Hospitality Tech Reports UV Light Robot by LG – Dec2020 Excerpt: To be officially unveiled at Digital CES® 2021, LG’s new robot is expected to enable a new standard of hygiene by helping to disinfect high-touch, high-traffic areas. Because of its autonomous design, the robot will be able to move easily around tables, chairs and other furniture, generally irradiating… Read More »
Intel Touchless 2020 Whitepaper – Opinion We saw this new whitepaper by Intel on touch screen monitors and going touchless and hoped that it would be an instructive article. Unfortunately it almost appears to be a couple of years old when it comes to technology. Seems to be intended more as a marketing promotion for a couple of… Read More »
PCI Compliance for self service kiosks announcement on PRNewswire KIosk Manufacturer Logo WESTMINSTER, Colo., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Kiosk Manufacturer Association (KMA), the leading unattended self-service kiosk association established in 1995, today announced the launch of new initiatives in the PCI Compliance space for unattended self-service kiosks. Those initiatives include providing content for the PCI Perspectives Blog, creating a… Read More »
Sweetgreen Drive Thru Goes Solar From NRN – The fast-casual salad’s first drive-thru in Highlands Ranch, Colo., will have a concierge for in-car ordering and a digital pickup lane. Joanna Fantozzi | Dec 16, 2020 Excerpt: Sweetgreen’s first drive-thru will have multiple tech-optimized features including a concierge for in-car ordering, a lane specifically designated for digital pickup orders, and digital… Read More »
Nice writeup this month on Nation’s Restaurant News on Doordash and what’s next. COO Christopher Payne talks commission caps, virtual brands and the potential expansion of its ghost kitchen experiment, DoorDash Kitchens. Nancy Luna | Dec 10, 2020 Excerpts: Related: Jimmy John’s to use DoorDash’s new Self-Delivery platform For the last year DoorDash has been expanding its services to include delivery… Read More »
Agency says settlement is the first for public company in reporting pandemic impact Excerpt: The Cheesecake Factory Inc. has agreed to pay $125,000 in a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over misleading disclosures about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its business. The SEC, in a statement Friday, said the settlement was the first… Read More »
With Off-Prem in Mind, Spyce Relaunches Concept Hospitality Tech — By Anna Wolfe, Senior Editor – Restaurants – 11/10/2020 Excerpt: Spyce, a robotic kitchen that came on the scene in 2018, is reopening today in Boston. The concept has been redesigned with off-premises in mind. “… We’ve reinvented the way we cook and how customers can truly personalize their meals.… Read More »
From MobileMarketer Nov2020 — Brief: Coca-Cola’s Costa Coffee unit this year acquired Briggo, a startup that lets mobile users order coffee from automated kiosks, and is now rebranding it as Costa Coffee BaristaBot, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. The kiosks, which can make 100 coffee drinks an hour from whole beans, fresh dairy and… Read More »
See website — An autonomous pizza baking machine that cooks a thin crust brick-oven style 10″ pizza in 3 minutes for around $10 reducing exposure and risk with touchless baking and tap and swipe payment! The coolness factor is off the charts! Fast kitchen goes instant kitchen with new pizza automation machine. These solutions pop up periodically. This… Read More »
From HospitalityTech Oct2020 — Naan & Kabob, a premium QSR and catering group in Toronto, launched a restaurant with kiosks and self-serve pickup cubbies. Here in the US there have been a few concepts using self-service ordering kiosks and pickup cubbies. Pioneers in the US space include Brightloom, formerly eatsa, and Little Caesars Pizza’s self-service mobile order pick-up station, known as the Pizza… Read More »
