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Felicia White has held various training leadership roles over the past 15 years. Now, she’s kicked off her tenure as Director of Franchise Training at Scooter’s Coffee by going “back to basics,” enrolling in the brand’s in-store training program.

During the fiscal Q3 earnings call with analysts, Chief Strategy Officer Frank Britt revealed the "five major strategic shifts to pivot the U.S. business in a new direction.”

Drive-thru and mobile order & pay now drives 70% of Starbucks’ U.S. store volume. The coffee retailer is aligning its investments to meet changing consumer & employee demands.

Inspire Brands’ Lisa Acero received the Top Women in Restaurant Technology Award and was recently promoted to Director of IT Deployment Services.

Michael Chachula has 25+ years of senior management experience in technology and will be focused on delivering scalable, sustainable and efficient technology platforms.

Under the alliance with Visa, issuing banks will be invited to join the platform and give their customers the ability to link their facial biometrics to their debit or credit cards to make payments; and acquiring banks will be offered the opportunity to distribute PopID’s proprietary face pay terminals to brick-and-mortar businesses. 

The first of three Tim Hortons quick service restaurant locations in Canada have added TurnOnGreen's Level 3 electric vehicle chargers.

President and CEO Kevin Johnson intends to retire after 13 years with the coffee company. Howard Schultz will step in as Starbucks' Interim CEO.