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Restaurant Payment POS Systems – Olo – The Litigations

Exposing Olo Part 4: The Litigations Article discussing and analyzing the class settlement for Olo. Who is Olo? Olo Inc. is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company that provides a platform for restaurants to manage online ordfers, delivery services, and customer engagement. Founded in 2005, Olo has transformed the way restaurants handle their digital operations, offering features like online ordering, delivery management, and customer engagement tools “Exposing Olo Part 4: The Litigations” on Reforming Retail discusses the class action lawsuit against Olo Inc. The lawsuit alleges that Olo, its founder and CEO Noah H. Glass, and CFO Peter J. Benevides made false and misleading statements… Read More »

Chipotle Robots Peeling Avocados

Chipotle Robots For Peeling Avocados Nice writeup Excerpt: The “Autocado” machine is installed at a Chipotle in Huntington Beach and cuts, cores and peels avocados before a human mashes them up into guacamole. The “Automated Makeline” is at a store in Corona Del Mar. The locations were chosen for their proximity to corporate headquarters and the chain’s restaurant… Read More »

Sweetgreen Robots – Not So Fast !

Change of Plans for Sweetgreen Robots Excerpt: “I don’t think you’ll see them in every single store for the reason that we have a lot of older smaller stores in the D.C. area and Philadelphia, and we would probably not go back and retrofit,” Reback said. “We’ve disclosed that 50% of new stores will use the Infinite Kitchen… Read More »

Self-Checkout Systems – Advantages and Disadvantages

Self Check-out Systems Overview In the not-so-distant past, a trip to the grocery store involved casually chatting with a cashier as they scanned your items and packed your bags. Today, an impersonal yet efficient self-checkout machine is replacing familiar interaction. As these sleek, touchscreen hybrid POS kiosks become a standard fixture in retail environments, one can’t help but… Read More »

Payment Processors – Shift4 is really Shaft4?

Payment Processors – Shift4 is really Shaft4? Thanks to Jordan at Reforming Retail. Nice article. If you are interested in the full picture when it comes to payments, subscribe to Jordan is our very strong recommendation. We have no financial relationship. RR simply grants us permission to provide education and information via their articles. Note that the kiosk… Read More »

McDonald’s WW Market Research 2024

Market Research Restaurant Report for McDonalds and Other – Worldwide Report on restaurant market research and kiosks worldwide by Dataos (RBR). Much better than the usual internet scrapes for the Indian datamarts like Research & Markets. They actually contacted us and we provided input on McDonald’s and Burger King. Wendy’s too. Other research conpanies do not canvas people… Read More »

Touchscreen or Person – Which is Better?

If The Shoe Fits, then buy it! How easy is it to find the shoe size 12 (46 EU) or larger? The answer is “It Depends” Christoph Nussbaumer CEO of Alpine Kiosk About the Writer: Christoph Nussbaumer is the CEO of REINGroup based in Austria. Alpine Kiosk boasts a diverse array of designs, each is highly adaptive and radiating elegance and sophistication. … Read More »

Restaurant Research – Concerns for Toast’s TAM

The Legitimate Concerns for Toast’s TAM As published on Reforming Retail May 2024 — Not much of a kiosk is shown on their website. Almost appears to be card swipe and is the quintessential lollipop on a stick config. Another scintillating article by Jordan Thaeler this time on Toast, which seems to come up quite a bit. We’ve… Read More »

Food Delivery and CEO Wonder Marc Lore

He’s Not Just Looking to Make a Quick Billion Super article on NY Times on Food Delivery. Marc Lore, the entrepreneur behind Diapers.com and Jet.com, would like to disrupt food delivery. But he really wants to build a brand that actually lasts. Elizabeth G. Dunn By Elizabeth G. Dunn March 10, 2024 Summary Marc Lore’s Ventures: The article… Read More »

Revel Acquisition by Shift4`

Revel & Shift4 Analysis of acquisition of Revel by Shift4 — From Reforming Retail. Excerpt Mistruth #1 Shift4 offers payments and other technology to a range of industries, including restaurants. Its restaurant POS system, SkyTab, is used by operators of many large chains, including Burger King, Applebee’s and Denny’s. Huh? Here’s how Shift4’s communications will go: Shift4 to… Read More »