This week on the Meals Tech Information Present, we’re joined by Kristen Hawley, long-time restaurant tech journalist who writes for Quick Firm, Eater and her personal web site, Expedite.
Blackbird Launches Blackbird Pay
This week, Blackbird, based by Resy and Eater’s Ben Leventhal, launched Blackbird Pay. Blackbird is a blockchain-based visitor loyalty and funds platform designed to raised join eating places and diners. Diners can use the app to pay at collaborating eating places with saved bank card info or loyalty factors, and Blackbird prices a 2% processing payment per transaction, decrease than commonplace restaurant POS methods.
Andrew Simmons Ends Pizza Automation Experiment
Andrew Simmons introduced the top of his Pizza Roboto mission after investing over $300K. His put up on Linkedin particulars the challenges he confronted round spinning up new places and the blended success of his pizza subscription plan. This information coincides with RestoGPT launching a pizza subscription program based mostly on Simmons’ plan.
DoorDash Sees Digital Orders Surge Regardless of Trade Headwinds
Amid monetary pressures, DoorDash reported a 19% year-over-year improve in whole orders and a 23% rise in income in its Q2 2024 earnings report. The corporate famous that digital ordering stays resilient in comparison with declines in different restaurant business channels.
Yum Manufacturers to Develop Voice AI Throughout Taco Bell Places
Yum! Manufacturers introduced plans to increase Voice AI expertise to a whole lot of Taco Bell drive-thrus within the U.S. by the top of 2024, with future international implementation throughout KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell. Presently in over 100 Taco Bell places, the corporate believes the expertise will improve operations, enhance order accuracy, and scale back wait instances.
Amazon Unveils New Simply Stroll Out AI Mannequin
Amazon revealed particulars of its new AI mannequin powering the Simply Stroll Out platform, regardless of eradicating the function from Recent shops earlier this 12 months, indicating the platform’s continued improvement and potential.
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