As 2019 winds down, restaurant tech executives are staying in the know by reading Hospitality Technology’s restaurant news coverage. For the month of October, the top read restaurant stories centered around tech rollouts and point-of-sale systems.
5. Cracker Barrel's Controlled POS Rollout
Everyone has priorities, right? For this family-friendly chain, the rollout of its new POS took a backseat during its wildly popular Southern fried chicken promo. Cracker Barrel has been pacing the rollout of its POS “appropriately with other initiatives.” Roughly one-fourth of its stores have the new POS.
4. How IHOP Innovates in a Non-Standard IT Environment
In this guest column by George Orlin COO of Intelligent Transactions, Michael Chachula, Head of IT for IHOP Restaurants, shares the best practices for overcoming the obstacles associated with non-standard technology environments.
3. MURTEC 2020
Restaurant tech execs are planning ahead! The third most read “restaurant story” is the landing page for MURTEC 2020. Mark your calendars now for March 9 -11 at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. Registration will be opening soon. Stay tuned!
2. McDonald’s Rolls Out Dynamic Yield’s Drive-Thru Tech
McDonald’s has made a short order of rolling out Dynamic Yield’s machine learning technology after acquiring the company earlier this year. It is now in 9,500+ U.S. drive-thrus with full roll out to all U.S. outdoor digital menu boards by 2020.
1. 2020 POS Software Trends Report: Unlocking Agility
HT’s annual report on POS Software Trends is loaded with insights from restaurants. While not planning to switch vendors, most operators are looking for increased flexibility and additional features from their existing vendors. Data and integration are key for restaurants in order to deliver choice and convenience to consumers.
Plus, vendors recap their major initiatives for 2019 and give a sneak peak for what’s to come in 2020. This is a must-read report!
