Up until COVID-19, the QR code, that square offspring of the Universal Product Code, was a mostly marginal technology as far as the consumer marketplace was concerned. During the pandemic, however, ...
To San Francisco chef and restaurateur Thomas McNaughton, QR codes are an efficient way to serve a crowd. Sure, the codes—and restaurants that use them—have endured much loathing. And, yes, people ...
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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 ...
Restaurant patrons have had their fill of menu QR codes. Once a new-age innovation to easily and quickly access menus on your smartphone, the existence of the humble barcode plastered to the table is ...
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Two employees at the D.C. restaurant Busboys and Poets train on a QR code menu system near the start of the pandemic in May 2020. (Amanda Voisard for The Washington Post) I’m not exactly what you ...
Of all the pandemic-inspired business adoptions, perhaps none is as reviled as the QR-code menus. And yet, it persists. Early in the pandemic, restaurants ditched physical menus and instead revived a ...
The QR code menu is being kicked to the curb in many restaurants throughout the U.S., leaving it in the past where it belongs. Reading time 2 minutes The QR code menu which restaurateurs began using ...