All Technology articles – Page 13
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City Pantry secures £4m funding round
City Pantry, the B2B food delivery company, has closed a £4m Series A funding round, led by Octopus Investments, with participation from existing investors and Newable Private Investing.
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Opinion
Cashless is king
Never one to stay out of the news for long, earlier this week irreverent craft brewer and bar operator BrewDog was revealed to be trailing a cashless model at its Clerkenwell site, with a view to rolling it out across its c60-strong estate. MCA checks in on the trajectory of the cashless trend, including new insight from Flyt
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Will AI be a game-changer for the eating and drinking-out sector?
Georgi Gyton looks at the potential impact AI could have on the eating and drinking-out sector.
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Pizza Hut Restaurants rolls out Qkr payment app
Pizza Hut Restaurants is rolling out payment app Qkr which it says saves consumers 12 minutes when paying for the bill.
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BrewDog to trial cashless model
BrewDog is to trial a cashless operation at its Clerkenwell site and is mulling a rollout of the scheme across its estate, MCA understands.
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Yapster seeking £650k equity
Yapster, a mobile chat app for internal communications in hospitality brands, has launched an equity crowdfunding round on CrowdCube.
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Yumpingo signs with ASK, Bill’s and Rosa’s Thai
Yumpingo, the food intelligence platform has announced a raft of new contracts, including Bill’s, ASK Italian, Rosa’s Thai Cafe, BIRD and Mac & Wild.
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Failing fast is key to success
Innovation is essential if brands are to remain relevant but, when it comes to technology, companies often struggle to keep up with the rapid pace of change. Flypay’s Tom Weaver examines the problem
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Deliveroo has 'no plans to replace restaurants'
Deliveroo has denied it plans to its replace restaurants partners, after a business plan seen by MCA appears to show a long-term ambition to move into food production.
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UberEats to expand to 40 more UK cities
Uber is increasing investment in food delivery in the UK this year after finding UberEats was “more successful than we thought”, the FT reports.
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Deliveroo launches street food pop-up
Deliveroo has launched new initiative ‘Pop-ups’, which gives street food operators time to operate at its Editions sites, with two out of the initial four operators vegan-only. Street food brands will get 12 week slots at the dark kitchens, with the most popular to be offered the chance to become ...
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Gousto secures £28.5m in new funding
Gousto, the UK meal-kit delivery operator, has secured £28.5m in new funding, bringing the total raised by the company to £56.5m.
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Crosstown developing new delivery tech solution
Crosstown Doughnuts is developing an on-demand technology solution which aims to give fledgling brands direct control over their delivery business and associated consumer data, MCA has learnt.
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Prezzo and Barclaycard to trial new payment technology
Prezzo has teamed up with Barclaycard to trial new technology, which allows diners to simply walk out after eating their meal.
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Deliveroo to create 250 new technology jobs in UK
Deliveroo announced this morning that it is to create 250 high-skilled tech jobs in London this year
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Opinion
Follow the moneyball
As trading conditions get tougher, the winners are likely to be those who adapt fastest to a shifting environment. Yumpingo’s Gary Goodman looks at how operators can harness the Moneyball formula of using big data to give themselves the edge.
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Vianet launches enhanced iDraught app
Vianet has launched a new and improved app for its iDraught beer quality and waste management system.
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Opinion
Managing the data deluge
The way hospitality businesses capture, store and use data is changing, with the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation set to have a wide-reaching impact on the sector. The Hostech conference, held last month at London’s Ham Yard Hotel, looked at how the sector is managing these technical challenges.
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First Table to launch in UK
First Table, the New Zealand restaurant discount platform, is launching in the UK, starting with Bristol.
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Tossed invest in cashless payment app Thyngs
Founder of Tossed Vincent McKevitt and financial director Neil Sebba have invested in an early-stage cashless payments firm Thyngs, as part of a £300,000 crowdfunding campaign.