Middleby to buy Welbilt and expand commercial foodservice platform
American foodservice equipment provider Middleby has agreed to buy smaller contender Welbilt in an all-stock transaction valued at $2.9bn.
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Taco Bell to open Cantina with ‘digital-only ordering’ in New York
Mexican-inspired restaurant chain Taco Bell is set to further expand its presence in New York...
Domino’s and Nuro begin autonomous pizza delivery in Houston
Pizza company Domino's and self-driving delivery company Nuro are ready to begin autonomous pizza delivery this week in Houston, Texas,...
ParTech’s Restaurant Magic introduces new learning management system
Point of sale (POS) and back-office software provider ParTech’s Restaurant Magic has introduced a new learning management system, Datable Lab,...
WorldLine and Amadis complete payment solution rollout with Subway
Payment and transaction services provider WorldLine and Amadis have completed the rollout of global payment solution with Subway restaurants.
Restaurant tech startup Bbot secures additional funds to accelerate growth
Restaurant and hospitality tech start-up Bbot has closed a $4m seed extension funding round led by Rally Ventures. This latest round, which was also joined by the company's existing investor…
Home is where the work is in the new normal
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, visions of the future included the idea that we would all inhabit ‘megacities’. High-speed, driverless transport would ship us from our small, kitchen-less apartments to state-of-the-art…
Producing the goods: Covid-19’s impact on food manufacturing
As industries have reacted to Covid-19, two of the big business buzzwords of 2020 have been ‘unprecedented’ and ‘accelerated’. In the food sector, there have been unprecedented demands placed on…
Pizza franchise Your Pie partners InMoment for customer experience
US-based fast-casual pizza franchise Your Pie has partnered with InMoment to prioritise customer feedback and drive immediate action to employees. As part of the partnership, the company will leverage InMoment…
Chowly and Grubhub partner to drive online orders for restaurants
Chowly has partnered with online food ordering and delivery marketplace Grubhub to help restaurants with online orders amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The collaboration will leverage Grubhub’s point-of-sale (POS) technology and…
Restaurant ordering start-up Lunchbox raises $20m
Lunchbox, an online ordering platform for restaurants, has raised $20m in Series-A round to accelerate its growth. The round was led by Coatue, a technology investment platform. As agreed, Coatue’s…
