Restaurants News

BurgerFi leverages Heinz Remix Machine

April 4, 2024

BurgerFi, a fast-casual restaurant chain, has announced it was the first adopter of the Heinz Remix Machine at its Lauderdale-By-The-Sea location in Florida.

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St. Louis pizza chain adds kiosk, pizza vending machine in local airport

March 22, 2024

St. Louis-based pizza chain Crushed Red has added a self-service pizza kiosk to St. Louis Lambert International Airport, according to a ksdk.com report.

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McDonald's Hong Kong kiosk, mobile app go down

March 15, 2024

McDonald's Hong Kong saw major outages with its self-ordering kiosks and mobile app on March 15. Customers had to pay at the counter instead due to the outage…

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Kepak, PG Group Vending intro Hot Vend Kiosk with burgers

March 11, 2024

Kepak and PG Group Vending introduced the Hot Vend Kiosk at the London Luton Airport. This kiosk will provide Cook-in-Box burgers within 80 seconds of…

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Curbit, Chekt partner in smart food lockers

March 7, 2024

Curbit, a restaurant technology firm, has partnered with Chekt, a foodservice pickup solutions firm, to develop order pickup automation solutions, according to…

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Survey: QSRs, fast casuals expand digital ordering in 2024

March 6, 2024

QSR and fast casual restaurant guests can expect to see more kiosks in stores this year, as well as new mobile apps and voice AI on the phone and in the…

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Dunkin’ kiosks on hold at Binghamton University

February 29, 2024

A plan to install Dunkin' self-service kiosks at the brand's store on the Binghamton University campus is on hold due to shipping delays, according to a Pipe…

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Code Factory teams with Creoir on Voice Topping solution for self service

February 21, 2024

Code Factory, a provider of speech software and assistive technology, has teamed with Creoir, a provider of voice enabled and IoT products, to introduce…

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Toast to lay off 550, lifts Q4, FY 2023 results

February 16, 2024

Toast Inc., a digital technology platform for restaurants, plans to lay off approximately 550 employees as part of a restructuring plan, the company announced…

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Birdcall debuts breakfast menu in Texas

February 14, 2024

Birdcall, a chicken QSR that features self order kiosks, will debut a breakfast menu at its newly opened, third restaurant in Richardson, Texas, according to a…

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Robot waiters to post 35+% annual growth through 2028

February 12, 2024

Robot waiters are expected to post a 35.14% combined annual growth rate through 2028, reaching a $1.97 billion market, boosted by labor shortages, rising costs…

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Ball State University celebrates National Pizza Day with robotic pizza machine

February 9, 2024

To celebrate National Pizza Day, Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, is offering free pizza samples from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. from…

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Ole Miss deploys self-order kiosks for campus restaurants

February 2, 2024

Students at the University of Mississippi can now order meals at self-serve kiosks at the Gertrude C. Ford Ole Miss Student Union, according to a report in The…

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Chowly acquires Targetable digital marketing platform

January 19, 2024

Chowly, provider of a digital ordering platform for restaurants, has acquired Targetable, an automated digital marketing platform for the restaurant industry…

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Samsung, Buona Beef partner in Chicago kiosks and menu boards

January 17, 2024

Samsung Electronics America has partnered with Buona Beef, a 40-year-old, family-owned and operated Italian Beef restaurant chain based in the Chicago area, to…

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Restaurant kiosks surge 43% from 2021 to 2023 to 350K, will double by 2028

January 10, 2024

Restaurant chains are seeing a clear business case for kiosk technology and also report an increase in average transaction values as a direct result of…

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Station Casinos to intro kiosks for sports betting

January 2, 2024

Red Rock Resorts Inc., a Las Vegas-based company that operates 16 casino and entertainment properties, has commenced field trials of GAN Sports under the STN…

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Automat-inspired Brooklyn Dumpling Shop opens in Philadelphia

December 27, 2023

Brooklyn Dumpling Shop, an automated restaurant based on the iconic Automat, recently opened its first location in Philadelphia, the city that hosted the birth…

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Tech partners team with Sodexo on UK hospital automated food court

December 14, 2023

Patrons at Royal Stoke University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent in the U.K. will soon have access to an automated food court provided by Worldline, a global…

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UAE telecom intros autonomous store with self-serve parcel robot

December 14, 2023

Etisalat by e&, a telecom provider in the United Arab Emirates, has introduced an autonomous store known as EASE (Etisalat by e& Autonomous Store…

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