Today in restaurant and grocery tech news, the ruling to overturn Prop 22 could change the meal delivery landscape, and Taco Bell talks restaurant design. Plus, there’s a look at the ways drive-thru is transforming the restaurant industry.
Prop 22 Reversal Could Strain Food Delivery Volume With New Fees
California’s Proposition 22 ballot measure, which made it so rideshare and food delivery drivers could not be included in a state labor law, was ruled unconstitutional Friday (Aug 20). Per this overturning, drivers for gig economy food delivery services such as DoorDash, Instacart and Uber Eats would be entitled to the same rights and protections that employees have. Uber has said it will appeal the ruling.
Taco Bell Restaurants Will Keep Getting Smaller, Says COO
As Taco Bell experiments with digitally-integrated restaurant designs, its goal is to fulfill more customers’ orders with a smaller or equal footprint. The restaurant’s President and Chief Operating Officer Mike Grams speaks with PYMNTS about the chain’s restaurant concept of the future.
Faster Drive-Thrus Are Eating Dining Rooms’ Lunch And Reshaping The Future Of Restaurants
The quick-service restaurant (QSR) drive-thru hardly seems like it would be on the cutting edge of technology. Today, however, the drive-thru is a site of enormous innovation, in terms of how we order, how we pay and how our food habits fit into the rest of our lives.
NCR Buys POS Firm Foremost Business Systems
Self-service kiosk and point-of-sale (POS) company NCR Corporation has acquired Foremost Business Systems, a Minneapolis firm that makes POS systems for the restaurant industry. NCR announced the acquisition Monday (Aug. 23), saying it would expand the reach of its restaurant technology, already used in more than 10,000 eateries worldwide. Terms of the deal were not released.
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