August 05, 2022
Presto CEO Says Tech-Wary Restaurant Customers May Change Their Tune...
As restaurants’ hiring challenges persist, many brands are turning towards automated solutions to lower their labor costs, and while some consumers may think these changes detract from the dining experience,...
August 04, 2022
Burger King, Popeyes Parent Cuts App Load Times 52% to...
Driving digital sales is about more than just offering a range of fulfillment options and incentivizing purchases with loyalty rewards — it is also about consumers’ experience in the app...
August 04, 2022
Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Cut Back on Online Restaurant Ordering
As food prices rise, consumers who don’t have a financial safety net to fall back on are no longer springing for restaurant delivery and takeout as much as they did...
August 03, 2022
Taco Bell Leverages Buzzy Product Drops to Combat Inflation Trade...
As prices skyrocket, major restaurant brands must work harder to keep their customers from trading down to food-at-home options, and a way they can do so is by leveraging customers’...
August 01, 2022
Wendy’s Says to Succeed in the Metaverse, Companies Need to...
Restaurants’ presence in the metaverse is still too new to say for sure which strategies (if any) will be key to securing customers’ virtual reality (VR) loyalty, but quick-service restaurant...
July 28, 2022
Today in the Connected Economy: Mastercard Names New BNPL Partners
Today in the connected economy, Mastercard names a number of new partners to its buy now, pay later program, Mastercard Installments. Also, inflation leads McDonalds to hike prices in the...
July 28, 2022
EMEA Daily: Record Number of UK eCommerce Businesses Close; Russia...
Wave of eCommerce Flops Behind Record 113,700 UK business closures in Q2 The online retail sector that boomed in the United Kingdom during the pandemic has suffered from a wave...
July 28, 2022
Inflation Redefines ‘Value’ at McDonald’s, Other Fast Food Chains
If a value menu deal seems too good to be true, there is a good chance that the restaurant agrees — as food prices continue to rise, some brands are...
July 25, 2022
Kitchen United Raises $100M Series C for Tech Hub
Ghost kitchen and restaurant technology hub Kitchen United raised $100 million in a Series C funding round to further evolve its multi-concept ordering technology platform currently being used by Burger...