April 25, 2022
Amid Restaurant Rewards Race, Burger King Announces Free Fries for...
In 2021, with the popularity of chicken sandwiches through delivery channels, restaurants raced to capture consumers’ digital spending with the so-called chicken sandwich wars. Now, in 2022, the race has...
April 25, 2022
Ghost Kitchens Are Threat and Opportunity for Restaurant Biz
While ghost kitchens were not invented during the pandemic, the digital ordering boom of 2020 supercharged the model, leading to the creation of new virtual brands and the expansion of...
April 21, 2022
The Data Point: Amazon Overtakes Walmart as Top Retailer at...
Coke and Pepsi. McDonald’s and Burger King. Apple and Microsoft. Ranking in high the pantheon of great of corporate rivalries is Amazon versus Walmart. In 2021, Amazon overtook its retail...
April 21, 2022
AP Automation Platform Medius Launches Partnership Program With Software Developers
Medius, a Swedish provider of accounts payable automation systems, on April 20 announced a new program to ease collaboration with independent software developers. The program is called Radius, and Medius...
April 19, 2022
Chipotle Announces $50M Venture Fund for ResTech Startups
Chipotle Mexican Grill is taking a more active role in shaping the future of restaurant technology. The Newport Beach, California-based fast-casual brand, which owns and operates nearly 3,000 restaurants across...
April 18, 2022
Mobile Order-Ahead App Ranking Sees a Three-Way Tie for First...
When it comes to the leader in mobile ordering, there’s no longer one clear victor. In this month’s edition of the PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Mobile Order-Ahead Apps, last month’s...
April 14, 2022
Today in Food Commerce: Restaurants Take on Metaverse; Walmart Retains...
Today in food commerce, restaurants open virtual locations in the metaverse, while frictionless checkout comes to sporting arenas. Plus, PYMNTS data show Walmart maintaining its lead over Amazon in food...
April 14, 2022
Eateries Open Metaverse Stores in Race to Be the ‘Restaurant...
As brands continue to explore the potential of metaverse commerce, more restaurants are making moves to create digital spaces. Los Angeles plant-based burger brand Honeybee Burger announced Tuesday (April 12)...
April 14, 2022
Cash-Back Credit Cards Increase Financial Flexibility, Spending Power of MENA...
Like other emerging markets, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has one of the largest underbanked populations in the world, with more than 90% of the population transacting solely...