#CheersUp, PARk it and the Shape of Pasta

This edition of MRM News Bites features OpenTable,  QSR Automations, Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation, PAR Technology, Tropical Smoothie Café, Bindi, The Shape of Pasta, Crook & Marker, Performance Food Group and Aptar Food + Beverage.Social Distance ShoppingOpenTable is launching a new technology solution, free of charge, to help businesses better control crowding in their stores while helping shoppers avoid long wait times. OpenTable will expand its reservation technology to allow grocery stores, permitted major retailers, restaurants, pop-up shops and to go concepts to display available shopping times that customers can book in advance or join a waitlist at the door. Not only does this help control crowds in a simple and contactless way, it also provides a safer option for shoppers, especially those at high risk, to get their groceries without waiting in a crowded line.

Restaurants with pop-up markets, including Belcampo in both Oakland and Santa Monica, Gwen Butcher…