Restaurants News

CaliExpress by Flippy automated restaurant to open in California

December 8, 2023

Cali Group, a holding company using technology to transform the restaurant and retail industries, has teamed with Miso Robotics, creator of the Flippy…

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Conversational voice provider Voicify integrates Chowly digital orders

December 4, 2023

Voicify, a provider of AI-based conversational voice, has integrated with Chowly, a digital ordering platform, to make its technology available to Chowly's…

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Metz Culinary Management teams with Mashgin on contactless checkout

November 29, 2023

Metz Culinary Management Inc., a Dallas, Pennsylvania-based culinary services provider, has teamed with Mashgin to deliver contactless checkout technology to…

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Burger King to expand kiosks due to increasing customer use

November 8, 2023

Burger King plans to expand its self-order kiosks, Josh Kobza, CEO of Restaurant Brands International, Burger King's owner, told investors Friday, according to…

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Toast lifts Q3 2023 sales, improves loss

November 8, 2023

Toast Inc., a manufacturer of restaurant POS technology, including self-order kiosks, lifted its sales and improved its loss for Q3 2023 against the prior year…

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Aramark teams with Grubhub on self-order kiosks

October 27, 2023

Students at Towson University can order meals at self-order kiosks in the student union and have it delivered by Grubhub, one of four Mid-Atlantic universities…

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Hong Kong universities deploy vending machines offering reusable food containers

October 24, 2023

Hong Kong universities are offering students free, reusable food containers in order to reduce plastic waste. The containers are available in vending machines…

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Olo taps SoundHound to allow voice orders at restaurants

September 29, 2023

Restaurants using Olo Connect will be able to process voice orders placed at an in-store kiosk, drive-thru or over the phone using artificial intelligence…

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How to meet customer expectations for micro markets, vending and more: Don’t miss the Self-Service Innovation Summit

September 27, 2023

Customer preferences nowadays are more diverse than ever, with calls for gluten-free, sustainability, functional and more. How can a convenience services…

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Birdcall expands in Phoenix, offers self-serve kiosks

September 26, 2023

Birdcall, a chicken QSR with 13 locations in Colorado, Arizona and Texas that offers self-order kiosks, recently opened a second Arizona location in Phoenix at…

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NAMA opposes IRS employee retention tax credit suspension

September 22, 2023

The National Automatic Merchandising Association recently led a coalition of employer organizations in advising the Internal Revenue Service and the Department…

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Hackers breach MGM Resorts, shuttering slots, sportsbook kiosks, automated check-in, parking

September 15, 2023

Guests and employees at MGM Resorts have been inconvenienced by a ransomware attack that shuttered gaming machines, automated check-in, parking systems and…

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GoTab intros pocket-size ordering, payment device

September 13, 2023

GoTab, a hospitality commerce platform, has introduced its Pocket Point-of-Sale, an all-in-one, pocket-sized ordering and payment device designed for servers…

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Sept 22: Early bird registration ends for Self-Service Innovation Summit, awards nominations

September 13, 2023

Early bird registration for the Self-Service Innovation Summit ends next Friday, the same day nominations are due for the Automation & Self-Service Awards.

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McDonald’s to replace self-serve beverages

September 8, 2023

McDonald's will be transitioning away from self-serve beverage stations in dining rooms across the U.S. by 2032, according to an email from a company…

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Telpo to deploy self-order kiosks at China Burger Kings

August 31, 2023

Telpo, a China-based self-service kiosk manufacturer, has teamed with AiPay to deploy self-ordering kiosks at Burger King restaurants in China, according to a…

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Dave's Hot Chicken cofounder, president keynoting Interactive Customer Experience Summit

August 30, 2023

Attendees of the Interactive Customer Experience Summit will hear how Dave's Hot Chicken, which was born in 2018 but topped the 2023 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers…

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Snack POS teams with Pax on EMV enabled payment solutions

August 29, 2023

Snack POS, a restaurant point-of-sale system provider, has teamed with Pax, a provider electronic payment terminal solutions, to bring EMV-enabled terminals to…

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Arkansas fast casual opens self-pour tap room

August 1, 2023

Smokin' Oak Wood-Fired Pizza, a fast-casual franchise offering oak wood-fired pizza creations, is celebrating the grand opening of Arkansas' first self-pour…

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National Merchants Association debuts robot server

July 19, 2023

National Merchants Association, a provider of payments services and self-serve kiosks, has introduced its Matradee L, a robot server and food runner under its…

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