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Restaurants at a Crossroads: Economic Pressures and Declining Spend Hit Hard
Restaurants at a Crossroads: Economic Pressures and Declining Spend Hit Hard
February 28, 2025  |  Restaurant innovation

As goes Main Street, so goes the overall U.S. economy. By the numbers, roughly 99% of businesses in the U.S. are small businesses — and...

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Olo: Restaurants’ Guest Transaction Data Key to Increasing Profitable Traffic
Olo: Restaurants’ Guest Transaction Data Key to Increasing Profitable Traffic
February 25, 2025  |  ResTech

Guest transaction data is proving to be a valuable resource as restaurants grapple with rising costs and decreasing traffic, executives at restaurant technology provider Olo...

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Square, Cash App and Visa Support Small Businesses With Technology
Square, Cash App and Visa Support Small Businesses With Technology
February 04, 2025  |  ResTech

Square, Cash App and Visa partnered with New Orleans nonprofit organization Propeller to provide local food and beverage businesses with technology and support to help...

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Serve Secures $86 Million to Continue Developing Sidewalk Delivery Robots
Serve Secures $86 Million to Continue Developing Sidewalk Delivery Robots
January 06, 2025  |  Investments

Autonomous delivery company Serve Robotics said Monday (Jan. 6) that it secured $86 million in new financing in December. The new capital brought the company’s total...

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Square Teams With Sysco to Bolster Restaurant Technology
Square Teams With Sysco to Bolster Restaurant Technology
December 19, 2024  |  Partnerships

Square has launched a partnership with foodservice distributor Sysco to provide restaurants with better technology. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Dec. 18), makes Square a Sysco...

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SoundHound AI: Restaurants Gain Efficiencies and Upsells From Voice AI
SoundHound AI: Restaurants Gain Efficiencies and Upsells From Voice AI
November 12, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Voice artificial intelligence (AI) solutions from SoundHound AI have been deployed by seven of the top 20 quick-service restaurants (QSRs). These QSRs and other restaurants...

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AI Takes Over Taste Testing and Restaurant Analytics
AI Takes Over Taste Testing and Restaurant Analytics
November 12, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

New artificial intelligence (AI) tools are changing how restaurants analyze customer data, test food safety and even reproduce scents in laboratories. The technologies include a...

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Toast Says Payments, Lending Are Digital Recipe for Retention
Toast Says Payments, Lending Are Digital Recipe for Retention
November 08, 2024  |  Earnings

Digital transformation is serving up new efficiencies for the restaurant and hospitality sector. With razor-thin margins, shifting consumer tastes and an insatiable demand for convenience,...

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TheFork and Mastercard Form Partnership for ‘Booming Experience Economy’
TheFork and Mastercard Form Partnership for ‘Booming Experience Economy’
November 06, 2024  |  Mastercard

Mastercard and restaurant reservation platform TheFork are teaming up to serve cardholders a better dining experience. The multiyear partnership, which will launch next year, will...

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