Vida Taco Bar is Thriving with Cocktail Deliveries article on Bar And Restaurant Apr2020 – by Jeremiah Batucan | The staff, clad in PPE, was spaced out as half prepared orders for the latest round of margarita orders while others bagged nacho chips for their food market opening up in a few hours. In the middle of it all, sat Andrew… Read More »
Full article at WisconsinInno Apr2020 Scanalytics, the Milwaukee-based company that makes floor sensor technology to track and collect data on human movement patterns, is providing its tech to Wisconsin grocer Metcalfe’s Market free of charge to help the company with COVID-19-induced capacity at its stores. Metcalfe’s has three stores in Wisconsin, two in Madison and one in Wauwatosa. The grocer is… Read More »
From the National Restaurant Association March 2020 Gift-card sales are a much-needed revenue source during the pandemic disruption. Cards appeal to homebound customers and play a big part in community outreach efforts. As coronavirus disrupts the U.S., restaurant owners and operators are looking for alternative ways to create much-needed revenue for their businesses. One way is promoting the… Read More »
From Kiosk Industry Feb 2020 Excerpt: Self-Service QSR Kiosks Gaining Popularity Editors Note: Short and concise report on QSR Kiosk market. Nothing on drive-thru kiosks. Quite a few players not included (maybe next time). Example would be reference to McDonalds Times Square Flagship project (see CNBC writeup we published back in May 2019). That is Pyramid Computer out of Germany making… Read More »
Read full article on CNBC “I personally believe this is driven by the opioid crisis,” Carol Tome, Home Depot’s then-chief financial officer, said in a phone interview with CNBC in May. KEY POINTS Organized retail crime costs retailers nearly $778,000 per $1 billion in sales in 2018, an all-time high, according to a National Retail Federation survey In the… Read More »
Nice article on touchscreen treatments Kiosk Touchscreen Surface Treatments
Cashierless Retail Kiosk News Valued at $535 million, autonomous retail startup Standard Cognition has emerged as a soon-to-be tech giant and the best hope for merchants to compete with Amazon Go. Cashierless checkout is poised to transform brick-and-mortar commerce, and shop owners fear having to battle Amazon’s technology alone or partner with it, exposing data it could use… Read More »
Forbes Article on Turmoil in Grocery Industry The big question How will consumer adoption of online grocery shopping accelerate in the next several years? Will the leading companies in the grocery business in the U.S. right now be the leaders in the online grocery business in five to ten years? Excerpt What About Amazon? What’s so remarkable about… Read More »
Full article on Fast Company A hospital introduced a robot to help nurses. They didn’t expect it to be so popular Moxi is a robot designed to make nurses’ lives easier. But the friendly bot is turning out to be a welcome presence for some patients, too. By Katharine Schwab 5 minute Read Nurses are in high demand: The… Read More »
Excerpted from Fast Company April 30, 2019. Recommended read! Walmart’s AI-powered store of the future is nothing like Amazon Go There are cameras. There is AI. And the similarities end there. By Mark Wilson 5 minute Read When Amazon launched its first Go store in 2018, the public lined up around the block to see the future of… Read More »
