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Boston Market On Tapping AI To Combat Fraud And Meet Mobile Customers’ Needs

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This shift has prompted many eateries to rely on emerging tools like artificial intelligence (AI) to better manage various aspects of their operations as consumers transact remotely. I’m very excited about what AI can do for restaurants, and we are looking at how it fits with Boston Market right now,” he said. “I

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Mobile Order-Ahead Sector Goes All-In On AI

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To illustrate how AI adoption is playing out in the field, the November Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker® contains a deep dive on the efforts of the Colorado-based Boston Market chain. I believe AI is the future of the restaurant sector, and it will help [us] run smoother, sell more and be more profitable.”.

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Nonprofit Supports Community Entrepreneurs Amid Pandemic

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“Quite the contrary,” says Bob Brennan, chairman of the National Expansion Council and one of the directors of a nonprofit organization called Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) based in Boston, Massachusetts. “I EforAll began operating in Holyoke in 2018 and in Roxbury in 2019. They don’t have VC funds. And what is that model?

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Retail Pulse: Amazon Grows 4-Star Footprint; Forever 21 Files For Bankruptcy

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Amazon , in one case, has added a suburban Boston location to its roster of Amazon 4-star stores, marking the fifth location of its type in the United States. The first Amazon 4-star location opened in New York City last September, followed by Lone Tree, Colorado, Berkeley, California and Seattle, Washington.

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Why Google Ditched Perishables

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” That scaling will see Google up its last-mile instant delivery platform very far and wide with launches in Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Mississippi and New Mexico. . “And now, we’re really, dramatically scaling the business.”

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Professional Driving’s Coming Automation Crisis

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But as of last fall, Budweiser was delivering 45,000 cans of beer from a Colorado brewing plant to a warehouse 120 miles away. It could also potentially save a lot of money for trucking company operators, since robotic drivers don’t need to be paid, receive health benefits, eat, take days off or sleep. “A

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

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Vegan fast casual: By Chloe (NYC, Boston, LA, Providence, London). Pets allowed: Lazy Dog (California, Colorado). The restaurant has 12 current locations, in New York, LA, Providence, Boston, and most recently London, and another 20 are planned. In Boston, Oleana founder Ana Sortun opened the lunch and takeout venue Sofra.