Some scammers will place stickers over legitimate QR codes in public spaces, like on parking meters and posters. As a safe ...

Jenny Burthwright, owner of Jane Bond BBQ in Calgary, said her business introduced QR code menus in the fall of 2020 when they'd been "ripping through" paper menus while trying to keep COVID-safe.

While the QR-code menu has lost favor with customers, restaurant owners told the Times they were also leaning toward dropping the menus. Restaurant owners told the Times that older customers who are ...

As consumers head out to restaurants, spending in record numbers, QR codes, which allow for easy menu updates and touchless transactions, may have emerged as a permanent replacement for physical ...

Of all the pandemic-inspired business adoptions, perhaps none is as reviled as the QR-code menus. And yet, it persists. Early in the pandemic, restaurants ditched physical menus and instead ...

Capturing a QR code and seeing a restaurant menu pop up on your phone almost seemed like fun at the time. Back then, the coronavirus was falsely believed to spread by surface contact.

“A menu is a window to the soul of the restaurant, and a QR code has no soul.” It also remains a mystery to many tech-averse diners. “A lot of our customers were like, ‘What is this?

Baby boomers in particular revile the use of QR code menus, with 4 out of 5 preferring a physical one. That might be because, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, 40 percent of people ...

Two employees at the D.C. restaurant Busboys and Poets train on a QR code menu system near the start of the pandemic in May 2020. (Amanda Voisard for The Washington Post) I’m not exactly what ...

Many restaurants are switching back to using physical menus, The New York Times reported. Restaurants are making the change in part because customers hate QR-code menus. Still, some restaurants ...