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Inkling announced Tuesday that McDonald’s deployed its mobile platform to standardize and streamline restaurant operations across the U.S. and Canada. By eliminating printed paper, PDF, and Word files, Inkling enables the real-time delivery of standard operating procedures to over 14,500 locations. Inkling also announced major platform enhancements to support the use of mobile devices in […]

HyperActive Technologies, a leading provider of outdoor restaurant technology acquired by the Acrelec Group, is changing its name to Acrelec America. The name change reflects the company’s deepening relationship with its international parent corporation. The French-based Acrelec is a leader in providing restaurants, retailers and other global brands with digital transformation solutions. The acquisition of […]

ArrowStream, Inc., a supply chain innovator that combines expertise in data science and analytics to improve the way supply chains perform, announced Tuesday that Shake Shack has licensed ArrowStream's market-leading OnDemand software to help it better manage food spend, inventory, limited-time-offer (LTO) tracking, auditing, and contract management with its suppliers and distributors. Since its founding […]

SendaGuy Now, a Manhattan-based startup seeking to revolutionize the way independently owned restaurants in New York City request and receive repair and maintenance services, showcased its platform at the Taste Talks Future Food Expo, which took place at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on September 10 and September 11. “We developed SendaGuy Now to […]

Domino's Pizza is now giving customers yet another way to order: via Facebook Messenger, using bot technology. Beginning Thursday, Domino’s customers across the nation who have a Pizza Profile can place their most recent order or Easy Order via Messenger. The same Domino’s in-house team that brought U.S. customers zero-click ordering, as well as ordering […]

Revention, a leading provider of custom point of sale solutions in the hospitality industry, has reached a significant milestone in the online ordering sector. HungerRush, Revention’s online ordering platform, has surpassed $1 billion in mobile ordering sales. This milestone marks HungerRush as one of the top online ordering providers in the U.S. HungerRush Online Ordering […]

Chowly, a Chicago-based software company, is now taking its services global through a partnership with Bepoz. Chowly is the only holistic integration solution for restaurant aggregators and through this new partnership, they are looking to continue to expand services in the U.S. as well as branch out overseas, starting with the U.K. Since 2004, Bepoz […]

RTI announced that the RTIconnect Back-Office solution is now under contract by Restaurant Services, Inc., the exclusive purchasing agent for the Burger King Corporation. Through this new partnership, Burger King franchisees can now select RTIconnect Back-Office as an integrated service for any approved POS system. A growing number of Burger King franchisees rely on RTIconnect […]

Booster Juice, a premium juice and smoothie company in Canada, has chosen to implement the DataCandy Gift Card platform in 300 locations across Canada. Based in Alberta and a pioneer in the Canadian juice and smoothie bar industry, the menu at Booster Juice boasts fresh-squeezed juices, healthy smoothies and made-to-order sandwiches. A partnership with the […]

Bluefin Payment Systems, a leading provider of PCI-validated Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) solutions for retail, restaurants, healthcare, and education, and Merchant Link announced Tuesday the availability of Bluefin’s P2PE solution on the Merchant Link platform. Merchant Link specializes in gateway and data security solutions for over 400,000 hotel, restaurant, and retail locations, enabling more than 6 […]

Granbury Solutions, a point-of-sale to enterprise management company, recently finalized an incorporation with international point of sale integration company to deliver data from restaurant aggregators like Chowly. Granbury's Thr!ve POS suite gives restaurant owners a set of powerful integrated tools to manage the entire business—from in-store POS to branded online ordering, loyalty marketing, delivery driver […]

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in Chicago has chosen POSsible POS’ award-winning software and hardware as its point of sales solution. Sheldon Friedman, owner of several Chicago-based Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen stores, piloted the POSsible POS system at his Round Lake Beach location. The Popeyes at Round Lake Beach produces high volumes of transactions during its lunch rush. […]

Stratacache, a leading provider of scalable, high-performance digital signage, media distribution and enterprise video acceleration technologies, announced the acquisition of a state-of-the-art data center and network operations facility in Dayton, Ohio.   The new Stratacache facility has 113,000 square feet of raised floor data center and network operations space with capacity for a 550-seat support desk. […]

Executive staffing and recruiting firm ClearPath Solutions has joined and completed The Catering Institute’s certified supply chain program, created to certify and connect industry consultants and suppliers with restaurants and their takeout, delivery and catering operations. The Catering Institute focuses on the education and training needs of restaurant operators, franchisors, franchisees, and their catering team […]

Toast, Inc., a Boston-based point of sale company, has partnered with Chowly, Inc. to integrate third-party online ordering systems (TOOS) directly into its point of sale (POS) software. The integration aims to solve a growing problem for customers who order food online.  With the significant expansion of online ordering platforms such as Grubhub and Yelp's […]

TouchBistro, a leading iPad point-of-sale solution for restaurants in 37 countries, announced Monday its integration with Square, a global leader in mobile payment processing. With the integration, restaurateurs using TouchBistro can expand their capabilities to include all the services Square can offer—whether payment processing, accepting Apple Pay, depositing their money instantly, or accessing a loan […]

ParTech, Inc., a subsidiary of PAR Technology Corporation announced the release of the Quad Tablet Charger, the latest accessory to join the PAR EverServ Tablet Family. With the addition of the Quad Tablet Charger, customers can simultaneously charge up to four PAR EverServ Tablets, in any combination of the 10-inch, 8-inch, or 5-inch form factors […]

Scala Inc., a STRATACACHE company and leading provider of end-to-end software solutions for digital signage, visual communications, and advertising management, announced a newly appointed leadership team for the Scala board of directors on Tuesday. The new board brings deep digital media experience and strong leadership to Scala. "We are excited about what the STRATACACHE acquisition […]

Wetzel’s Pretzels, the innovator in the fresh-baked pretzel category, unveiled its new state-of-the-art mobile app, available for iOS and Android users and valid at Wetzel’s Pretzels locations throughout the U.S. The Wetzel’s Pretzels’ app enables guests to utilize mobile pay, earn free pretzels, locate their nearest Wetzel’s Pretzels and even send some pretzel love to […]

Starbucks sales continue to outpace the quick-service industry; in its fiscal third quarter, the coffee giant saw global comparable sales increase by 4 percent, even as overall restaurant sales growth softened. But the company’s growth would scarcely be possible had the company not made gigantic strides at the drive thru in recent years. Improvements on […]