Sponsors 2022

7shifts is an employee scheduling and workforce management platform designed specifically for restaurants and QSRs. We help managers, operators, and chains automate staff scheduling and team communication to standardize & streamline operations, dramatically reduce labor costs and provide the actionable business insights that helps hospitality professionals thrive.

Partnering with America's best-in-class restaurant employers, including Boston Market, Taco Bell and many others, DailyPay is the recognized gold standard leader in on-demand pay named Time Magazine’s 100 Best Inventions of 2021. Restaurants across US are offering DailyPay to improve retention and speed up hiring making it a must-have retention tool.

Of all things a company can supply none is more important than trust. This is evident at the Middleby Corporation by our strong relationship with customers, suppliers, shareholders, and employees. Trust is why we’re the world leader in commercial cooking equipment. We perpetually “disrupt” our industry with advanced cooking innovations that bring speed, energy saving and green benefits to commercial kitchens.

PAR Punchh is a restaurant loyalty platform designed to give operators streamlined control over incentives, marketing, and promotions that respond in real time and scale up to any situation, keeping guests engaged and coming back to visit. PAR Punchh is part of PAR Technology’s end-to-end restaurant management solutions.

Uberall helps the world’s most innovative brick and mortar businesses stay relevant, competitive, and profitable, by using digital technology to win clicks online, and feet offline. Uberall CoreX, our local customer experience platform, powers the entire customer journey from online discovery, to store visit, to recommendation and repeat purchase.

Atmosphere is the world's leading streaming TV service for businesses, offering original, audio-optional TV channels. There is a channel for every business and mood. Atmosphere's TV channels fill the void for businesses in a world dominated by linear cable TV suited for at-home viewing. No cable carrier has addressed the need for TV programming that doesn't require audio or the love of sports to be enjoyed.

Botrista provides beverage solutions to foodservice operators by leveraging easy-to-use equipment (the DrinkBot) alongside a line of pre-packaged ingredients (BiBs) to deliver craft beverages: infused teas & lattes, flavored lemonades, iced coffees and more! We automate the portioning, dispensing and mixing process to deliver a fresh and consistently blended product in under 20 seconds.

Envysion, a Motorola Solutions Company, is a managed video software solution integrating recorded video and audio with in-store data such as point-of-sale, business intelligence, inspection software, and alarm verification systems. Operators use the software solution to reduce loss, mitigate risk, transform operating culture, reduce employee turnover, and secure brand promise with actionable information to drive better management decisions.

For over 30 years, FSSolutions has been an industry leader in employer-based screening services, including in-depth background screening, drug and alcohol testing, and occupational health services through a single sign-on platform. Our US-based, award-winning Client Service and Onboarding team will create a fast time to hire process reducing candidate dropout rates and an improved candidate experience.

Hyperlocology helps franchise brands with custom advertising per location. With dashboards to measure results and business insights for each location, brands create transparency and accountability for franchisees. Brands also empower franchisees to invest in custom advertising across the top channels, in a few clicks. Advertising is brand directed, locally perfected.

Leasecake is the operating system for location management. As the sole source of truth for all lease and location information, Leasecake helps business owners stay on top of time-sensitive, mission-critical events. With remote access and team sharing, multi-location operators save time, minimize risk, and better manage their growth.

Lunchbox is a collection of enterprise solutions that redefine the digital restaurant experience. You know, like building out the whole package for restaurants. They’re the OG third-party delivery platform hate-club, putting money and data back into their clients pockets. A seriously savvy team of tech and food enthusiasts, Lunchbox helps build out performance tools to drive guests to restaurants—and only restaurants. Lunchbox is for restaurateurs by restaurateurs.

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.

Personica, formerly Fishbowl, introduced email marketing to the restaurant industry over 20 years ago. We help restaurants succeed by engaging their guests outside of the four walls via our industry-leading omni-channel messaging platform. Increasing engagement via personalized messaging leads to greater visit frequency and customer lifetime value. Personica also offers Pricing Analytics and Menu Optimization services that help optimize flow-through to your bottom line. Talk to us today!

PourMyBeer’s self-pour technology enables efficient access to beverages by allowing consumers to pour drinks and pay by the ounce. PourMyBeer, the world leader of self-pour, serves customers such as Whole Foods, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Hilton! PourMyBeer has 10,000+ taps in service at bars, restaurants, hotels, and casinos worldwide.

SOCi is the marketing platform for multi-location brands. We empower businesses like Nekter Juice Bar, Bar Louie, and Cinnaholic to scale marketing efforts across all digital channels in a way that’s brand directed, locally perfected, and data connected.

SynergySuite helps multi-unit restaurants simplify operations and increase profitability with an easy-to-use restaurant management platform. Save 3-5% on food and labor with all the tools you need to run the back office in one place. Global brands trust our mobile-first software with inventory, purchasing, reporting, operations, food safety, labor and scheduling, cash management, and human resources.

Valyant AI provides QSRs with an upbeat and professional voice-based artificial intelligence (AI) customer service platform that is always ready to assist. One of the world’s first commercial deployments of enterprise AI, Valyant AI can easily be integrated in call-ahead phone systems, restaurant drive-thrus, mobile apps and more to support customers at every touchpoint, anytime and anywhere.

Voxie is the leading text marketing platform for restaurants. Brands like Edible Arrangements, Scooters Coffee, Tazikis and many more are able to use Voxie’s AI Conversational Texting to engage their customers at scale and drive over 15X ROI monthly by building better, more personalized relationships with every person. Drive massive growth by automating your customer outreach via conversational texting with Voxie today!

A ‘miracle solution’ to the labor shortage, ConverseNow’s voice AI technology lets restaurants automate drive-thru and phone orders. Working with multinational QSR brands, ConverseNow’s best-in-class platform processes limitless conversations with remarkable accuracy to enhance guest experience, support team members and boost same-store sales up to 20%.

Schoox transforms learning into business growth. Our SaaS learning platform and course marketplace help companies accelerate business results by unlocking employee potential through learning. Schoox powers learning experiences for numerous restaurants, including Subway, Five Guys, Newk’s Eatery, Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas and Logan’s Roadhouse. Learn more at https://www.schoox.com/customers.

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.

86 Repairs manages the repair and maintenance process for more than one thousand restaurant operators nationwide, from full service and fine dining to fast casual and quick service franchises. Some notable customers include Boka Restaurant Group, Castellucci Hospitality Group, 4 Rivers Smokehouse, Peas and Carrots Hospitality, and quick-service brands like McDonald’s, Jimmy John’s, Sonic Drive-Ins, Taco Bell, and many others.

Fran Metrics is an affordable franchise management system focusing on until-level economics. We collect, consolidate and benchmark the most critical data for each unit to provide actionable insights for franchisees and content for you ITEM 19!

Olo is a leading on-demand commerce platform powering the restaurant industry’s digital transformation. Millions of orders per day run on Olo’s enterprise SaaS engine, enabling brands to maximize the convergence of digital and brick-and-mortar operations. The Olo platform provides the infrastructure to capture demand and manage consumer orders from every channel.

Paerpay enables merchants nationwide to accept contactless payments without altering their payments architecture. No new hardware, changing processors, or downloading apps are required. With Paerpay, guest payments are fast, simple, and contactless. From fully integrated QR Code, text message-based payments, and app-less mobile ordering, Paerpay is helping operators accelerate drive-thru times, increase table turns, and enhance staff efficiency.

Skellam AI helps in revenue acceleration and improving customer engagement for restaurants and retailers with their custom solutions. Their AI engine aids businesses to offer customization and hyper-personalization for their customers across multiple channels. They have served a Fortune 500 company and 100+ SMB merchants to date.

At UKG, our purpose is people. Formed by two leaders in HR solutions, UKG combines the strength and innovation of Ultimate Software and Kronos. Our love for all things HR and workforce management is matched only by our people-centered culture. Together, we’re committed to inspiring workforces and businesses around the world, helping to pave the way forward for our people, customers, and industry.

Restaurant franchisors partner with Vya to advance what their marketing operation can do. Vya brings data intelligence together with sophisticated marketing customization, delivery, and production systems. Our marketing portal, powered by Vya data, enables adjustable menu pricing, simplified LTO distribution, access to customizable marketing materials, data visualization dashboards, and more to engage franchisees and achieve greater results.

Workstream is a rapid hiring tool that helps restaurants source, screen, and onboard candidates faster through texting and automation. With Workstream, QSR brands are successfully hiring hourly workers FAST in today’s highly competitive labor market. Keep your stores staffed and your business running with Workstream today!

Adentro turns in-store customer visit data into marketing fuel for tens of thousands of leading brick-and-mortar businesses. Adentro automatically tracks customer visits through in-store Wi-Fi and effortlessly builds rich visitor profiles. This helps businesses improve their marketing performance by up to 400% by targeting audiences and measuring results via the Walk-Through Rate, a proprietary metric that shows when someone exposed to marketing visits a location.

Blanket simplifies workflows for front line teams. From safety audits to operational procedures, Blanket helps automate and execute everyday work for multi-unit operations by converting compliance into engagement.

Clark National Accounts is a division of WebstaurantStore.com, dedicated to modern multi-unit foodservice customers. They offer a full-service business model that encompasses anything from design services to custom warehousing and features QuickSupply, a customized marketplace designed and built exclusively to meet the needs and challenges faced by multi-unit foodservice operators.

Dot It is a single-source brand partner specializing in food safety products and print solutions. Dot It offers comprehensive fulfillment solutions—sourcing, printing, kitting, order processing, warehousing and distribution—for growing brands looking to streamline their supply chain and maintain brand consistency. Dot It’s product solutions include labels, smallwares, safety & sanitation supplies, first aid, packaging, food safety training, and print fulfillment.

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.

LeagueSide is the nation's leading community sports marketing platform, making local sports sponsorships scalable, turnkey, and measurable. Getting your local stores involved in the community just got easier.

Pepper provides branded Online Ordering, Pay at table, Loyalty and Gift card solutions for restaurants, bars, coffee and QSR. Integrated with multiple POS systems including NCR Aloha, Revel, Square, Micros. We pride ourselves on not only providing excellent technology, but on having a brilliant, supportive and dedicated team of experts.

Press’nXPress helps franchise brands and multiple location businesses continuously monitor and improve customer satisfaction and employee engagement. An all-in-one solution that collects real-time feedback with kiosks in physical locations and digitally on the website, app, SMS, or email. The insightful dashboard highlights improvement areas that enable brands and their locations to elevate customer and employee experience, increase loyalty, profit, and reduce churn.

Trusted for more than a decade by the world's top retailers, restaurants, & auto brands, Ask Locala is the recognized leader in driving consumers to stores and measuring the results. Ask Locala’s powerful & complete suite of digital marketing tools provides unmatched visibility into shoppers and competitors while delivering complete control over where and when brands can reach high-potential consumers and drive them to buy.

ComplianceMate provides the world's leading patented monitoring software system for food safety compliance and operational effectiveness. Their principal product offering has streamlined HACCP compliance checklists and cooler monitoring for thousands of foodservice and restaurant locations across multiple continents. With wireless temperature sensors, mobile technologies, and easy-to-use tools, ComplianceMate gives users total control over food safety and compliance.

CrunchTime is the best-of-breed restaurant operations platform that unlocks your profit potential-sales forecasting, perpetual inventory management, automated team scheduling & labor law compliance, talent development, seamless e-procurement for your vendor supply chain, and more. CrunchTime helps brands reduce food & beverage costs, drive labor efficiencies, reduce employee turnover, and better manage the quality and consistency of their foodservice operations to scale efficiently & save money.

As the #1 satellite TV provider, DIRECTV offers national businesses a total entertainment solution with the best in news, sports and entertainment programming!

Mad Mobile allows companies to reimagine how they connect with customers. Our technologies enable top restaurants to achieve mobility with their existing systems to increase sales and digitize the guest experience. Mad Mobile is Apple and Salesforce’s go-to-market partner.

Otter provides you with a comprehensive product and service offering focused on helping your restaurant quickly and sustainably grow its online food ordering business. Our innovative solutions eliminate the chaos of online ordering to help your restaurant succeed in delivery.

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.

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.

VROMO is a software solution company that provides customizable, automated delivery management software to restaurant brands & delivery service providers to help them operate efficiently and offer an exceptional customer experience. Our main features include auto-dispatch functionality, branded order tracking, hybrid delivery functionality, reports and analytics as well as benefits such as decreased labor costs, an increase in volume/revenue, ease of on-boarding, 24/7 support and much more.

Steritech is an industry leader providing best-in-class assessment and consulting services for over 35 years. We believe your customers should have the ideal brand experience every time, everywhere. From food safety to operational excellence, Steritech’s 350 highly-trained, calibrated Specialists will identify barriers, opportunities, and successes at every location.

Vert Digital is the best independent full-stack digital shop on the east coast. Our team of 35+ serves Fortune 1000 calibre consumer-brands like First Watch Restaurants, RaceTrac, American Honda Motor Company and Amazon. We have a 10 year pedigree in the restaurant & hospitality industry, leading the edge with paid digital media strategies and award-winning social content & innovation.

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.