Joe Guszkowski

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With automated drive-thrus, Checkers gives glimpse at future of fast food

Tech Check: The drive-thru helped QSRs thrive during the pandemic, but it’s also ripe for change.

Tech roundup: Latest restaurant tech unicorn isn’t first of its kind

Flipdish is one of many online ordering companies jostling for restaurant dollars. Also, Serve unveils a more autonomous delivery bot, DoorDash’s CEO joins Meta’s board and more.

Olo promotes Nithya Das to COO as Matt Tucker retires

Das has been the company's chief legal officer since 2019. She replaces Tucker, who had been COO since 2013 and will leave in March.

Instacart picks a fight with restaurants

The grocery delivery service wants customers to "break up with takeout" and order prepared foods using its new Ready Meals Hub.

For many casual chains, growth lies outside the dining room

Nearly every big full-service chain is embracing ghost kitchens, virtual brands and other off-premise channels. Even some historic holdouts have shown signs of cracking.

Cracker Barrel ordered to pay guest $6.5M after he was served chemicals

William Cronnon was injured after he drank a cleaning product called Eco-San, thinking it was ice water, at one of the chain's restaurants in 2014.

Online ordering company Flipdish raises $100M

The supplier reached a valuation of $1.25 billion with the round led by Chinese tech giant Tencent.

Applebee's franchisee SSCP buys 12 stores in Virginia

It acquired the restaurants from fellow operator Apple Investors Group, bringing its Applebee's count to 80.

After wave of violations, Reef makes some changes

Health and permitting infractions have dogged the fast-growing ghost kitchen company, which says it’s working to improve the problems.

Bar Louie is offering sabbaticals to GMs

The key staffers will get a three-week sabbatical every three years, part of a new benefits program at the gastropub chain.

Tech roundup: Why ghost kitchens and groceries just might work

Kitchen United is onto something with its new location at a Ralphs. Also, Reef signs a deal in the Middle East, Denny’s signs a deal with Reef, and SpotOn expands its C-suite.

Bob Evans is reportedly exploring a sale

The family-dining chain could be valued at up to $600 million, according to Bloomberg.

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