{"id":8592,"date":"2017-01-17T08:49:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T08:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=8592"},"modified":"2017-01-17T08:49:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T08:49:25","slug":"datatrac-retail-and-foodservice-technology-january-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2017\/01\/datatrac-retail-and-foodservice-technology-january-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"DATATRAC: Retail and Foodservice Technology \u2013 January 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Foodservice<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span>Sonic Corp<\/strong>. will integrate a number of new technology initiatives in 2017 to decrease order delivery time, increase customization and offer more smartphone convenience company CEO Clifford Hudson said during an earnings statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span>Red Robbin Gourmet Burgers Inc<\/strong>. is partnering with DoorDash to offer delivery services from 70 select restaurants across the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span>Wingstop Inc<\/strong>. is now offering customized, voice-activated customer ordering through <strong>Amazon<\/strong> Alexa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Discount<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span><\/strong>After a successful launch in December,<strong> <strong>BJ\u2019s Wholesale Club<\/strong> <\/strong>is now is looking at additional opportunities to expand its use of online ordering technology in the bakery and deli departments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Apparel\/Department Stores<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span>Gymboree<\/strong>, a children\u2019s specialty store chain, has implemented a mobile POS system from Aptos as well as Aptos Enterprise Order Management and integration with Aptos Store to assist in inventory and ordering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Drug<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span>Discount Drug Mart<\/strong> will offer patients an iMedicare plan comparison; the platform integrates into the pharmacist\u2019s existing workflow and supplies information about local and national Medicare plans, according to the companies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Supermarket &amp; Convenience<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span>Giant-Landover<\/strong>, a division of <strong>Ahold Delhaize<\/strong>, has begun testing a shelf-tag sustainability rating system through a partnership with independent research firm <strong>HowGood<\/strong>, the companies announced. The HowGood database is the world\u2019s largest repository of sustainable food ratings. Stores will communicate the HowGood ratings through signage at entrances, education on shelf, and staff training.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foodservice \u2022 Sonic Corp. will integrate a number of new technology initiatives in 2017 to decrease order delivery time, increase customization and offer more smartphone convenience company CEO Clifford Hudson said during an earnings statement. \u2022 Red Robbin Gourmet Burgers Inc. is partnering with DoorDash to offer delivery services from 70 select restaurants across the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2017\/01\/datatrac-retail-and-foodservice-technology-january-2017\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DATATRAC: Retail and Foodservice Technology \u2013 January 2017<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-8592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retail-technology","tag-eupdate","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}