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Tech Check

Joe Guszkowski

Senior Technology Editor Joe Guszkowski looks at the week’s technology trends and news, examining the continued influx of new technologies into restaurants, including mobile ordering, delivery, artificial intelligence, virtual brands, ghost kitchens and robotics.

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A round of restaurant tech true or false, anyone?

 By Joe Guszkowski on Mar. 03, 2023

Tech Check: A new report from the National Restaurant Association challenges some conventional wisdom. Can you tell fact from fiction?

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Wingstop and Domino’s tell two different stories on delivery

 By Joe Guszkowski on Feb. 24, 2023

Tech Check: Consumers are flocking to the wing chain but not so much for pizza. Here’s why that might be.

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Restaurants may be in the midst of another virtual brand explosion

By Joe Guszkowski on Feb. 23, 2023

Tech Check: The number of delivery-only concepts has nearly doubled this year, according to a company called Kitchen Data Systems, which says it has developed a way to count them.

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Delivery's growth may not be coming from restaurants

By Joe Guszkowski on Feb. 17, 2023

Tech Check: DoorDash and Uber Eats keep racking up sales. But they're increasingly from places that aren't restaurants.

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Chick-fil-A gives delivery companies a lesson in hospitality

By Joe Guszkowski on Feb. 15, 2023

Tech Check: A newly opened rest station for delivery people is a much-needed amenity. Why didn't delivery providers think of that?

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A kitchen tool inspired by video games has restaurants going 'apeshit'

By Joe Guszkowski on Feb. 09, 2023

Tech Check: The Perfect Co. gamified the back of house to make workers more efficient. Restaurants are lining up to try it.

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Robots aren’t coming to steal restaurant jobs, robot says

By Joe Guszkowski on Jan. 26, 2023

Tech Check: AI sensation ChatGPT says workers need not fear its kind. But it may be underestimating restaurants’ labor woes.

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Wonder replaces restaurants on wheels with a better idea

By Joe Guszkowski on Jan. 12, 2023

Tech Check: Marc Lore's delivery startup is ditching vans for ghost kitchens. It may have stumbled into a winning concept.

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4 technologies that will define restaurants in 2023

By Joe Guszkowski on Dec. 14, 2022

Tech Check: This is the stuff that will transform bottom lines, supercharge loyalty programs and start the next viral food trend.

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Food delivery is insanely expensive. Consumers don’t seem to care

By Joe Guszkowski on Nov. 30, 2022

Tech Check: The average price of having McDonald’s delivered is nearly 100% more than getting it at the restaurant, a new study finds. Consumers' apparent willingness to pay for it says a lot about modern dining habits.

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