The $63 Billion Mobile App Revolution: Why Independent Restaurants Can’t Afford to Compete Without Their Own Branded App

By Alex, Restaurant Technology Partner | September 9, 2025
female customer ordering food from restaurant custom branded mobile app

Reading Time: 7 minutes When Tony Chen opened his second location of Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant, he thought success meant being on every delivery platform possible. DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub—if it existed, Golden Dragon was on it. His monthly commission bills exceeded $8,000, but Tony assumed this was the cost of doing business in the…

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The Death of ‘Can You Hold Please?’: How AI Phone Ordering Is Saving Restaurants $47,000 Annually

By Alex, Restaurant Technology Partner | August 22, 2025
Busy restaurant owner juggling phone orders and missing opportunities. AI voice ordering solution

Reading Time: 9 minutes At 7:30 PM on a busy Friday night, Maria’s Italian Kitchen had three servers running between tables, two cooks working the line, and a manager trying to handle the front of house. Then the phone started ringing. And ringing. And ringing. “Can you hold please?” became the restaurant’s unofficial greeting as…

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