QR codes, which allow for touchless transactions, may have emerged as a permanent replacement for physical menus, according to restaurant industry experts. Bitly, a link management service, said that ...

As consumers head out to restaurants, spending in record numbers, QR codes, which allow for easy menu updates and touchless transactions, may have emerged as a permanent replacement for physical menus ...

Perhaps no symbol is as emblematic of dining out in the modern era as the QR code. It graces our tables at restaurants, beckoning us to pull out our phones and scan. QR is short for "quick response," ...

Their fifteen minutes of pandemic fame are up. Remember 2020, when we were thrilled to be dining outdoors after a three-month lockdown? Capturing a QR code and seeing a restaurant menu pop up on your ...

It’s hard to believe that something nefarious can lie within a QR code, but it can. QR codes have become a convenience of modern life. Just scan the black and white mosaic with your phone’s camera and ...

A dining innovation that once looked like the future has worn out its welcome with many restaurateurs, customers and servers who say it takes the joy out of dining. By Amelia Nierenberg Heavenly ...

QR codes are having a moment. Chances are, anyone visiting a restaurant during the height of the pandemic was either introduced or reintroduced to scanning those black squares first made popular in ...

Pandemic pressures continue to rise as the new Omicron variant spreads and restaurants must find a way to survive—once again. 55% of diners choose contactless payment as one of the top three factors ...

Is the QR code a relic of pandemic-era dining, or is it the future of restaurants? The answer probably depends on the type of eatery you’re in. While restaurants of all stripes embraced QR codes ...

QR codes can be used to pull up a menu in a restaurant, get more information at museums, pay for parking, etc. Those black and white QR codes are everywhere. And even though QR codes were invented in ...

Quick response codes, those boxy information-packed cousins to bar codes, are being used by Mesob Ethiopian Restaurant in Montclair, N.J., to engage mobile-technology-savvy guests and spur buzz.

Kristen Hawley writes about the restaurant business from San Francisco. She's the founder of Expedite, a weekly restaurant technology newsletter highlighting news and big ideas about the future of the ...