March 25, 2023
Restaurants Put the Person Into Payments
Taking a tip from digital, restaurants are personalizing the in-person payment experience with diner data. Take, for instance, Panera Bread, which is leveraging Amazon One pay-by-palm capabilities to identify loyalty...
March 23, 2023
Who is a Competitor Under Section 8?
The Department of Justice Antitrust Division has recently been investigating public companies for possible violations of Section 8 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 19, based on information listed...
March 22, 2023
Panera Brings Amazon’s Palm Payments Into the Restaurant World
Panera Bread is leveraging Amazon One pay-by-palm capabilities to remove friction for loyalty members. The fast-casual brand announced Wednesday (March 22) that it is rolling out the option, whereby consumers...
March 15, 2023
Mobile Order-Ahead App Provider Ranking Delivers the Goods
Hungry for some information? You’ve come to the right place. The Provider Ranking Mobile Order-Ahead Apps is like the ultimate food court — of apps. This one gets zany, so drop the...
March 15, 2023
MrBeast Burger Taps In-Car Payments to Boost Convenience
As restaurants remove payment friction to drive digital sales, MrBeast Burger is leveraging in-car capabilities. Tech provider Mavi.io, which creates in-car ordering and payment features, announced Tuesday (March 14) that...
March 13, 2023
Don’t Destroy Entrepreneurship With Poorly Designed Antitrust Legislation
By Daniel D. Sokol, The Hill Start ups are the lifeblood of innovation in the United States. Venture capital funded start ups disproportionately produce tech innovation. Yet, the proposed Senate American Innovation and...
February 15, 2023
4 European Startups Making Waves in the FoodTech Space
Alternative protein is one of the biggest FoodTech trends in recent years. In an interview with PYMNTS, Martin Davalos, partner at the Czech investment firm McWin, said the introduction of...
February 14, 2023
RBI Monitors Prices of Both Competing Restaurants and Grocers
Amid inflation, RBI keeps watch on not just other QSRs’ pricing but grocers’ as well. Restaurant Brands International, parent company of quick-service restaurant (QSR) giants Burger King, Popeyes and Tim...
February 08, 2023
KFC Reaches Digital Holdouts With Conversational Commerce
Yum Brands is bringing in-store customers into the digital fold with increasingly frictionless ordering options. The quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant, parent of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and The Habit...