Botrista raises $55M, hires former Zoup president to lead strategy

October 6, 2022

Botrista Beverages, a provider of automation technology and the inventor of The Botrista DrinkBot, has raised $55 million for expansion.

Food truck operation debuts cheesecake vending machine

October 5, 2022

Cheesecake from a vending machine? That's what's on tap from Cheesecake on Point, an Arkansas restaurant and food truck operation, at the McCain Mall in Little…

Skykit Joins the Datadog Marketplace

Skykit, a leader in digital signage and workplace experience solutions, announced today a new integration with Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDOG), the monitoring and…

Mobile kiosk taps solar energy to make orange juice

September 23, 2022

Cream on Chrome, a Netherlands-based design studio, has created the Solar Energy Kiosk, a mobile kiosk which uses sun rays to squeeze oranges to make orange…

How Starbucks is transforming customer engagement with AI-powered personalization

September 20, 2022

Can AI help your restaurant? Starbucks says yes. The brand created an AI recommendation engine called Deepbrew to offer guests a more personalized experience.

Pizza truck debuts brick-and-mortar store with self-pour tap wall

September 5, 2022

Fat Lip Pizza, a Corona, California based pizza truck, has opened its first brick-and-mortar location and features a 20-tap self-pour draft system powered by…

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…

How two restaurant owners solved their sales tax dilemmas

Today more than ever, restaurant operators have too much on their plates. Collecting sales tax is required by most states and jurisdictions, but managing sales…

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Sweetgreen's digital guru keynoting Fast Casual Executive Summit

July 11, 2022

The Early Bird Deadline ends Friday.

Toast acquires scheduling, management solution Sling

July 7, 2022

Restaurant digital technology platform Toast has acquired Sling, an employee scheduling, communication and management solution, according to a press release.

Webinar leverages data to show loyalty programs improve bottom line

July 6, 2022

Loyalty programs are smarter, more intuitive and easier to use than ever before. Having a solid loyalty program in place can increase guest frequency, improve…

3 tips for buying a POS system

by Chris Lybeer — Chief Strategy Officer, Revel Systems

The modern POS can help food truck operators accurately assess sales performance, inventory, customer satisfaction and staffing. Here's how to choose the right…

Restaurant technology takes center stage at Elevate Awards

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

ICXA honored Elevate Award winners at the 2022 Interactive Customer Experience Summit in Columbus, Ohio.

Revel Systems debuts integrated loyalty toolkit

May 24, 2022

Revel Systems, a cloud-native POS and business management platform, is debuting Revel Loyalty, powered by Como, an in-house loyalty system for small to…

Uber taps autonomous cars, robots for Cali cities, adding car charge feature into app

May 18, 2022

Uber is launching pilot food delivery strategies, tapping robots and autonomous cars, in two California cities and also deploying an electric vehicle charging…

Yodeck survey says restaurants see gains with digital signage

May 18, 2022

In Q2 of 2022, Yodeck Digital Signage ran a survey to evaluate the impact of digital signage in the restaurant industry, according to a company press release.

Toast launches POS system geared toward limited-service restaurants

April 18, 2022

Toast, an all-in-one digital platform built for restaurants, has launched Toast for Quick Service, a purpose-built solution for limited-service restaurants of…

How Forecasting and Labor Schedules Affect the Bottom Line

At the end of the day, restaurants are businesses. Every piece of data that your restaurant generates holds the power to increase or decrease revenue—to…

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Thanx acquires ZeroStoreFront

April 5, 2022

Thanx, a loyalty and guest engagement platform, has acquired ZeroStorefront, a restaurant-focused marketing and data insights platform.

Miami leaders extend delivery app ordinance

March 29, 2022

An ordinance created last year to regulate app-based delivery and virtual restaurants has been renewed by Miami city leaders and is being applauded by Reef, an…