ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jamba Juice, a leading restaurant retailer of better-for-you food and beverages, and Fishbowl, the leading provider of a guest centric marketing analytics platform to the restaurant industry, unveiled their mobile wallet collaboration to demonstrate how the guest experience will change in a totally mobile commerce environment. The two companies worked with Google to integrate Fishbowl's Promotions Manager software into Android Pay.
With Android Pay, consumers using Smartphones embedded with Near Field Communications (NFC) will have the opportunity to do more than pay for their purchases. In restaurants that have the same NFC technology in their POS, they will be able to store and redeem promotions, maintain loyalty credentials, keep track of gift cards, and much more. It's the integration with Promotions Manager that makes it possible for guests to save and use their promotions, while merchants will be able to process redemptions in real time, preventing fraudulent usage and simultaneously delivering a much better guest experience.
"We know that mobility is going to revolutionize the consumer payment experience in the restaurant industry. Fishbowl is responding to this imperative by developing the technology to streamline the promotion and redemption process. We are pleased to work with industry innovators like Jamba Juice to develop leading edge guest solutions. With the work we have just completed, we are now able to deliver unique Promotions Manager codes end-to-end in the Android Pay ecosystem," said Dev Ganesan, President and CEO of Fishbowl.
"We are constantly looking to innovate to better serve our guests who are on the go, but want to stop in for healthy refreshments during their busy days. We were excited to work with Google and Fishbowl to demonstrate what the guest experience of the future is going to look like," said Julie S. Washington, Chief Brand Officer of Jamba Juice. "Our goal is to optimize the guest experience in the mobile world, just as we have optimized the product choice for our guests."
About Jamba
Founded in 1990, Jamba, Inc. is a leading restaurant retailer of better-for-you, specialty beverage and food offerings, which include great tasting, whole fruit smoothies, fresh squeezed juices and juice blends, hot teas, and a variety of food items including hot oatmeal, breakfast wraps, sandwiches, Artisan Flatbreads™, baked goods, and snacks. As of December 31, 2014, there were 862 Jamba Juice store locations globally. Jamba is a proud sponsor of "Team Up for a Healthy America" in the fight against childhood obesity and encourages fans to join the Team Up community of celebrities, athletes, and other leaders committed to getting kids active and involved at www.myhealthpledge.com. Fans of Jamba Juice can find out more about Jamba Juice's locations as well as specific offerings and promotions by visiting the Jamba Juice website at www.JambaJuice.com or by contacting Jamba's Guest Services team at 1-866-4R-FRUIT (473-7848).
About Fishbowl
Fishbowl helps restaurants leverage data to drive predictable sales growth. Our guest centric, closed loop marketing platform ingests data from myriad sources, including marketing campaign responses (email, SMS, DM, social), restaurant transactions (checks, redemptions), reservations, guest relations, online ordering, catering, and many others. We give our clients a 360 degree view of their guests. Through the integration of Guest Analytics with our engagement and acquisition solutions, we enable our clients to activate their guests to drive optimized marketing programs and predictable revenues. Fishbowl is venture backed and based in Alexandria, VA. Learn more about the company at www.fishbowl.com or contact Fishbowl at 1-800-836-2818.