Clover ushers in touchless dining feature

October 29, 2020

Restaurants using Clover's point-of-sale platform from Fiserv Inc. are now able to offer guests a touchless experience from order to payment.

Del Taco, Starbird, Coolgreens, Junzi Kitchen embracing mobile pay

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

Mobile payment has been a lifesaver for so many restaurant brands over the last eight months, when keeping physical contact to a minimum has been the order of…

HMS Host COO to restaurateurs: Stop trying to do it all

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

HMS Host COO Joe Thornton relayed a case study around his experience transforming Jamba as a prime example of how restaurant leaders can be more effective by…

Kroger taps ClusterTruck for dark kitchen partnership

October 15, 2020

The Kroger Co. is teaming up with ClusterTruck, a software platform for delivery-only kitchens, on Kroger Delivery Kitchen, a service that will serve both…

Up close with The Halal Guys, HungerRush

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

The Halal Guys CEO talks about riding the choppy seas of a rough restaurant year, while HungerRush stops in to recount the many ways restaurant management…

No longer the alternative: The approaching future of local payments

While merchants will not be ditching card terminals anytime soon, they should take notice of the growing adoption of digital payments.

SpotOn Transact secures $60M in funding

September 23, 2020

SpotOn Transact, Inc. a software and payments company, has secured $60 million in Series C funding. The round was led by DST Gobal, an investment firm, with…

ICX Association names Elevate Award winners

September 22, 2020

The Interactive Customer Experience (ICX) Association presented its annual Elevate Awards during a livestream earlier today.

ICX Summit postponed till June 2021

September 2, 2020

The Interactive Customer Experience Summit has been postponed until June 2, 2021 due to travel restrictions related to COVID-19. The rescheduled event will…

Everything food truck operators need to know about mobile POS

If you’re a food truck operator, you need to adapt and change your business to keep up with changing restaurant trends, and using a mobile POS system is the…

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2 pizza brands take on industry's top delivery challenges

Delivery is a must for pizza brands today, but no one said it would be easy. In this webinar, hear how two growing pizza brands met and conquered some of…

Got a question about the food truck business? We'll get the answer

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Whether you're starting out running a food truck, or looking to expand a successful mobile food business, there are always questions and challenges. We're…

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…

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…

FoodTrux launches interactive food truck finder app

July 31, 2020

FoodTrux, a Maine tech company, has released a fully interactive food truck finder app available in both the Apple App Store and Google Play store.

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…

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…

Mobile firewood vending machine serves guests in Washington park

July 21, 2020

Moran State Park on Orcas Island in Washington State has installed a vending machine that allows guests to buy firewood, according to the Washington State…

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…

Why pop-up shops, vending, outdoor dining, food trucks, and pick-up services are surging

by William Stutzman — Director of Strategic Initiatives, Ventus Global Network Solutions

William Stutzman, vice president, strategic initiatives at Ventus, shares insight on how new new retail and dining formats are offering a smart solution…