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Drone Food Delivery Scales up as Restaurants, Consumers Seek Cost-Friendly Options
Drone Food Delivery Scales up as Restaurants, Consumers Seek Cost-Friendly Options
March 07, 2022  |  Delivery

Demand for food delivery remains high even as ongoing inflation and labor challenges put additional pressures on the channel that was never economically sound to...

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White Castle Turns to Robotics to Meet Rising Order Demand
White Castle Turns to Robotics to Meet Rising Order Demand
February 28, 2022  |  ResTech

Restaurants’ continuing labor challenges, exacerbated by consumers’ rising demand for restaurant meals, are making rapid digital innovation more important than ever in the industry, with...

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Today in Food Commerce: Shake Shack Goes All-in on Kiosks; Delivery Bots Come to College Campuses
Today in Food Commerce: Shake Shack Goes All-in on Kiosks; Delivery Bots Come to College...
February 18, 2022  |  Commerce

Today in food commerce, Shake Shack sets its sights on in-store ordering channels, and robotics take over the restaurant industry. Plus, PYMNTS data reveal that...

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Restaurant Roundup: Robots Take Over Campuses, Kitchens
Restaurant Roundup: Robots Take Over Campuses, Kitchens
February 18, 2022  |  ResTech

Funds are pouring in for automated solutions that promise to reduce labor needs at every step of the restaurant supply chain. On the delivery side,...

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Robotics Could Integrate With Restaurants’ Digital Systems Within a Year
Robotics Could Integrate With Restaurants’ Digital Systems Within a Year
February 17, 2022  |  ResTech

As restaurants’ labor challenges combine with rising food costs and other supply chain issues to present new challenges, the need to leverage technology for greater...

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The 2022 Winter Olympics and a ‘Bubble’ Full of Robots
The 2022 Winter Olympics and a ‘Bubble’ Full of Robots
February 05, 2022  |  Innovation

You know how in science fiction films everyone’s always living in giant domes? Spare us your SyFy fantasizing, because the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has...

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Today in Data: Brady’s Next Field to Dominate, Robots’ Retail Runway, Google’s Omnichannel Retail Future
Today in Data: Brady’s Next Field to Dominate, Robots’ Retail Runway, Google’s Omnichannel Retail Future
February 03, 2022  |  Today In Data

Warehouse processes are still overwhelmingly manual, meaning there’s lots of room for robots to help. Plus, Google is embracing the omnichannel future of retail and...

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Investors Move From China’s Consumer Market to “Hard Tech”
Investors Move From China’s Consumer Market to “Hard Tech”
January 31, 2022  |  Investments

Start-up companies in China enjoyed record fundraising levels last year. But where did that money go? As The Financial Times reported Monday (Jan. 31), investments...

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Sam’s Club Rolls Out Inventory Analytics Robot Fleet
Sam’s Club Rolls Out Inventory Analytics Robot Fleet
January 27, 2022  |  Retail

Membership warehouse Sam’s Club, a division of Walmart Inc., has rolled out a national robotic inventory scan in partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) company Brain...

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