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Connected & Coordinated

by Katie Lee

— By Mark Danzenbaker —   Smarter retail facilities for lower energy costs.     Decarbonization. Net zero. ESG. These terms, as part of corporate sustainability efforts, have garnered incredible momentum over the last year. With major climate policy and legislation, a renewed focus on the clean energy transition, growing concern for an overloaded power grid and aggressive goals to reduce environmental impact, one thing is for sure: climate impacts and sustainability are top of mind for every industry. For retail and restaurant facility owners and operators, the negative effects …

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Presto and CKE Restaurants Partner for Drive-Thru Voice AI Automation

by Katie Lee

San Carlos, Calif. — Presto Automation Inc., one of the largest drive-thru automation technology providers in the hospitality industry, has expanded its partnership with CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s. Presto will be rolling out its artificial intelligence (AI) powered solution, Presto Voice™, to automate voice ordering at participating drive-thru locations nationwide. The voice automation technology, which has already been implemented at select Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s drive-thru locations within the United States, increases revenue, improves labor productivity and enhances the guest and staff …

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Restaurant Technologies Breaks Own Sustainability Record

by Katie Lee

Mendota Heights, Minn. — Restaurant Technologies (RT) released its sustainability numbers from 2022, helping over 36,000 customers nationwide reach their ESG goals and create a cleaner, more livable planet. In 2022, RT recycled nearly 290 million pounds of used cooking oil, which eliminated 16 million plastic oil jugs, saved 7.4 million cubic feet of landfill space, and reduced about 67 million pounds (66.6 million) of GHG CO2e emissions. In partnership with renewable energy organizations such as Chevron Renewable Energy Group, RT converts 100% of used cooking oil from its customers …

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CrossCom Promotes Executive Vice President, Sales

by Katie Lee

Buffalo Grove, Ill. — CrossCom, an industry leader in supporting technology solutions for retailers, restaurant, grocery and hospitality customers, has promoted Paul Russell to the position of executive vice president, sales. He has been in a VP role on the CrossCom sales team for almost 7 years. Prior to joining CrossCom, Paul spent 15 years in operational and sales leadership roles for companies providing retail technology services. “What makes Paul a great role model is his determination and drive to match our solutions to a customer’s needs in a way …

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Rose Paving Acquires NVM Paving and Concrete

by Katie Lee

Bridgeview, Ill. — Rose Paving has acquired Northern Virginia and Maryland Paving and Concrete (NVM), headquartered in Fairfax, Va. NVM is a multi-state pavement maintenance company with facilities in Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina. Rose Paving is a premier pavement services provider, based in the Chicago area, with facilities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois and Tennessee. All members of the NVM management team will remain with the company moving forward. “We have worked closely with Mark Barbaro and the entire NVM team for many years now,” says Ed …

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Designing the Details

by Katie Lee

— By Sarah Schanke —   Designer replicates Tujague’s iconic Mardi Gras flair down to the last detail.     Tujague’s, an iconic French Quarter fixture of the New Orleans cultural landscape, has been serving culinary delights to customers for more than 160 years. To stay viable, the owners of the beloved establishment made the difficult decision to relocate the restaurant four blocks upriver. The nation’s third-oldest restaurant now occupies three floors with balconies overlooking the Big Easy steamboats cruising the city’s Mississippi River harbor each day. “A favorite of …

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Energy Efficiency Leader Joins Budderfly as Chief Operating Officer

by Katie Lee

Shelton, Conn. — Budderfly, a premier sustainability partner for businesses with repeatable footprints, has added energy services leader Scott Avirett as its new chief operating officer (COO). Avirett will lead the development and implementation of an integrated customer experience and delivery strategy to ensure operational excellence and meet rapidly growing demand for Budderfly’s sustainability services across North America. Avirett brings two decades of global experience in sustainable energy & infrastructure operations and general management to Budderfly. He previously built and led high-performance teams at Johnson Controls and Energy Systems Group …

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Let’s Pave Welcomes Vice President of Sales

by Katie Lee

Oak Brook, Ill. — On April 4, Let’s Pave welcomed Chicago-based sales and marketing veteran Chris Walsh to the company as vice president of sales, reporting directly to CEO C.B. Kuzlik. As part of the executive leadership team, Walsh will help guide overall business strategy as well as directly oversee the company’s complete sales and marketing mix, including sales process and talent acquisition, business development, as well as the implementation of all enterprise-wide sales capture tools. Walsh has decades of sales and marketing experience in a variety of industries including …

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Fexa Acquires Trakref

by Katie Lee

New York City — Fexa, a highly configurable facilities management enterprise SaaS platform, has acquired Trakref to deliver on its mission of helping facilities and operations teams leverage technology to drive better business outcomes. The combined company will continue to make its unique products and services available independently to customers and partners across the grocery, healthcare, financial services, data center, real estate and food services industries as they rapidly innovate to deliver new, integrated capabilities. Fexa and Trakref will continue to value and pursue extensibility with other systems, platforms and …

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Digital Evolution

by Katie Lee

— By John Moezzi — What to expect in 2023 digital signage for retail and restaurants.   Another year has passed — since the pandemic started — and we continue to see an uptick in consumers in stores and restaurants. However, even for decades before the pandemic, there were debates between online and brick-and-mortar, where some think one abolishes the other, while others think they play well together. Perhaps, it’s important to know what they can do for each other. Let’s explore the trends for 2023 and how online and …

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