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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
Plus, Starbucks aims for some momentum with more changes
Join NRN editor in chief Sam Oches and Restaurant Business editor in chief Jonathan Maze as they discuss the latest headlines from around the restaurant industry, including Chili’s incredible success, thanks in part to its Triple Dipper value offering and its cheese-pull-induced social media popularity. Plus they talk about pizza chains increasingly using third party delivery platforms like DoorDash and UberEats, and debate whether they will stop using their own delivery drivers altogether. Finally Starbucks keeps making headlines as new CEO Brian Niccol has made more operational changes designed to reduce friction and make Starbucks more relevant again.
For more on these stories:
Chili’s 31.4% same-store sales increase in Q2 allows for investments: How Chili’s successfully leveraged value and social media to surge ahead
Demand for delivery is not slowing down: Restaurant Business’s Joe Guszkowski digs into what Uber Eats’ sales jump could mean for the future of delivery
Starbucks to shrink menu by 30%, add smart tech to fix operational woes: CEO Brian Niccol announces more changes designed to bring some momentum to the coffee giant
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