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Tapping Into The Digital Economy With Restaurant Innovations

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In a bid to serve customers through digital channels, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are rolling out new innovations. Such offerings can help QSRs bring in customers: According to the PYMNTS Restaurant Readiness Index , 62 percent of consumers said the availability of digital innovations would make them more likely to visit in the future.

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Amazon To Shut Down Free Sample Program

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Amazon is constantly testing and launching new offerings to innovate on behalf of customers,” an Amazon spokesperson said. “At A brand that wanted to take part in the program paid about $2 for each sample, in addition to the cost of the product. . However, the program raised privacy flags about how data was being collected and used.

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Amazon Discontinues Free Sample Program

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Amazon is constantly testing and launching new offerings to innovate on behalf of customers,” an Amazon spokesperson said. “At A brand that wanted to take part in the program paid about $2 for each sample, in addition to the cost of the product. . However, the program raised privacy flags about how data was being collected and used.

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Chick-fil-A And The Power Of Payments Innovation

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2 QSR in every state in the Southeast between Maryland and Alabama. While those limitations, according to a company representative, are non-negotiable and unlikely to change now or in the foreseeable future, the brand does not see itself as one stuck in the past or afraid of embracing change.

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Competitors Prompt Amazon To Slash Prices (Again)

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This year’s newest innovation? largest eCommerce marketplace is that it can devalue merchants and entire brands by overly discounting their items. Seasonal sales, twinkling lights and Santas for photo-ops everywhere you turn. For retailers, it’s the Hunger Games.

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When Restaurant Tech Sees Your Face And Identifies Your Taste

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UFood Grill of Owings Mills, Maryland, and a KFC in Beijing are also enabling the technology, which allows customers to simply look at the facial recognition kiosks and reorder previous meals. . He added that some customers act as brand ambassadors by encouraging their friends to enroll in the program to access the savings. .

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Lidl’s Tactical Retreat In The US

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Small but mighty, German discount grocer Lidl — a brand known for not only its low prices, but also its innovative store layouts and private labels, including clothing — has already gobbled up 3 percent of local market share since the chain came to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in June 2017. jobs in the next year.

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