McDonald’s Opens Corporate Store In LA That Has No Lobby Or, By The Looks Of It, Drive-Thru Displays
December 17, 2024 by Dave Haynes
QSR giant McDonald’s is testing a store format in LA that has no dine-in area but also appears, at least, to not rely on …
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Valuable Reading: QSR Magazine’s Annual Drive-Thru Report Is Out
October 7, 2024 by Dave Haynes
If you sell into the QSR sector – whether that’s hardware or software – this is valuable (and free) reading: the annual QSR Drive-Thru …
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Chick-fil-A Opens Atlanta-Area Drive-Thru-Only Store With No Pre-Sell Or Menu Displays
August 21, 2024 by Dave Haynes
It’s a bit premature to see a newly-opened Chick-fil-A drive-thru restaurant as a worrying trend, but a new two-story, four-lane operation that’s opened in …
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Taco Bell Adding Voice AI Ordering To Hundreds Of US Drive-Thrus
August 1, 2024 by Dave Haynes
The owner of Taco Bell says it has targeted hundreds of its US stores for the implementation of voice AI-based ordering in the drive …
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McDonald’s Ending AI-Driven, Drive-Thru Voice Ordering Trial With IBM
June 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes
While there is no end of buzz about AI and its ability to take over and optimize some human tasks, one of the world’s …
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STRATACACHE Now Driving More Than 100K Digital Drive-Thru Screens; Expects To Double That In Year
January 23, 2024 by Dave Haynes
The digital signage solutions provider STRATACACHE hit a big milestone recently, with more than 100,000 digital drive-thru displays running off its software and hardware, …
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Video: How AI-Based Computer Vision Generates Actionable Insights In QSR Drive-Thrus
November 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes
Computer vision solutions have been around for many years now, but the vendors haven’t always done the best job of marketing them or even …
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Chick-fil-A Building New Store With Four Drive-Thru Lanes And Walk-Up Location With No Digital Menu Displays
July 31, 2023 by Dave Haynes
Drive-thru has been a huge part of the business for many to most QSR operators in North America, and pandemic-driven restrictions made that method …
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Shake Shack Adding Self-Service Kiosks Across Full Chain; Introducing More Drive-Thru Displays
November 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes
Hat Tip to Kiosk Manufacturing Association’s blog for spotting this … The U.S. burger chain Shake Shack is making big investments in digital to …
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So Much For Mission-Critical Displays …
August 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes
This is the drive-thru screen set-up at a McDonalds in the US midwest – seemingly beat up and suffering from the heat and UV …
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Adding Drive-Thru Lanes And Displays Boosting Shake Shack Sales
August 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes
One of the changes the pandemic triggered in the QSR business is the broader adoption of drive-thru lanes and related technology, at first because …
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How QSR Drive-Thru Is In Midst Of A Digital Transformation: Roundtable Talk
June 2, 2021 by Dave Haynes
The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT QSR has always been an interesting and very active sector for digital signage, with chain restaurant …
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