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The Restaurant Tech Race Gains Fresh Buzz From Fast Casual Dining

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Fast food, at least, is a firm part of Americana, and has close ties to rock-and-roll, modern youth culture and even politics.) The eatery then prepares the food and puts it in the pickup pod. Fast casual and casual dining restaurants tend to get scant cultural respect. Take one of the newest developments: pickup pods.

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Return Season Hits Hard; Some Retailers See Bright Side Of Customer Experience

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With Mastercard putting a 49 percent tag on the eCommerce spike for the holidays, this year will be the toughest on record for handling what is a resource- and capital-intensive task. In fact, forward-thinking retailers are looking at the return process as a chance to create a positive customer experience.

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Why More Than 90 Pct Of Shoppers Still Go To The Grocery Store

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These are some of the reasons that consumers are visiting brick-and-mortar grocers – from Wegmans Food Markets to Kroger – and how these grocers (as well as technology providers) are rolling out innovations and features to serve in-store customers. Roughly three in 10 – or 27.1 About one in 10 – or 9.9

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Mastercard Expanding Scan-To-Pay QR Program

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Once the QR code has been scanned, the online payment will be processed through the Mastercard network using M/Chip technology and the secure EMV infrastructure that retailers already have in place. This new solution shifts the scanning responsibility from the customer to the merchant.

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How Workforce Tools Keep Productions On Track

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Whether a commercial to elevate a new product’s profile or the launch of a marketing campaign, production studios are constantly tasked with meeting clients’ expectations — without delays or unexpected purchases hindering the process. Payments are issued by check every 15 days once reimbursements are processed and approved by QuickBooks.

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The Incredibly Unexpected World Of Leap Year Commerce

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We have free food to eat. Free cookies, free tacos, free pizza, free beer – go ahead, name a snack food. And Popeye’s is offering a free chicken sandwich – an impressive offer when one considers that as of mid-summer 2019, a Popeye’s chicken sandwich was the most coveted food item in the continental United States. A lot of it.

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Creating Cookware For A Generation That Doesn’t Cook

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One study indicates that the answer is not really — millennials cook two fewer meals per week than their baby boomer counterparts and choose pre-packaged/pre-prepared foods 18 percent of the time, compared to 5 percent for baby boomers. The pans come with graffiti-styled labels on the bottom and plantable paper tags embedded with basil seeds.