FSTEC 2025 Restaurant Technology Guide

ONLINE ORDERING CHANNELS

Putting First-Party Channels First: Josh Gurley, VP of digital partnerships & capabilities for The Coca-Cola Company, advises restaurants to drive as much brand love and off-premises business as possible through their owned, first-party chan - nels for online ordering, while still working with third-party delivery aggregators.

Tillster’s unified restaurant commerce platform transforms how brands connect with customers across every touchpoint — from intuitive kiosks and seamless ordering to AI-menu recommendations and personalized loyalty programs. Trusted by global leaders like Burger King, Popeye’s, and Baskin Robbins, Tillster helps brands streamline operations, increase AUVs, and drive sustained growth. Find us at FSTEC: Booth #320

Apex smart food lockers help you get control of takeout and delivery orders. Customers enjoy secure pickup in less than 10 seconds, while employees save time and increase throughput during peak hours. Best of all, you gain valu- able data and insights for the last step in the digital order journey so you can optimize order fulfillment and complete the digital order chain of custody. Find out how Apex helps you redefine order pickup to make it fast, secure, and -efficient. And get the right order to the right person, every time. Find us at FSTEC: Booth #333

Checkmate empowers enterprise restaurant brands with powerful ordering solutions and hands-on support. Our scalable technology enables restaurants to drive sales across channels, including custom websites, apps, kiosks, third-party providers, voice AI, and more. With seamless integrations, smarter analytics, and 24/7 service, Checkmate helps brands conquer their digital goals. Restaurants can launch unique ordering experiences, centrally manage menus, recapture revenue, leverage customer data, and continually adapt with new integrations. Regardless of how you want to grow, Check- mate has the tools and guidance to power, manage, and evolve your digital business. Learn more at itsacheckmate.com. Find us at FSTEC: Booth #509

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How Restaurants Show Up Online: Angela Diff- ly, director of restaurant digital and technology capabilities at The Coca-Cola Company, says the key to solving the delivery challenge for restau- rants is to unify how well their menus and mes- saging appear across first-party and third-party online-ordering channels to reach consumers everywhere.

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Hospitality at Scale™ | Olo (NYSE: OLO) is a leading restaurant technology provider with ordering, payment, and guest engagement solutions that help brands increase orders, streamline operations, and improve the guest experience. Over 700 restaurant brands trust Olo and its network of more than 400 integration partners to innovate on behalf of the restaurant community, accelerating technology’s positive im- pact and creating a world where every restaurant guest feels like a regular. Find us at FSTEC: Booth #221

Lunchbox is the premier restaurant technology solution for Enterprise restaurant chains to scale their digital presence. Lunchbox enables restaurant chains to build the most efficient tech - nology stack to optimize their digital growth strategy through its suite of products specializing in app and web ordering, catering, order aggregation, guest engagement, marketing, and its OPEN API platform. The company has empowered over 5,000+ restaurant lo - cations nationwide, including Firehouse Subs, BRIX Holdings, Hawaiian Bros, Pei Wei and more. To learn more, visit www.lunchbox.io.

Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, GRUBBRR is the leader in self-ordering technologies that are revolutionizing the way commerce is transacted. GRUBBRR’s award-winning ecosystem, which includes kiosks, kitchen display systems, order prog- ress boards, digital menu signage, mobile or- dering, and more, is proven to help business- es maximize revenue, decrease labor costs, and improve the consumer experience. With solutions that are adaptable and beneficial to many businesses, GRUBBRR powers enterprises and small to medium-sized companies across various verticals, including quick-service restaurants, fast-casual restau- rants, stadiums, movie theaters, casinos, micro-markets, retail, and more. Find us at FSTEC: Booth #E-209

Staying Nimble: Juan George, co-founder of 858 Partners, advises operators to coordinate key tech- nology agreements and align their contract length across online-ordering, point of sale, and loyalty marketing systems to maximize flexibility.

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