Chowbus
Chowbus is a full-stack restaurant technology platform for culturally rooted restaurants, offering POS, ordering, kiosk, kitchen display, and delivery integration tools.
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Overview
Chowbus is a restaurant technology platform that describes itself as the leading full-stack technology platform for culturally rooted restaurants. Founded by two international students who saw local restaurants underserved by one-size-fits-all technology, it began as a delivery and POS solution for restaurants in Chicago's Chinatown and grew into a platform trusted by thousands of restaurants across North America. Its offerings include POS stand, handheld POS, tablet ordering, kiosk ordering, kitchen display, delivery integration, and the Chowbus Go merchant app. The company announced an $81 million Series E funding round, bringing total capital raised to $209 million.
History
Chowbus was founded by two international students who saw local restaurants being underserved by one-size-fits-all technology. What started as a delivery and POS solution for restaurants in Chicago's Chinatown has grown into a restaurant tech platform trusted by thousands of restaurants across North America, from fast-casual start-ups to full-service restaurant groups. The company announced it closed an $81 million Series E funding round, bringing total capital raised to $209 million.
Products and positioning
Full-stack technology platform for culturally rooted restaurants; a partner in growth, innovation, and cultural pride.
Chowbus POS
A platform to simplify operations, speed up service, and uncover savings for modern restaurants.
Chowbus Go Merchant App
A merchant app to control restaurant operations data anytime, anywhere, with real-time business data, online order management, and 24/7 customer support.
Controversies
2020
Chowbus discloses customer data breach
Chowbus suffered a data breach in which hundreds of thousands of customer records were stolen. The exposed information included names, email addresses and phone numbers; the article says credit card data was not accessed. Chowbus confirmed that some user data had been illegally accessed and said it was addressing the issue.
Recent events
Reported
Chowbus customer data breach reported[6]
Chowbus was reported to have suffered a data breach exposing more than 800,000 customer records and 444,000 unique email addresses. The company said it had learned of the breach on Monday and that credit card information and account passwords were not stolen.
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Reported
Chowbus discloses customer data breach[5]
Chowbus suffered a data breach in which hundreds of thousands of customer records were stolen. The exposed information included names, email addresses and phone numbers; the article says credit card data was not accessed. Chowbus confirmed that some user data had been illegally accessed and said it was addressing the issue.
Sources6 sources
- 1Chowbus POS | Built for Growth-Rooted in Culturechowbus.com
- 2About Chowbus | Restaurant POS Solutionschowbus.com
- 3Restaurant Success Stories & Case Studies|Chowbuschowbus.com
- 4Chowbus Go Merchant Appchowbus.com
- 5Chowbus discloses customer data breachsiliconangle.com
- 6Chowbus discloses customer data breachinfosecurity-magazine.com
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