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Starbucks—the world’s largest coffee chain, with more than 30,000 location is investing in digital technology company Brightloom to improve customer convenience. Brightloom, which launched in 2015 under the earlier name eatsa, makes various efficiency based softwares including mobile apps, digital payments and shelves with integrated displays. Starbucks’s investment in Brightloom is significant, but neither company has disclosed the specific […]

Burger King in Sweden is issuing a challenge to customers. As part of a promotional campaign for its plant-based offerings, Burger King restaurants in Sweden are daring their customers to order from theirs new “50/50 menu,” meaning that Burger King will randomly decide whether customers get a meat or meatless burger. “We are really proud

More interesting tidbits currently happening in the restaurant and retail industries: • NYC had a massive power outage on Saturday 7/13. The blackout, which started around 7 pm lasted until midnight, trapping people on the Subway, closing restaurants, halting Broadway shows, etc. No word yet on what causes the power outage. This illustrates exactly why using

Retail giant Walmart is using virtual reality headsets to assess which employees have the aptitude for middle management positions. For the past 3 years, Walmart has been working with STRIVR, an immersive performance training startup company to design and manage Walmart’s virtual reality training using $250 Oculus Go VR headsets. (Oculus is owned by social

Recently we discussed how Chick-fil-A is now the 3rd-largest restaurant chain in America, according to the Nation’s Restaurant News analysis published in June. However, we thought we should mention some of the fastest growing restaurant chains in America, many of which also appeared on the list, but due to their current size of the chain