Sorry TechCrunch, Cloud Kitchens Aren’t an Oxymoron
With its hot take-y headline, the TechCrunch blog post “Cloud kitchens is an oxymoron,” buzzed around my Twitter timeline yesterday. In the article, author Danny Crichton sets out to burst […]
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Wendy’s Ramps Up Its Digital Order and Delivery Strategy
Wendy’s is intensifying its efforts around digital order and delivery, announcing at an Investor Day call last Friday that it is aiming to make digital sales 10 percent of all […]
Report: 60 Percent of Restaurant Orders Are Now Off-Premises
Off-premises dining — that is, delivery, takeout, and drive-thru orders — now accounts for 60 percent of restaurant occasions, according to a new report developed by Technomic for the National […]
From Voicebots and Loyalty to Data and Delivery: What Are the Next Big Hits (and Misses) in Food Tech?
This is a guest post written by Brita Rosenheim, Partner at Better Food Ventures. This Food Tech Industry Landscape and state-of-the-industry analysis are intended to help operators, entrepreneurs and investors […]
The Week in Restaurant Tech: It Was Mostly About McDonald’s
McDonald’s grabbed multiple headlines this week, and honestly if the chain keeps adding tech-forward initiatives at its current hell-bent pace, I’m gonna have to rename this column “The Week in […]
Newsletter: The Drive Thru Matters More Than Ever. So Do Farm Bots and Decaf Coffee
From self-service kiosks to mobile apps to dedicated pickup shelves and portals, there’s no end to new tech trying to speed up the order-pay-collect process for customers at QSRs. But […]
Week in Restaurant Tech: Ordermark Expands Kiwi Deal, Blaze Takes on Big Pizza
McDonald’s grabbed the main spotlight this week for its acquisition of voice-order tech company Apprente, which it says could make your future drive-thru experience faster and simpler. But while Mickey […]
McDonald’s Acquires Voice Ordering Tech Startup Apprente, Will Form New Tech Lab
McDonald’s announced today that it will acquire Apprente to bolster the fast food giants voice-based ordering capabilities. This is the second tech startup acquisition for Mickey D’s this year, and […]
McDonald’s Partners With Grubhub, Expands Delivery to NYC and Tri-State Area
McDonald’s struck a major deal with Grubhub this week to expand the burger mega-chain’s McDelivery program in the NYC and Tri-State areas. McDonald’s ended its exclusive delivery partnership with Uber […]
Future Food: Why Atlanta is the Perfect Place for a Beyond Meat to Launch its Fried Chicken
This is the web version of our weekly Future Food newsletter. Be sure to subscribe here so you don’t miss a beat! More than anything else, my mother loves hard-boiled detective stories […]
Long Lines, Huge Crowds: KFC’s New Beyond Fried Chicken is Going Viral
Yesterday KFC made headlines when the fast-food chain announced that it would test out plant-based Beyond Meat chicken nuggets in one location in suburban Atlanta. As the majority of the […]
Qdoba CEO: We Chose Impossible Foods for “Its Unique Flavor and Texture”
The world of fast-food burritos has experienced a real shake-up lately, thanks to one thing: plant-based meat. Now if you’re hitting up the drive-thru at least two popular Mexican food […]
