Culinary & FoodserviceTuesday, October 20, 2026
Major fast-food chains including Wendy's, McDonald's, and Domino's are deploying AI voice ordering systems in hundreds of locations in 2026.
Sweetgreen sold its Spyce-derived 'Infinite Kitchen' robotic salad and bowl assembly line to Wonder for $186.4 million, with Wonder planning to install the system in its Manhattan locations in 2026.
Only about 40% of retail media networks are currently piloting agentic commerce, according to Salesforce Connected Shoppers.
Salesforce released general availability for Shopper, Buyer, and Merchant Agents that integrate natively with ChatGPT and Google Search, reporting that AI influenced 20% of global online holiday sales.
US in-store retail media spend is on track to pass $1 billion by 2028, a figure representing less than 1% of the total channel.
NewStore has introduced NewStore Payments, an embedded solution that integrates payment processing directly into its unified commerce platform to support omnichannel and endless aisle transactions.
