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Botrista provides automated craft beverage solutions to foodservice operators. Operators can increase ticket size and add a new beverage category to their menu without the operational complexities. The DrinkBot platform allows operators to subscribe to world-class quality from the leading ingredient manufacturers that they partner with. The vision is to make any staff member a professional barista or bartender with a DrinkBot.
At Evocalize, we’re leading the charge to make complex, sophisticated digital marketing push-button easy for franchisees. Our industry-leading technology integrates the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, including generative AI, to give franchisors and enterprises intelligent tools to empower their local teams to get the most from their digital marketing efforts — no matter how much marketing experience they have.
Lunchbox is the premier online ordering system for Enterprise restaurant chains to grow their online presence. Lunchbox enables restaurant chains to take control of their digital growth strategy through its suite of products specializing in app and web ordering, guest loyalty, marketing, and third-party order aggregation to increase sales. The company has empowered over 4,000+ restaurant locations nationwide including Firehouse Subs, Walk-On's, Torchy’s Tacos, Taco Bueno, and Clean Juice.
Superorder is an all-in-one software platform for restaurant chains and groups to drive operational efficiency and profitability in delivery and takeout. Superorder’s AI solutions help restaurant chains and groups to optimize their digital business such as AI-powered chargeback, financial, and performance management tools. Superorder has a robust network with thousands of partner restaurants across 180+ cities.
Upside is a retail technology that puts restaurants in front of thousands of customers they've never seen, and serves those customers compelling, margin-bound incentives that change their buying behavior. Without any IT work, retailers offset rising costs and maximize net profit with new customers and repeat visits.
Reduce interview no-shows, automate hiring follow-ups, and digitize onboarding paperwork with Workstream, the platform for hiring and retaining the hourly workforce.

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Antares Group makes operating your restaurant easier by offering end-to-end accounting and tax solutions fueled by best-in-class technology and automation that make sense for you, your business, and your team.
Consolidated Concepts optimizes the foodservice supply chain and provides savings and solutions for multi-unit restaurants and their partners. Clients leverage our contract negotiation, spend management, and supply chain expertise to reduce costs and gain valuable insights into their business. Our data and technology are designed to identify areas where emerging, growing, and established restaurants may unlock additional opportunities to save money and increase profitability.
Facteus is the largest provider of consumer transaction data in the Alternative Data industry specializing in providing comprehensive consumer spending data to businesses in the financial sector, retail, restaurant, government, research, and beyond. Through its innovative, AI-driven platform, the company delivers actionable insights derived from alternative data sources, empowering clients to make data-driven decisions and stay ahead of the competition.
HungerRush is a leading provider of integrated restaurant solutions that make it easier to delight guests, drive loyalty and manage restaurants from anywhere. OrderAI: Use AI-powered technology to accept orders and payments via phone or text. An easy and accurate way to receive orders straight into the POS, using the most convenient ordering channel available. 360 Marketing: Send automated email and SMS marketing campaigns that help your brand stand out and generate revenue.
Since 2010, InMarket has been a leader in 360-degree consumer intelligence and real-time marketing for thousands of major brands. Through InMarket’s data-driven, location-based advertising suite, brands activate real-time digital advertising in the moments that matter, generating powerful results that outperform traditional digital advertising by 6x.
Insight Lime Analytics is a data analytics agency whose goal is to enable marketing and product leaders to feel confident in their data, gain actionable insights to make data-driven strategy decisions, and show their leadership and board members the impact they are making with their products and campaigns. Services include providing marketing analytics and insights, data strategy services, consumer insights, and data teams as a service.
Through intelligent solutions for the middle of the house, Kitchen Brains has navigated from the analog era to IoT solutions through the lens of the commercial kitchen. KitchenEssential, the complete line of IoT-ready appliance controllers that control, monitor, and alert for both hot and cold applications that facilitate integration into a data driven world. KitchenKorrect IoT solutions optimize food production and focus on margin control and meeting the corporate brand promise.
Lineup.ai is a powerful suite of AI tools that utilizes advanced machine learning techniques to provide real-time sales and labor forecasts based on historical data and external factors that impact sales. With these forecasts, managers and operators can plan for demand with consistent processes that optimize schedules, freeing up their time to focus on driving revenue and ensuring outstanding customer and employee experiences.
Voted the #1 guest feedback platform in a nationwide RestaurantOwner.com survey, Ovation uses a 2-question SMS-based survey as a Digital Table Touch™ that has redefined guest feedback. Through frictionless integrations with online ordering platforms and other tools, Ovation allows restaurants to easily resolve guest concerns in real-time, get more 5-star reviews, discover insights to improve, and drive revenue.
Placer.ai is the most advanced location analytics platform describing physical locations, the people and businesses that interact with them, and the markets they inhabit. With an uncompromising commitment to privacy, Placer empowers thousands of organizations –– from Fortune 100 companies to local governments and nonprofits –– to analyze consumer behavior, understand market trends, and optimize critical business decisions.
Revel Systems powers the ambitions of restaurants and retailers with a robust cloud-based Point of Sale and business management system. Improving day-to-day operations and fueling merchant growth, Revel’s streamlined ecosystem helps customers seize their future by pairing an intuitive POS with powerful management tools on a single platform.
SoundHound is a leading innovator of conversational intelligence offering an independent voice AI platform that enables businesses across industries to deliver best-in-class conversational experiences to their customers. SoundHound's voice AI-powered ordering solution for restaurants transforms food ordering into a convenient and hands-free experience with a voice assistant that's able to take complex orders and allow for substitutions and special requests—freeing up your staff for other tasks.
Thanx is the guest engagement and retention platform helping physical retailers become more digitally agile. The Thanx platform effortlessly captures and activates retail data at scale, allowing physical retailers to meaningfully engage with their customers throughout their journey.
Uniforms should bring your brand to life in a way that appeals to both employees and customers. At Threads Uniform Agency, you can rest assured the process will be seamless from start to finish. From our global reach and custom designs to the fit capabilities and high-quality products we provide, you can achieve the look you want. We provide complete programs that accommodate the changing needs of your organization.
Toast helps you improve your operations, grow revenue, and get more business insight. Toast’s mission is to create the best possible restaurant guest experience by partnering with our customers to tackle the unique challenges of the restaurant environment.
The Tork brand offers professional hygiene products and services to customers ranging from restaurants and healthcare facilities to offices, schools and industries. Products include industry-leading dispensers, napkins, paper towels, toilet tissue, kitchen wipers and soap. Through expertise in hygiene, functional design and sustainability, Tork has become a market leader. To keep up with the latest Tork news, please visit: www.torkusa.com.
Vericast is the industry’s leading marketing amplification partner. We deliver the intelligence, insight, and expertise so clients can see and act on data at scale. Vericast helps marketers engage their ideal customer, drive more meaningful relationships, and achieve their goals. Visit Vericast.com.

SILVER SPONSORS

Budderfly is a one-stop-shop for energy management, equipment upgrades, and carbon footprint reduction. We provide 100% of the upfront capital needed to give businesses premium, high-efficiency HVAC, refrigeration, LED lights, and more. Our experts install and maintain equipment upgrades, and we provide ongoing monitoring and one simple, monthly bill. Businesses get to reduce their energy consumption, lower their carbon emissions, and improve their bottom line.
As a leading global supplier of touchscreen solutions, Elo is everywhere. With over 25 million installations in over 80 countries, Elo can be found in restaurants around the globe for self-service kiosks, kitchen display systems, hospitality systems, point-of-sale terminals, point-of-information displays, retail experiences, wayfinding, and transportation check-in applications.
QikServe’s comprehensive suite of digital ordering and payment solutions simplifies complex operator technology requirements through direct integrations to the leading POS, loyalty/CRM, and delivery technologies. Serving millions of guests each year, QikServe's technology generates over a half a billion dollars in sales across 37 countries. For more information, visit www.qikserve.com.
Uberall helps the world’s largest and most innovative brick & mortar businesses stay relevant and profitable by driving online discovery, in store visits, and repeat purchases. Its local digital marketing platform, Uberall CoreX, helps streamline & simplify the management of location data, localized campaigns, and online reputation across platforms like Google Business Profile and Apple Maps. Uberall, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, services businesses across 170 countries.

BRONZE SPONSORS

Atmosphere is the leading streaming TV platform for businesses and enables venue operators to elevate their space, operate with ease, and improve their bottom line. The award-winning content spans 60+ channels for all audiences, including viral videos with Chive TV and a suite of news channels including News, Sports, and Entertainment, all programmed for out-of-home viewing and able to be viewed on their own or incorporated into a playlist of varied content.
The Ball Aluminum Cup® enables fast casual restaurants a tangible connection to sustainability, provides guests a superior and premium drinking experience, and customized graphics drive brand awareness and the perception of a high-quality dining experience in sizes 9-24oz. Since the launch in 2019, the cup has been used at hundreds of sports, entertainment, dining, and lodging and leisure properties, and has gained distribution at over 35,000 retail doors nationwide.
Bikky is a customer data platform for multi-location restaurants. We help brands like Dave's Hot Chicken, Krystal, and Eggs Up Grill use customer data to understand the success of every marketing, menu, and operational decision. Brands on Bikky see double-digit same store sales increases after launch, driven by better decisions that improve profitability and the customer experience.
CloudKitchens provides affordable kitchen facilities to help restaurants reach new customers in their city and expand into new markets. Our commercial ghost kitchens are designed for speed, quality, and scale, making it easy to launch a delivery restaurant with lower risk and lower capital. Unlike traditional commercial kitchens, CloudKitchens locations are fully optimized for delivery food production/food prep, requiring minimal kitchen staff and capital.
FranConnect is the leading franchise management software provider. For 20 years, the FranConnect platform has served as the sales, operations, and marketing backbone for approximately 900 brands worldwide. Nine of the Franchise Times Top 10 Fastest-Growing franchise businesses rely on FranConnect to drive growth, improve profitability, and streamline operational performance. FranConnect customers span all sizes, growth phases, and industries and they grow 44% faster on average than the market.
Global Payments is an all-in-one payroll, HR solutions and employee payments partner. Our commerce platform empowers businesses with payment products to modernize and streamline the business spend management needs of buyers, suppliers and employers. Innovative tools include earned wage access, digital tip solutions, paycards, and incentive and disbursement programs. And it all integrates seamlessly into your business and grows with you—whatever your size or industry.
Health-Ade makes feel-good bubbly beverages for a happy gut. Health-Ade Kombucha is a bubbly fermented tea packed with living probiotics and detoxifying acids. It has no artificial flavors or sweeteners - just cold-pressed juice from organic produce. Our kombucha is certified organic, non-GMO, gluten-free, vegan and kosher. Health-Ade Pop is our new prebiotic soda with detoxifying acids, natural antioxidants and 3 grams of prebiotic fiber. This product is low in sugar with no fake sweeteners.
Insight360 is a data management platform specifically designed for the restaurant industry. By combining data from POS, payroll, accounting, and more into one single login, Insight360 saves operators hours of manual effort each week. Compare up-to-date KPIs, such as prime costs across multiple locations, in easy-to-view reports and visuals. Share analytics across management levels with permissions-based data access, and easily automate the most critical data to show up in your team’s inbox.
Instacart Business offers a suite of products dedicated to helping businesses and restaurants save time, save money, and stay focused. From stocking up on snacks in the office break room, getting last-minute ingredients delivered to a family-owned restaurant same-day, supplementing supply chain gaps and more - our affordable, convenient and flexible marketplace and technology connects businesses to the retailers that they know and love but with new updates tailor-made for business purchasing.
isolved is the most-trusted HCM technology leader, providing the best combination of software and services to meet the needs of today’s People Heroes – HR, payroll, and benefits professionals. From talent acquisition to workforce management to talent management, our solutions are delivered directly or through our HRO partner network to more than 5 million employees and 145,000 employers across all 50 states – who use them every day to increase productivity and accelerate decision-making.
ItsaCheckmate is a trusted partner for sustainable growth, offering digital ordering, seamless integration, analytics tools, and a plug-and-play Marketplace solution. Our suite empowers operators to control online orders and menus directly from their POS, guest engagement, ensuring real-time updates, increased profits, reduced errors, and improved customer satisfaction. With global partnerships, ItsaCheckmate is an industry leader in digital solutions.
Peblla is a surging digital transformation partner providing branded ordering apps, self-ordering kiosks, and streamlined online ordering all within one portal. Foster loyalty with a customizable program, drive promotions with our digital suite, and uncover insights via advanced analytics. Enhance customer experience and accelerate growth.
Sani Professional is the food safety division of PDI, Inc., a global leader in infection prevention. It is a leading manufacturer of a wide variety of disposable wipes for cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting multi-surfaces and hand sanitizing designed for commercial establishments, helping them deliver a safe experience for employees and guests.
Treatware is a suite of worldclass software applications designed exclusively for the Franchise QSR Industry. Simple, powerful and reliable. Our award winning applications make running a QSR in a franchise a joy. Join some of the largest franchises in the world and experience Treatware firsthand. Add in top notch US based technical support and a low price point and you’ll know why the leading franchise QSR’s choose Treatware.
Many restaurant operators struggle to meet the demands of third-party marketplaces. Managing these external platforms while running their operations smoothly and effectively can be challenging. Voosh's Restaurant Marketplace Intelligence Platform is designed to help operators improve operational efficiency, enhance the customer experience and boost profitability in third-party marketplaces. Voosh provides a suite of tools to streamline financial reconciliations and manage third-party chargebacks.

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS

Our mission at Accuserv is to transform the construction supply chain industry through meticulous attention to our partner’s facility-related, non-core business. With proprietary and innovative technology, provide dedicated project management teams to facilitate purchasing across dozens of product categories, such as electrical switchgear, lighting, and facilities items such as restroom packages, tiling, drive-thru windows, HVAC and more.
We are a technology solutions company that connects the physical with the digital for actionable insights. Our advanced identification solutions help customers in the food and logistics industries drive down costs, grow revenue, streamline operations and keep ahead of rising consumer expectations. Avery Dennison employs approximately 36,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2022 were $9.0 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com and www.identificationsolutions.com.
C3 is a Kansas City-based marketing and activation agency that brings brands to life for families with children, creating experiences, entertainment and more. C3 uses insights, strategy and guidance to design award-winning programs and products to help major restaurant and hospitality partners in the US and abroad improve their business with families, whether in restaurant, off premises, or in the community at large with philanthropic efforts.
Chatmeter is the brand intelligence company reimagining customer connections and reputation management through AI-powered deep listening. We make it easy for multi-location brands to drive real-time impact through relevant insights in critical moments that matter. Chatmeter understands the challenges of multi-location, and omnichannel reputation management, and has created a scaled platform that enables end-to-end visibility for everyone, from local owners to executive leadership.
DIRECTV's Enterprise Solutions delivers a consistent, total entertainment experience to national businesses, including state-of-the-art technology, unmatched programming, and the most comprehensive sports packages available. Our dedicated sales teams and marketing support are designed to meet all of your enterprise's needs across a state, region, or the country!
Diversey’s mission is to protect and care for people through leading hygiene, infection prevention, and cleaning solutions. We develop and deliver innovative products, services, and technologies that save lives and protect our environment. Over the course of 95 years, the Diversey brand has become synonymous with product quality, service, and innovation.
Olo (NYSE: OLO) is a leading open SaaS platform for restaurants that enables hospitality at every guest touchpoint. Over 600 restaurant brands trust Olo to grow their sales, do more with less, and make every guest feel like a regular. Learn more at olo.com.
Increase sales, save time, decrease errors and deliver better with Otter. An all-in-one solution helps you take control of your delivery data across platforms by aggregating delivery and online channels in one tablet or in an integrated POS. Integrations with hundreds of online and delivery ordering platforms and restaurant tech tools enable unparalleled order aggregation, automation, and data reporting in Otter: ensuring restaurants succeed in an omnichannel world by increasing sales and efficiencies.
PepsiCo Foodservice leverages the best of PepsiCo to drive what is next with food and beverage experiences. We strive to build a competitive advantage for our customers with proprietary consumer insights, best-in-class service and equipment, world-class marketing, and an unparalleled portfolio led by Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Lipton Iced Tea, Aquafina, Lay’s, Doritos, Gatorade, Quaker, and Tropicana.
Science On Call is the 24/7 tech support platform for restaurants. We solve all problems-- POS, internet, 3rd party ordering and delivery, even email and phone issues-- quickly and remotely, and allow your team in the restaurant to focus on their guests and creating a great experience. Internal IT leaders can focus on strategy, growth, and innovation. We handle the rest!
Stella Trainer is an online training platform designed by restaurant folks specifically to meet the unique needs and environment of the restaurant business. Our goal is simple, help restaurant companies achieve better training results. We approach training comprehensively by looking at the 3 main components that make up training -- Learning materials, Process, and People. As your training partner, Stella Solutions Group will help you improve each of these key components.
SVS is a worldwide leader focused solely on increasing your gift card sales. It's what we care about - the success of your gift card program and the resulting growth in your overall sales. It's no longer a question of why gift cards. It's a question of how to take advantage of the countless ways consumers want to buy them, use them and gift them. Your gift card program deserves absolute focus, and that's what SVS is all about.
The Moseley Group is your partner for optimization and growth. For over 34 years, we've helped the world's leading foodservice brands make distinctive improvements in their performance through innovation in strategy, design, operations, and technology. Ask around, our fingerprints are everywhere!
Todo Robotics specializes in innovative automation solutions for the food service industry, addressing labor shortages, turnover, and enhancing delivery, hosting, and cleaning functions. We prioritize customization to seamlessly integrate our robots with your business operations, making us a trusted partner for optimizing efficiency and service quality with a focus on innovation and adaptability.

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Fast Casual is the global online leader for news, analysis, blogs and research in the worldwide fast casual restaurant industry.
Food Truck Operator was launched in 2017 to meet the needs of the thriving food truck industry. The new digital property covers industry trends and news, profiles business owners, and explores the technologies and tools available to help operators grow their businesses.
The Interactive Customer Experience Association’s mission is to connect B2C brands to technology that elevates the customer experience.
Pizza Marketplace is the premier online destination for C-level pizza executive leadership seeking cutting-edge intelligence for their multi-unit restaurant concepts.
QSRweb delivers fast-breaking news, features and analysis on the quick-service restaurant industry.
Rewards That Matter brings awareness to consumers of the hundreds of loyalty programs available across markets in restaurants, retail, travel, banking, entertainment and more. The site offers insight on loyalty program news and rewards program updates. Brands can submit their loyalty programs for inclusion on RewardsThatMatter.com via a convenient online form.

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