Fetch, the award-winning mobile-first agency, part of Dentsu Aegis Network, has announced it has developed, (in collaboration with Autosermo) the first ever UK transactional Gifting Bot within the QSR space. Fetch is helping Greggs bring the joy of giving to everyone this festive season. The Gifting Bot will allow the customer to purchase Greggs goods […]
With only a few weeks to go until Mad Friday (21st December), the busiest night of the year for festive celebrations, Barclaycard’s new ‘Food for Thought’ study reveals that a restaurant’s social media presence is now more important than ever for drawing in diners at Christmas. The company, which processes nearly half of the nation’s credit and […]
“Please enjoy your meal,” says Nepal’s first robot waiter, Ginger, as she delivers a plate of steaming dumplings to a table of hungry customers. The poor Himalayan nation is better known for its soaring mountain peaks than technological prowess, but a group of self-taught young innovators are seeking to change that. Local startup Paaila Technology […]
Marketing automation platform Punchh and TGI Fridays UK revealed results driven by the casual dining chain’s new mobile app, expanded customer loyalty and relationship programs. In just four weeks, TGI Fridays realised significant uplift over multiple key performance indicators, including: Loyalty Visits: Up 61 percent Signups: Up 30 percent Unique guests: Up 51 percent Loyalty Revenue: Up 66 percent […]
Restaurant chain PizzaExpress is looking to tap into consumer excitement around the World Cup with an AR game enabling customers to play a virtual game of football while sat at their table. The ‘Doughball‘ game, which is included as an update in the brand’s existing app, uses PizzaExpress’ iconic dough balls, and allows players to place […]
As part of its collaboration with Lucasfilm for the much-anticipated release of “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” Denny’s is giving fans the opportunity to take a virtual seat in the Star Wars universe and roll a pair of dice like Han Solo. Launching on May 4, Denny’s “Smuggler’s Dice” sweepstakes offers players the chance to […]
Fast-casual burger restaurant Bareburger expects to soon replace all of its paper menus with 3D models of its burgers and other items rendered in augmented reality, but for now, the company is preparing some rather interesting limited AR interactions. The up-and-coming restaurant chain, framed by some as one of the hottest in the US, […]
China has become the first nation to embrace facial recognition technology to authorise digital payments following an innovative play by Alibaba to ease queues in local KFC restaurants. The so-called ‘smile to pay’ service has been introduced in the city of Huangzhou as part of a trial with the chicken chain to boost the customer […]
Too Good To Go, an app that has just launched its service in London, enables users to buy excess food from restaurants at a discounted rate as takeaway meals. The average restaurant wastes around 100,000 lbs of food a year, with the US, Asia and Europe throwing away enough food to feed the world’s population […]
McDonald’s latest attempt to shed its unhealthy image backfired this week, after a fitness tracker happy meal toy was claimed to bring out its users in a rash. McDonald’s was hoping the Step It! Activity Band would be a means of getting kids to be more active. However, on Wednesday, it voluntarily removed the device […]