Restaurants

Chain restaurant bankruptcies are reportedly at their highest level since the pandemic. Among the most recent ...

Uber is expanding its partnership with restaurant technology platform Toast. The new integration between Toast Delivery Services and Uber Direct ...

For restaurants, there’s a funding gap, a chasm between gaining access to the capital they ...

The restaurant industry is reportedly eager to move beyond a difficult 2024. “I don’t know about ...

In early, limited pilots of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered marketing campaigns, quick-service restaurant (QSR) company Yum ...

Starbucks now offers access to delivery powered by DoorDash through its own app. As of Monday ...

Voice artificial intelligence (AI) solutions from SoundHound AI have been deployed by seven of the ...

New artificial intelligence (AI) tools are changing how restaurants analyze customer data, test food safety ...

The restaurant industry is experiencing a technological transformation that’s reshaping the dining experience. At the ...

Chipotle has named Interim CEO Scott Boatwright as CEO and member of the board, effective immediately. Boatwright ...

Headed into last week’s presidential election, both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris endorsed eliminating taxes ...

That robot voice taking your Taco Bell order isn’t just an experiment — it’s handled ...

McDonald’s reportedly improved customer satisfaction scores and reduced customer wait times by using geofencing technology ...

Digital transformation is serving up new efficiencies for the restaurant and hospitality sector. With razor-thin margins, ...

Mastercard and restaurant reservation platform TheFork are teaming up to serve cardholders a better dining ...

Visa is injecting fresh funding into four startups that graduated from the first batch of ...

The Access Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Paytronix, saying it aims to ...

Fiserv has introduced a new suite of tools for small businesses. The offering, rolled out via the ...

The days of the old-school cash register are numbered. They may even already be over. The ...

Richtech Robotics plans to use its robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) cloud technology to run ...

Discounted drinks are reportedly becoming rarer under the leadership of Starbucks’ new CEO. Brian Niccol became chief executive in ...

Value is the key to gaining share in the quick-service restaurant (QSR) space in today’s ...

The quick-service restaurant sector is experiencing a wave of global expansion, with Subway making bold ...

Square’s new Orders platform is now generally available to sellers in the United States after ...

Ansa and Plaid are teaming up to lower payment costs for merchants and restaurants. The partnership ...

Toast added a branded mobile app and SMS marketing features to its technology platform for ...

Dining out is getting more expensive. Consumers continue to spend on their cards, but the ...

To empower local businesses, DoorDash has unveiled a suite of tools designed to help merchants. With ...

The restaurant industry is undergoing a digital transformation. While the evolution is being driven by a ...

The next time you call your favorite restaurant, it may be AI that answers. That’s according ...

In an increasingly fast-paced dining landscape, Darden Restaurants is under pressure to improve operational efficiency ...

Consumers are still spending, but the pace — at least as detailed in the latest ...

The age-old pursuit of dinner used to be a game of chance — maybe you ...

On Tuesday (Sept. 17), we’ll find out if the July surge in consumer spending — ...

In recent months, Starbucks has grappled with operational and financial challenges, compounding its struggle to ...

Delivery services saved restaurants during the pandemic, and it’s a habit that has proven its ...

The pace of price increases overall is slowing. But the costs of some key essentials ...

Beyond the balance sheet, loyalty is the primary currency restaurant and hospitality operators survive on. But ...

In recent months, retail giants Walmart and Amazon have been seizing on consumers’ demand for ...

The Biden administration’s anti-junk-fee campaign is targeting the restaurant sector. But as CNBC reported Sunday (Aug. ...

As Starbucks struggles with comparable sales declines, the coffeehouse giant is evidently asking, “Maybe the ...

Walmart has teamed with Burger King in its latest effort to boost its subscription program. The retail giant and ...

Trustly and food delivery service foodora have teamed up to allow foodora’s customers to pay ...

Is Starbucks’ mobile app the company’s greatest weakness? Former CEO Howard Schultz has said as much, ...

The urge to splurge resurged in July as consumers shrugged off inflation and visited on-site ...

The restaurant industry faces financial strain due to inflation and economic downturns, with sales growth ...

Brinker International has found that its investments in digital tools have improved the experience for ...

Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol will take over as CEO of Starbucks Sept. 9, and he ...

Starbucks said Tuesday (Aug. 13) that it has appointed Chipotle Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol ...

Much has been made of tipflation, the upward march of the tips paid at the ...

As consumers’ ongoing financial concerns drive them to seek deals and promotions, brands across retail ...

Value has become the watchword for fast-food brands these days. As CNBC reported Sunday (Aug. 11), ...

Consumers are thinking twice before pulling the trigger to buy even everyday items — a ...

As aggregators look to drive spending despite consumers’ belt-tightening behaviors, Grubhub is using new digital ...

Resy, a restaurant reservation platform owned by American Express, reportedly sees no evidence of a ...

By year’s end, hundreds of Taco Bell drive-thrus could be taking orders without a human ...

Wendy’s Quality Supply Chain Co-op (QSCC), a purchasing cooperative that services more than 6,400 Wendy’s ...

Tip management software company Kickfin integrated with Shift4’s restaurant point-of-sale solution SkyTab. The integration lets restaurants ...

As Yum Brands aims to be a “leading global digital restaurant company,” per CEO David ...

Shifts in consumer behavior and advancements in technology are transforming the restaurant industry. The evolving landscape ...

As brands tap partnerships to reach consumers in more parts of their day-to-day lives, Chipotle ...

As consumers look to cut costs amid ongoing financial pressures, DoorDash is seeing that digital ...

Taco Bell will add AI voice technology to hundreds of its drive-thrus by year’s end. It’s ...

Some Starbucks customers faced a disruption on Tuesday (July 30) as the company’s mobile ordering ...

Hospitality tech firm Blackbird Labs has launched a new payments product for restaurants. “Powered by Blackbird’s ...

McDonald’s sales fell for the first time since 2020 as lower-income consumers stayed home. The fast food ...

Square has launched a partnership with foodservice distributor US Foods. “For over a decade, hundreds of ...

American Express is hoping to attract younger consumers with its latest card update. Amex on Thursday (July ...

The restaurant industry faces a pivotal opportunity with the rise of frictionless digital payments, responding ...

Consumer caution does not seem to be hurting the Coca-Cola Company. The food and beverage giant released earnings Tuesday ...

As young consumers look for meaningful, in-person experiences, more are traveling for ticketed events, driving ...

Restaurant stocks have been struggling this summer, though it’s not quite clear why. As Seeking Alpha ...

As the restaurant industry aims to figure out how to use subscriptions to drive loyalty, ...

As consumers cut back their overall spending, Domino’s has been able to get its loyalty ...

After years of the youngest consumers shelling out for restaurant meals considerably more than the ...