Restaurants News & Media

Touchless vending and coffee service machines: Success beyond COVID?

September 29, 2021

The customer demand for contactless interaction continues to expand due to the coronavirus pandemic. Thankfully, a number of self-service equipment…

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Presto introduces multipurpose restaurant tablet

September 22, 2021

Presto, a provider of touch, vision and voice restaurant technologies, has introduced Presto Flex, a multi-purpose tablet for pay-at-table, staff handheld…

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McDonald’s to add assistive technology for blind customers to all US company-owned stores

September 20, 2021

McDonald's will add assistive technology for blind customers at all company-owned restaurants in the U.S. by the end of this year, according to a report in The…

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Peerless-AV releases upgraded digital menu boards

September 16, 2021

Peerless-AV, a designer and manufacturer of AV solutions and accessories, has launched an upgrade of its outdoor digital menu boards, designed to support…

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Dunkin’ store only takes kiosk and mobile orders

September 15, 2021

Dunkin' has opened a "Dunkin' Digital" store that only accepts mobile and in-store kiosk orders in Boston, according to a Boston Eater report.

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Basil Street taps Celestica for design, manufacturing for pizza kiosks

September 13, 2021

Basil Street, a manufacturer of automated brick oven pizza kitchen kiosks, has partnered with Celestica, a provider of design, manufacturing and supply chain…

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Presto introduces automated speech recognition for restaurants

September 2, 2021

Presto, a provider of restaurant technologies, has launched Presto Voice to automate speech recognition for restaurants, including kiosks, according to a press…

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Brooklyn Dumpling Shop signs 2nd Texas franchisee

September 2, 2021

Brooklyn Dumpling Shop, a chain based on the historic Automat concept, signed a multi-unit franchise agreement with Texas-based franchisee Alex Liebert to…

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FMA Magazine - Summer 2021 - Issue 08 Book

Smart lockers - The Chicken Shack's Digital Transformation

Presented by Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc.

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Apex teams with Welbilt on automated pickup foodservice solutions

September 1, 2021

Apex Order Pickup Solutions, a provider of self-serve automated pickup solutions for foodservice, retail and B2B e-commerce, and Welbilt Inc., a provider of…

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Pyramid Computer Kiosk optimizes restaurant operations at Finnish QSR Hesburger

The major Finnish fast-food chain Hesburger decided on POLYTOUCH® PASSPORT 32 kiosks to optimize processes - and will start the rollout for every restaurant.

Presented by Pyramid Computer GmbH

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SJW Robotics to introduce fully autonomous restaurant

August 25, 2021

SJW Robotics, a Toronto-based food tech company, will introduce a fully autonomous robotic restaurant with zero on-site employees according to a press release.

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Brooklyn Dumpling Shop expands to Texas with franchise deal

August 25, 2021

Brooklyn Dumpling Shop, a dumpling chain based on the historic Automat concept, has signed a multi-unit franchise deal to make the brand's first appearance in…

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Self-ordering kiosks: The perfect solution to the labor shortage

by Dinesh Saparamadu — CEO, Applova Inc.

The pandemic brought to light just how vulnerable the food and beverage sector is to outside variables. Self-ordering kiosks can resolve the problem of…

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Korea restaurant finds multiple benefits from self-order kiosk

August 5, 2021

Tim Ho Wan, a restaurant in Seoul, South Korea, has found success on different fronts after installing a Samsung kiosk, according to a press release.

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Organic juice QSR joins self-order kiosk bandwagon

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Clean Juice installed its first kiosk to provide faster ordering, faster service and a way to address the labor shortage.

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Rise Southern Biscuits and Righteous Chicken finds labor savings in self-order kiosks, pickup lockers

August 4, 2021

Rise Southern Biscuits and Righteous Chicken is tackling the labor shortage with contactless ordering, including an in-store kiosk and heated locker system…

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Appetize introduces subscription plan bundling hardware, software, payments

August 3, 2021

Appetize Technologies Inc., a digital and mobile commerce platform, has introduced Appetize Plus, a subscription plan that bundles cloud-based software…

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Nichesoft introduces tanning salon kiosk

August 2, 2021

Nichesoft, a software development company, has introduced TanTrack Kiosk, an add-on hardware to the TanTrack platform, enabling a tanning salon's clients to…

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Hazlnut introduces restaurant self-order kiosks

August 2, 2021

Hazlnut LLC, a restaurant technology manufacturer, has introduced self-order kiosks following beta testing that began in April at Larry's Giant Subs in…

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