tech

November 11, 2007

Dallas Morning News: Fast-casual restaurants in the U.S., including Dallas-based La Madeleine Bakery, Café and Bistro and Chipotle Mexican Grill, are…

Digital Dining offers direct Amex verification

October 14, 2007

SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Digital Dining clients can now process online, high-speed payments using an integrated interface directly to American Express.   Earlier…

Exit41 launches OrderPerfect 2.0

October 10, 2007

ANDOVER, Mass. — Ordering solutions company Exit41 Inc. has announced the next release of OrderPerfect. Version 2.0 is a multichannel ordering solution, which…

Zaxby's signs with MICROS

September 25, 2007

COLUMBIA, Md. — MICROS Systems Inc. has signed a deal with chicken-finger restaurant chain Zaxby's Franchising Inc. to provide point-of-sale technology for…

IBM, NCR comment on kiosk growth in fast food, fast casual

September 3, 2007

San Jose Mercury News: As kiosks become more user-friendly and capable of handling more complicated tasks, health-care providers, fast-food chains and other…

Meals by mobile

August 26, 2007

The growing popularity of text messaging.

Michel Sohrabi named Hypercom VP

August 15, 2007

PHOENIX — Michel Sohrabi has been appointed to the newly created post of vice president of marketing and business development at Hypercom EMEA.   Sohrabi will…