Global Foodservice News

Microsoft Cloud and Azure OpenAI Service are collaborating to create a generative AI tool to improve customer experience and help with back-of-house tasks Domino’s announced Tuesday that the pizza chain is working with Microsoft to develop an in-house generative AI assistant to help automate some back-of-house tasks for employees and improve the ordering process on…

Google has built an ad-measurement tool that connects with marketers’ first-party data and is designed to work without browser cookies and other data tools that measure performance based on old methods. Google Ads Data Manager — the measurement tool announced Wednesday — will become available in Google Ads early next year. The product roadmap includes…

Modern versions of brand anthems are “singles, not jingles,” one creative said. When you think of the most memorable advertising from the ’80s and ’90s, what comes to mind? We’d wager a bet that it’s a jingle—maybe dulcet tones from Stanley Steemer, promising to get your home cleaner, or a jaunty phone number sing-along for…

Sysco Corp. said it has agreed to buy restaurant supplier Edward Don & Co. with the intent of establishing a new operation focused on specialty equipment and supplies. The price and other transaction details were not disclosed. Edward Don sells and distributes a broad range of equipment, from ranges to rotisseries. It is also a…

Uber Eats customers can now order from two nearby restaurants or other businesses in the same order. The bundling can be done with no additional fee and is intended to meet consumer demand for affordability, Uber Eats said. It will be available only for restaurants that are close together and can be easily picked up…

The Meals for At-Risk Americans Act would make it easier for states to apply to the USDA Restaurant Meals Program. For many vulnerable Americans, preparing healthy food at home is not an option,” Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., who co-authored the bill, said in a statement. Padilla is one of three senators who introduced the bill…

BurgerFi recently announced it will return to New York with a new concept location in the city this December. The chain’s previous New York location, launched in 2013, was permanently closed during the pandemic. The Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based burger chain’s new Upper East Side location, at 2,400 square feet, will be a Better Burger Lab…

As the fall season creeps ever closer, seasonal fan favorites are coming back to menus. Taco Bell said it is bringing back nacho fries and introducing them to menus with a vegan twist for the first time nationwide. The vegan nacho sauce first made its appearance in vegan Crunchwrap, which was tested in select markets…