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Caribou Coffee Selects Toast to Support Growing Coffeehouse Footprint

by Katie Lee

Boston — Toast, the digital technology platform built for restaurants, has formed an agreement with Caribou Coffee to implement Toast Enterprise Solutions across 500 initial coffeehouse locations in the United States. In addition to Toast point-of-sale (POS) terminals, Caribou Coffee will use Toast Payments, Kitchen Display Systems (KDS) and Multi-Location Management. To help support the brand’s growing coffeehouse footprint, Caribou Coffee sought a modern technology partner with a robust, scalable POS solution that would be easy to use for all stakeholders including company and franchisee operators and team members. Focused …

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Waldo’s Dollar Mart Streamlines Retail Operations with Oracle Cloud

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Austin, Texas, and Lerma, Mexico — Mexican retailer Waldo’s Dollar Mart is using Oracle Cloud finance and merchandising applications to manage its complex, multi-format business model while continuing to scale to offer customers more choices in products and buying channels. By moving to Oracle Cloud, Waldo’s consolidated and rationalized more than 62 legacy applications and streamlined its distinct business processes across its grocery and clothing operations. Waldo’s operates more than 800 grocery and clothing stores throughout Mexico. By continuing to modernize its operations with Oracle Cloud, Waldo’s can now improve …

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Vox AI to Debut New Conversational Voice AI for Drive-Thru Restaurants

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Amsterdam — Vox AI plans to debut its advanced AI and machine learning technology designed for seamless restaurant drive-thru orders. An AI breakthrough that is efficient, conversational and speaks 35 languages, Vox AI is the perfect tool for drive-thru and QSR businesses to relieve overworked employees and boost revenues by up to 17% and increase ROI by 14 times. There are over 200,000 drive-thru restaurants in the U.S. — which represent about 70% of fast food sales. Increasing efficiency is one of the primary goals of drive-thru restaurants, but current …

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Fiero Group and ASM Culinary Equipment Forge Partnership

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Brewster, N.Y. – The Fiero Group has formed a strategic partnership with ASM Culinary Equipment, based in Mechanicsville, Md. This collaboration appoints ASM as the exclusive marketing agents for the Fiero brand in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The partnership is set to leverage ASM’s dominance in the Mid-Atlantic pizza category to significantly expand the Fiero brand’s footprint in the region. ASM Culinary Equipment and the Fiero Group also plan to establish a state-of-the-art regional demonstration and training facility in the Washington, D.C., area. Slated to open in late first …

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LG Electronics to Enter U.S. EV Charging Market in 2024

by Katie Lee

Lincolnshire, Ill. — LG Electronics will enter the rapidly growing U.S. electric vehicle charger market in 2024 with the introduction of its first line of AC and DC EV charging stations. According to Nicolas Min, senior vice president of LG Business Solutions USA, the line will include Level 2 and Level 3 EV chargers, opening new opportunities for businesses, municipalities and other public places to support the electrification of America with independently owned and operated charging stations. “As a leader in the electrification movement, LG is committed to delivering systems …

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Runit Systems Introduces Next-Level Features in its POS for Specialty Retailers

by Katie Lee

New York City — Runit Systems, a leading provider of innovative retail management systems, has released Sellit 6.0, its newest POS module, which includes features designed to revolutionize the retail experience. With a focus on enhancing operational efficiency and customer satisfaction, these features reinforce Runit’s commitment to providing cutting-edge solutions for the apparel, footwear, sporting goods and luxury retail sectors. The new module ensures uninterrupted sales operations even during internet outages. This safeguard empowers retailers to maintain seamless operations, granting access to critical functions like inventory management, customer receipt histories …

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Toast Launches New Tech Solution for Cafes and Bakeries

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Boston — Toast, an all-in-one technology platform built for restaurants, has launched ‘Toast for Cafes & Bakeries’ — a new solution designed to help cafes, coffee shops and bakeries add new revenue streams, speed up service with faster workflows, meet guests where they are and grow their business. Catering Online Ordering and Restaurant Retail are among the new features that cafes, bakeries and all other restaurant types Toast serves can benefit from using. Toast for Cafes & Bakeries builds on recent launches from Toast that introduce functionality tailored for specific …

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Hobart Introduces Latest in Fleet Management with New HTe Software

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Troy, Ohio — Hobart has introduced the newest edition of HTe Enterprise Asset Scale Management Software. HTe Enterprise is the latest in fleet management and offers several new features. Hobart’s HTe Enterprise improves efficiency, reduces downtime and increases profitability all from the convenience of a desktop PC. This web-based tool is a software package for retailers to directly manage their scale fleets and lends itself to a multi-user experience in grocery environments. In today’s grocery stores, scales are all connected devices and require firmware updates, configuration updates and updates to …

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PVI Introduces New Generation of Compact Water Heaters

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Fort Worth, Texas — PVI, a Watts brand, has introduced Centurion, a compact, 2000 MBH direct-fired domestic water heater that features state-of-the art combustion controls technology and superior reliability. With an advanced design and controls technology, Centurion water heaters are ideal for a variety of commercial applications and offer the industry’s longest standard warranty of 15 years for lower cost of ownership. “We’re thrilled to introduce Centurion. Centurion’s advanced Edge® Controller incorporates dynamic feed-forward sensing for precise modulation of its high turndown air/fuel delivery system. It’s also the first water …

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PVI Water Heater Serves Up Performance, Reliability & ROI for Restaurants & Retailers

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Fort Worth, Texas — The PVI Brigade® is a powerful, gas condensing, firetube water heater that delivers safe, reliable hot water for demanding commercial applications, including retail outlets and restaurants. Its semi-instantaneous hybrid design with an integrated buffer can tolerate brief high-spike draws, while its burner modulation delivers thermal efficiencies up to 99% under routine demands. Constructed with AquaPLEX® duplex stainless steel, the compact, durable Brigade is a dependable domestic hot water system that lasts much longer than typical glass-lined water heaters. Measuring only 16 W x 26 D x …

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