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Square unveils handheld device, next-gen food, beverage platform

May 13, 2025

Payment company Square has released Square Handheld, a pocketable POS for all restaurant businesses. For full-service restaurants, employees can take orders…

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Thanx integrates with Square

March 28, 2025

Loyalty and guest engagement platform Thanx has integrated with Square, which has an ecosystem of commerce solutions. With this launch, Thanx now supports…

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Restaurant, tech experts share AI, automation, dining experience predictions for 2025

by Mandy Wolf Detwiler — Editor, Networld Media Group

Tech and restaurant pros share predictions for what's to come in AI, dining experiences and automation technology in 2025.

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Square, Sysco partner to save restaurants time, money

December 18, 2024

Square announced this week that since it's officially a Sysco Restaurant Solutions partner, Sysco will promote, co-market and sell Square's technology suite to…

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How restaurants can stay ahead of the tech curve

by Mandy Wolf Detwiler — Editor, Networld Media Group

Brand leaders discussed the utilization of tech in their restaurants at the Fast Casual Executive Summit in Denver.

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Winning at the franchising game

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator

How do restaurants succeed at the franchising game? A panel at the Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit shared some key strategies.

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Raydiant, Square team up to boost restaurant performance

August 12, 2022

Raydiant, an in-location experience platform for brick-and-mortar enterprises, is teaming up with Square, a software, payments and hardware company, to…

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Ritual, Square partnering to help restaurants reach new customers

November 10, 2020

Ritual and Square are joining forces in an effort to help restaurants attract new digital customers. The partnership integrates orders from Ritual app users…

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Square sells Caviar food-ordering platform to DoorDash for $410M

August 2, 2019

DoorDash is buying food-ordering platform Caviar from Square for $410 million in cash and DoorDash Inc. preferred stock.

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Square for Restaurants wipes out 'tablet farms' with DoorDash, PostMates, Chowly integration

June 7, 2019

Square for Restaurants has launched a set of order management integrations that allows orders from Postmates, DoorDash and the POS integration solution…

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Square to manage concessions payments, POS at Indy 500

May 24, 2019

Square is now the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's payment and point-of-sale provider where it will process concessions purchase for more than 300,000 fans of…

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Square launches free POS app

November 21, 2014

The cloud-based point-of-sale solution tracks sales and manages items and inventory.

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Square Order testing proximity tagging for line-busting ordering feature

October 9, 2014

Customers can pre-order menu item, and when they are within a zone timed to food and beverage preparation, a 'proximity tag' is triggered alerting the…

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