Facebook has launched the ability to order food directly from its platform. The new feature is available on iOS, Android and the desktop site. The option is in the Order Food section of the Explore now tab. People can look through food options and click start order when they are ready to order. Facebook is partnering with actual delivery services that will fulfill the orders. If a restaurant has multiple services the consumer can pick which one they want to use.

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  • Facebook will now offer food delivery and pick-up service from the Facebook app.
  • Facebook is teaming up with several popular food chains and delivery services to make the process easier.
  • You will be able to see reviews and menus and order all from the same app.

“Facebook will also connect guests with old favorites and new discoveries, and share what their network of friends has to say about a restaurant before they order”

Read more: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/another-titan-enters-food-delivery-game-facebook

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The Starbucks Foundation has recently launched the “Upstanders Challenge” which will award twenty five $25,000 grants to non profit organizations. The winners will be chosen based on “buzz” of the projects from various social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can enter the challenge by uploading a video between October 9 and 31. The video does not need to be professionally produced. The first 200 videos submitted will also win a Starbucks gift card for participation.

Read more: Starbucks Awarding Hundreds of Thousands to Charities

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Juice It Up! 100 stores open or being created. Juice It Up! has stores in California, New Mexico,Texas, Oregon, and coming soon to Florida. Juice It Up! Menu has a wide variety of juices and smoothies for people of all shapes and sizes. Juice It Up! Blends every smoothie to the customers order. Juice it up also is a Healthier choice than most establishments. The Motto to Juice It Up! is “Live Life Juiced”. Juice It Up! was named Best for vets in 2017 by Military times.

Read more: Juice It Up! Ranked Amongst Top Franchises for Fourth Year

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Oracle Hospitality Solutions will be meeting with restaurant CFO’s and CEO’s during the Restaurant Finance and Development Conference in Las Vegas from November 13th through November 15th.
Oracle Hospitality is a full service technology partner in five key areas.
First, a complete data service suite tracks inventory, sales, software and every aspect of the restaurant business.
Second, Cloud based products hosted on Oracle Hospitality servers decrease the IT budget for their customers.
Third,Oracle Hospitality can help grow your restaurant business at home as well as abroad.
Fourth, Oracle Hospitality’s Reporting and Analytics module is available at no cost with the purchase of Simphony POS. While organizing restaurant data into easy to understand reports, this product will identify areas to cut operating costs and generate revenue.
Finally, Oracle’s data science services mine your data to find sales and costs cutting opportunities and provide recommendations automatically to POS terminals.

Key Takeaways:

  • Oracle Hospitality is a single supplier for software, hardware, loyalty, kitchen systems, and more.
  • OBI analytics allow consolidation of data into user friendly reports.
  • Reporting and analytics with data sciences improve forecasts and increase sales.

“Cloud technology minimizes the amount of IT hardware cost and installation time that is needed to open a new location, while centralized management and reporting ensure that you always have full control and visibility of your estate, whether at home or internationally, company-owned or franchise.”

Read more: https://www.restaurantnewsresource.com/article96800.html

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