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Joe Guszkowski

Senior Editor

Articles by
Joe Guszkowski

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Workforce

These restaurant companies will pay for employees to travel for abortions

Starbucks, DoorDash, Grubhub and Yelp introduced the policies leading up to the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade, which will make abortion illegal in more than dozen states.

Technology

Kura Sushi is adding robots and mobile payment to its restaurants

Kur-B the KuraBot will deliver drinks and condiments while customers pick sushi from the brand’s signature conveyor belts.

Leadership

Red Robin CEO Paul Murphy to retire

The restaurant veteran will step down at the end of the year after his agreed-upon three-year term comes to a close.

Operations

On the Border’s turnaround efforts pay off

A revamped menu and more technology have the brand on track for its first year of positive sales in more than a decade.

Technology

Customers really don’t like QR code menus

Tech Check: Guests say they cramp the experience and feel like a chore, according to Technomic. They might have to get used to it.

Financing

How Red Robin is preparing for a ‘softening consumer’

The chain believes a new $10 value meal combined with strong LTOs will give price-conscious guests more options.

Technology

Food delivery mishaps are alarmingly common, study finds

Nine out of 10 customers had an order go wrong, according to a recent survey by Circuit. More than half suspected a driver of eating their food.

Technology

Why a family-owned burger restaurant is adding NFTs to the menu

Menches Bros. hopes the technology will help it grow by highlighting its claim of having invented the hamburger.

Technology

Flippy heads overseas to work with big operator Americana Restaurants

The robot will start at a Wimpy location in Dubai and will expand to more of Americana's 2,000 locations in the coming months.

Consumer Trends

Customers are dining out more and getting less takeout

That’s according to Yelp, which helped seat 48% more diners in the first quarter compared to 2021.

Technology

Mass. court strikes down attempt to define delivery drivers as contractors

The ruling is a blow to DoorDash and Uber Eats, which were pushing a measure that would have classified their drivers as contractors rather than employees.

Technology

Walmart tech vet's mobile restaurant startup Wonder raises $350M

The company founded by Marc Lore aims to offer a higher-quality delivery experience, with food trucks that finish meals at the customer's home.

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