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When QSRs Think Really Outside The Box In The Innovation Race

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The realm of quick service restaurants (QSRs) is and actually always has been a pretty innovative space. The drive-thru window, for example, first met the market in 1947 when it was introduced to the world by Sheldon “Red” Chaney, operator of Red’s Giant Hamburg in Springfield, Missouri. The Rocky Mountain High Cheeseburger.

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Panera Gives Its Customers A Verbal Order-Ahead Assist

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Louis, Missouri-based company partnered with Google to allow customers to place orders using simple phrases like, “OK Google, ask Panera for delivery,” or “OK Google, talk to Panera.”. Panera Bread, which operates 2,024 locations in the U.S. Earlier this month, the St. Life in the fast lane.

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QSRs Ramp Up Mobile Order-Ahead Offerings

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When people want coffee or tea, they want it now, and we want their orders to be ready when they are,” Aidan Hay, SVP of Operations at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, said in a press release announcing a mobile order-ahead feature for their app. The Coffee Bean & Tea Life is hardly alone. Last year, the St. million active members.

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Banking's Total Return Top 5: 2014 Edition

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Open Bank (OTCQB: OPBK) Open Bank commenced operations in 2005 as First Standard Bank in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles. The lion''s share of their growth, profitability, and capital have come since their re-branding to Open Bank in 2010. This margin plus a 2.07% operating expense ratio resulted in a YTD efficiency ratio of 47%.

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How B2B Trust Is Keeping Checks, Paper Invoices Humming Along

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Macadoodles operates several large-scale locations in Missouri that each carry approximately 4,000 wine and 600 beer brands. Innovating back-end processes means taking a look at the exhaustive business ecosystem behind customer transactions, and any mistakes made are much costlier. Ongoing B2B Technology Challenges.

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Amazon Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Better Delivery By Any (And Every) Means

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This week was one of the latter, as Walmart hosted its investor meeting in Arkansas and Amazon decided this week’s menu of technological innovations in retail would be an all-you-can-eat buffet. The InHome service will launch in three cities to start: Kansas City, Missouri; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Vero Beach, Florida.

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