PopID intros pay-by-face solution

August 14, 2020

PopID, a Cali Group company, has launched its PopPay face-pay service, which lets users pay with their faces at facial recognition devices. Customers can link…

CafeX closes robotic coffee bars

August 13, 2020

CafeX, a robotic coffee bar that can serve more than 10 orders simultaneously within minutes, has shut down its San Francisco and San Jose airport operations…

Jack in the Box's Amazon Web Services conversion yields big benefits

August 12, 2020

Jack in the Box has opted to run its entire chain infrastructure on Amazon Web ServiceI Inc., as part of the chain's efforts to offer cloud-based experiences…

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…

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…

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…

Auntie Anne's uses auto-ordering recliner to launch mobile-ordering app

August 4, 2020

Auntie Anne's is making it just way too easy for consumers to smother themselves in warm pretzels with its so-called Recline-to-Dine Chair, which it is using…

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…

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…

Virtual restaurant franchise launches Miami virtual food hall

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

With brands like Chef Burger, El Taco Loco and Mama Rosa, its safe to say that the nation's first virtual restaurant franchise has a little something for…

Sonic says it's 1st QSR to use Alexa to connect via mobile

July 23, 2020

Sonic said it's the first brand to allow customers to connect to its app on mobile devices by asking Alexa, now that the Alexa Skill thas been added to the…

Wendy's launches rewards program nationwide via mobile app

July 22, 2020

Wendy's Co. has launched Wendy's Rewards, a program that lets customers earn points at participating U.S. restaurants.

Considering touchless biometric tech? Read this first

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

The pandemic has ushered in a new demand for touchless tech at all levels of customer and employee engagement at QSRs. But before you make the leap to any type…

Yum Brands partners with Russian company on lab-grown KFC nuggets

July 20, 2020

Yum Brands said it hopes to launch and sell lab-produced chicken nuggets through KFC as part of its "restaurant of the future," according to news release made…

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…

At 121, Yoshinoya's digital transformation delivers rice bowls for a new age

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

As what many believe may be the world's oldest fast food chain, Yoshinoya -- with 105 U.S. locations --- is proving that you actually can teach that proverbial…