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Joe Guszkowski

Senior Editor

Articles by
Joe Guszkowski

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Financing

Amid pandemic uncertainty, Darden finds less is more

Olive Garden’s parent has hit on a more streamlined business model that it intends to take beyond the COVID era.

Technology

With $870M IPO, Toast sets out to become restaurants' go-to tech provider

The company wants to invest in making its system even easier to use for restaurants of all sizes.

Technology

Restaurant payment startup Sunday raises $100M

The big investment adds more momentum to the company that wants to become the PayPal of restaurants.

Workforce

How Cracker Barrel plans to shake the staffing slump

Labor challenges contributed to a difficult summer at the chain, but it has a few reasons to feel optimistic.

Technology

Toast raises IPO price again, eyeing $18B valuation

The company will look to sell shares for $34 to $36 each when it hits the public market this week.

Emerging Brands

Texas Roadhouse to speed growth of Jaggers brand with franchise deal

It has partnered with the Dallas-based Saxton Group to open 10 locations of the fast casual in Texas and Oklahoma.

Technology

Tech roundup: Noodles opens a second ghost kitchen

The fast casual will use the new outlet to test the San Jose market. That’s just the tip of the iceberg in this briefing on several weeks’ worth of tech news.

Technology

Robots could be food delivery’s best hope

If the many bots currently in test can prove themselves, restaurants say they're ready and willing to deploy them.

Technology

DoorDash launches alcohol delivery

The company said the option to add booze could increase restaurants' average check by 30%.

Technology

How restaurants can make third-party delivery work for them

As the service becomes a deeply ingrained consumer habit, restaurants are learning to adapt rather than resist.

Technology

Freebirds turns to burrito-bowl robots for expansion

The burrito chain will add multiple new locations through a partnership with Now Cuisine, a maker of automated food kiosks.

Technology

At FSTEC, a fragmented industry comes together

Operators used the event as a platform to call for more collaboration from the multitude of technology suppliers.

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