Smart lockers are becoming a key part of the modern campus dining experience, and Ashley McNamara, vice president of global marketing at Apex, says the shift to fully digital dining halls is driven by student expectations for speed, convenience, and...
Food waste is a massive financial challenge for the commercial foodservice industry. In 2023, the U.S. sector generated nearly $10 billion worth of unsold or uneaten food, according to Transact + CBORD. Kitchens discarded between 7% and 15% of their...
No one knows more about what we American’s have delivered to eat than Grubhub, and each year they share the details in a fun, digestible report. They analyze millions of orders to see what new items made the cut and...
In this episode of CampusIDNews Chats, Dave McQuillin, co-founder and VP of Sales and Marketing for Atrium Campus, shares how new technologies are reshaping campus dining and retail operations. Meeting student expectations and staffing challenges McQuillin says colleges are turning...
VandyCart is Vanderbilt Campus Dining’s new mobile grocery ordering program designed to give students a fast, convenient way to buy groceries on campus. Using the Transact Mobile Ordering app and Vanderbilt’s single sign-on, students can choose from more than 150...
Genius, a unified Point-of-Sale solution from Global Payments, is now available for colleges and universities through TouchNet, A Global Payments company. Genius helps drive commerce and simplify back-end processes for higher education by integrating with existing campus systems, centralizing payment...
Foodservice directors are quietly transforming a major cost center into a strategic advantage. The line item? Takeout containers and food packaging. Across North America, campuses spend tens of thousands of dollars on disposable packaging for dining programs. Rising costs, zero-waste...
OrderAhead is a dining and mobile ordering application developed by TouchNet for use at colleges and universities. The system is designed to enable campus administrators to manage dining hall capacity, regulate order flow, and accept payments from both campus card...
After upending the transportation industry with Uber, founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick has his sights set on food. He wants to revolutionize how food is made and delivered by automating the entire process, not just one component. From robotic...
Reusable container tracking software is elevating sustainability efforts in residential dining at Washington State University (WSU). Topanga’s reusable container solution, ReusePass, is simple and effective: check out, enjoy, and return. In August of 2023, WSU introduced ReusePass at their mid-sized...
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Great inverview on the Public Key Open Credential (PKOC) standard with ELATEC's Jason Ouellette, Chairman of the Board for the @PSIAlliance.
Attn: friends in the biometrics space. Nominations close Friday for the annual Women in Biometrics Awards. Take five minutes to recognize a colleague or even yourself. http://WomenInBiometrics.com
