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Joe Guszkowski

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Joe Guszkowski is a senior editor with Restaurant Business covering technology and casual-dining chains.

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Joe Guszkowski

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Technology

Appliance giant LG takes majority stake in Bear Robotics

LG will incorporate Bear’s technology, including Servi the robotic waiter, into its own line of robots for consumers and businesses.

Technology

The future of restaurant loyalty may be app-less

Tech Check: More restaurants are bypassing loyalty apps and going straight for what really matters: the data. Will customers care?

Technology

Dave's Hot Chicken ponders life after TikTok

The fast-casual chicken chain’s marketing relies heavily on content created by users of the video app. What happens if it goes dark?

Emerging Brands

Hy-Vee to close 79 Wahlburgers locations

The Midwestern grocery chain will transition its in-store restaurants back to its own Market Grille concept, erasing a huge chunk of the Wahlberg brothers’ burger empire.

Emerging Brands

P.F. Chang's has big plans for fast-casual spinoff Pagoda Asian Grill

The Asian casual-dining chain is testing the bowl and wrap concept in four locations and believes there is room for 2,000 of them across the U.S.

Technology

Virtual Dining Concepts believes it has another hit with Man Vs Fries

The brand known for giant, fry-stuffed burritos is generating more revenue per store than any of the company’s other brands and could reach thousands of locations this year.

Financing

Restaurants greet 2025 with optimism and anxiety

Consumer confidence is improving and other economic indicators are trending up, operators said at this year’s ICR conference. But traffic remains a challenge.

Financing

6 big takeaways from this year's ICR conference

Consumer confidence, value and West Coast wildfires were on restaurants’ minds at the annual investor conference in Orlando this week.

Financing

Twin Peaks sets its IPO date

The casual-dining chain will separate from parent Fat Brands and become a stand-alone public company later this month.

Technology

Tech supplier Chowly launches all-in-one off-premise 'platform'

The company has spent a couple of years adding new products. Now it has integrated them into a single system that it says is “more than the sum of its parts.”

Technology

AI is coming for chefs. They say, 'Bring it on'

Tech Check: A growing number of consumer devices claim to be able to replicate the work of a chef. Chefs aren't worried. In fact, they're interested.

Technology

Uber and Delta Air Lines team up to give customers frequent-flyer miles

Customers will be able to earn Delta SkyMiles when they order food from Uber Eats or a ride from Uber. It’s the latest perk to be dangled by a third-party delivery app.

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