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Tech Tracker: How digital tech is capitalizing on the hot restaurant reservations market
Tock and Google now offer experience reservations; Diibs launches as a platform for bidding on last-minute reservations
By Ron Ruggless
Customized personal-size pizza concepts that offer freshly made-to-order pies in just a few minutes are slicing off a piece of the growing fast-casual restaurant business.
The concepts — which rely on compact forced-air, or impinger-style, conveyor ovens — enable customers to choose from among crusts and dozens of toppings for a complete customized experience delivered in just a few minutes.
And the small group of pizza pioneers is growing, experts say.
“Fast-casual pizza is birthing as a category,” said Matt Andrews, who in 2009 debuted Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint in Atlanta and now has four build-your-own-pie units in two markets. Andrews also is the creator of the Moe’s Southwest Grill chain, now owned by Focus Brands....
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