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Radar Provides Location Services To Power Panera Breadstuff's Next Generation Baker Cafe

Radar's leading geofencing platform helps Panera double down on digital ordering and bulldoze thru features to redefine the fast-casual dining feel

Dec xv, 2021 09:00 ET | Source: Radar Radar

BROOKLYN, N.Y., Dec. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radar, the leading geofencing platform, today announced that they volition support Panera Bread, an innovator in the fast-casual eating place segment, to accelerate the digital transformation of Panera's adjacent-generation cafe blueprint. Radar offers a flexible and extensible platform that can be adopted within weeks to power location services for every aspect of Panera's omnichannel business.

According to PYMTS' recent Lodge To Consume Report, nearly 60% of all digital restaurant orders were placed via mobile apps, with digital revenue accounting for 50% of restaurant sales in the manufacture today, over the last xviii months. The pandemic fueled the rise of digital ordering and bulldoze-thru options at restaurants, while simultaneously creating a carve up between digital and physical experiences. Panera is leading the charge to create more connected and seamless fast casual experiences that bridge this divide across its mobile app, kiosks and drive-thru. Panera announced its plans to create a new model for fast casual dining in May 2021 and officially opened its first location last month.

Radar is playing a key role in bringing this vision to life. The company'due south geofencing platform enables Panera to offer enhanced and customized digital capabilities, including contactless dine-in and delivery and automatic MyPanera loyalty membership identification—both in-buffet and through a defended bulldoze-thru lane. Radar too powers more personalized channels for Panera's Delivery, Drive-Thru and Rapid Selection Upwards® options to run into the growing need for off-premise services. Radar's like shooting fish in a barrel implementation process enables developers and businesses to move speedily to meet evolving consumer needs, such equally order-alee and curbside choice-upwards.

"Meeting customers wherever they are has ever been a superlative priority for the team at Panera, and our tech-enabled next generation bakery-buffet satisfied new preferences as we look towards a mail-pandemic futurity," said George Hanson, Chief Digital Officer at Panera Bread. "Radar'southward hands adoptable platform has allowed us to get these features upward and running rapidly and then that we don't miss a beat. We're thrilled to work with a trusted partner that shares the aforementioned guest-starting time values that are core to our philosophy."

"Location services have always played a critical function in creating best-in-class customer experiences, and the pandemic heightened this function tenfold," said Coby Berman, Co-founder and Principal Operating Officer at Radar. "Many quick service restaurants accept talked about adapting to a new era of fast casual, but not many brands have been able to evangelize on this. Panera is making its next generation cafe a reality, and we wait forward to continuing to iterate with their team to run into the modern invitee'due south needs and preferences."

Panera joins a rapidly-growing roster of Radar customers, including Fortune 500 companies and loftier-growth startups like T-Mobile and Ibotta, beyond multiple verticals including retail and ecommerce, food and dining, and payments and rewards. To learn more about the variety of benefits that Radar offers brands, please visit www.radar.com.

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Radar is the leading geofencing platform powering next-generation location-based digital experiences for enterprises and loftier-growth startups. With powerful SDKs, APIs, dashboards and integrations, Radar's developer-friendly, privacy-starting time full-stack platform offers the building blocks for every product and service.

At a time when customer service has never been more than important, the company helps brands deliver cutting-border, location-aware experiences that bridge the digital and concrete divide in today'southward world. Radar is backed by leading venture capital firms including Accel, Two Sigma Ventures, Heavybit, Prime Set and Bedrock Uppercase. Founded in 2016, Radar is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY. For more than information, visit radar.com or follow us on Twitter @radarlabs.

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