Episode Summary In the latest episode of Restaurants Reinvented, Jen tackles her first solo-cast by diving deep into the frazzled, state of POS today and tackles head-first the broad misconception that “POS is Dead.” Jen clarifies market confusion by clearly stating that POS isn’t dead but is instead going through a massive transformation and evolution. […]
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We’ve recently discussed the new, evolving role of POS from the center of the tech stack to a side dish; and explained the definition of a Unified Commerce Platform. Now it’s time to hail the benefits of a unified platform approach. If you think we’re all full of fluff and marketing jargon – well you’re
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The unified commerce platform emerged out of a clear need for change in restaurant technology approaches. At Qu, we’ve been advocating for a shift in perspective away from “POS as a point solution” for a while. We’ve dubbed this as the Big POS Reframe, and it’s a call to view POS as simply one part
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Episode Summary For the past 3 years we’ve come together to talk about Reinventing Restaurants Together. It’s been a collective journey that’s taken us down a windy path of interviewing the most innovative, enlightened restaurant leaders in our space. While these three years have been filled with challenges, triumphs, and invaluable lessons – we’ve discussed it
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Episode Summary In this episode, we’re joined by another CTO trailblazer and change-maker, Kelly MacPherson from Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG). Kelly shares her unique journey through the hospitality and retail worlds, from growing up in a restaurant family to configuring her first POS network and rising as one of the very first female CIO/CTOs
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Episode Summary In this episode of Restaurants Reinvented, host Jen Kern is joined by two-time authors and Digital Restaurant gurus, Meredith Sandland and Carl Orsbourn. We discuss their new book “The Path to Digital Maturity” and their prediction about the next big restaurant concept that will emerge > the digitally native restaurant. Both guests share
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Episode Summary In this episode of Restaurants Reinvented, host Jen Kern from Qu invites Andrew Glantz, the founder of GiftAMeal, and Dan Sokolik, Vice President of Marketing at Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken, to discuss their partnership that aims to fight hunger and support local communities. GiftAMeal is a mobile app that enables users to provide
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Episode Summary More than befitting of “CTO Trailblazer” status, join the man, the myth, the legend – Phil Crawford, CTO of CKE Restaurants. We talk about how he’s using AI today at CKE and what the store of the future tomorrow will operate like.Phil & Jen discuss how restaurants can harness technology more efficiently
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Episode Summary Josh Boshard, the COO for Savory, leads the Operations & Technology teams for their 10-brand portfolio. Since their first location in 2008, Josh + Savory have amassed a wealth of best practices that he shares openly in this episode. Josh is a born and bred entrepreneur who was tapped at an early age
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