Moving beyond a tablet, Pizza Hut unveiled a new, yet-to-be-implemented touchscreen tabletop. Guests can order, customize and pay for their pizza while seated. It’s also loaded with games to play while waiting or eating.
Items with high sugar content will need to be flagged, but only if they're exactly what's available in packaged retail form. The targets are beverages.
The Bottom Line: A combination of rising costs and weakening sales, and more expensive debt, has caused real problems for restaurant chains. But the industry is also really difficult.
The sandwich giant closed more than 400 U.S. restaurants last year, continuing a long string of net closures. It also generated a lot more revenue from suppliers in 2023.