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Taco Bueno Selects PAR Technology to boost restaurant operations and scale growth
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Taco Bueno, a popular quick-service Tex-Mex restaurant chain based in Texas, has selected PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE: PAR) as its unified technology provider. The company will implement PAR POS and PAR Hardware products across its 140 restaurant locations to modernize operations, enhance the guest experience, and support long-term growth, according to […]
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NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Taco Bueno, a popular quick-service Tex-Mex restaurant chain based in Texas, has selected PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE: PAR) as its unified technology provider.
The company will implement PAR POS and PAR Hardware products across its 140 restaurant locations to modernize operations, enhance the guest experience, and support long-term growth, according to a recent PAR Technology announcement.
As Taco Bueno scales and streamlines operations across its expanding footprint, company management prioritized finding a technology partner that could provide both enterprise-grade capabilities and intuitive usability for in-store staff. PAR’s integrated solutions align with Taco Bueno’s existing tech stack, minimizing transition complexity, reducing total cost of ownership, and accelerating time-to-value with a flexible, easy-to-use solution built for scale, PAR contends.
Taco Bueno will deploy PAR’s POS and hardware to drive operational consistency, speed, and reliability across every guest interaction. By consolidating front-of-house technology under a single provider, Taco Bueno can accelerate deployment, simplify training, reduce downtime, and eliminate vendor friction — while also benefiting from aligned product roadmaps and faster access to innovation.
“Taco Bueno is a brand with deep roots and bold ambitions,” Savneet Singh, CEO of PAR Technology, said in the announcement. “With our solutions, Taco Bueno is getting a flexible, future-ready foundation that gives them unified control and visibility across operations. It’s built to simplify execution and scale confidently — without compromising stability.”
Founded in 1967 in Abilene, Texas, Taco Bueno is a privately held company that operates nearly 140 restaurants throughout the American South and Southwest — including Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
PAR Technology is a New Hartford–based foodservice-technology provider, including solutions for point-of-sale, digital ordering, loyalty, back-office, payments, and hardware.

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Barclay Damon launches pharmacy team
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Barclay Damon, LLP on Tuesday announced the formal launch of its national pharmacy team, a multidisciplinary group of attorneys providing legal services across the pharmacy, pharmaceutical, and health-innovation industries. The team builds on decades of advising retail, specialty, compounding, infusion, long-term care, and 340B pharmacies as well as wholesalers, manufacturers, investors, and
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Barclay Damon, LLP on Tuesday announced the formal launch of its national pharmacy team, a multidisciplinary group of attorneys providing legal services across the pharmacy, pharmaceutical, and health-innovation industries.
The team builds on decades of advising retail, specialty, compounding, infusion, long-term care, and 340B pharmacies as well as wholesalers, manufacturers, investors, and startups into a nationally focused, industry-specific practice, the Syracuse–based law firm said.
“We’ve advised pharmacy clients through every stage of growth and challenge,” Linda Clark, co-chair of the pharmacy team, said in the announcement. “This launch reflects Barclay Damon’s commitment to delivering coordinated, industry-specific counsel that helps our clients stay compliant, protect their businesses, and seize opportunities in a complex regulatory and contractual environment.”
This group of lawyers has experience in key practice areas that include regulatory compliance and PBM enrollment, audits, investigations, and terminations. The practice areas also include government investigations and enforcement defense; licensing and operational strategy; corporate transactions, investments, and rollups; data security, HIPAA compliance, and digital health; intellectual property, trademarks, and tech licensing; employment, workforce strategy, and tax planning; and real estate and pharmacy-site development.
“Our attorneys don’t just know the law, we understand how pharmacy businesses actually operate,” Brad Gallagher, pharmacy team co-chair, contended. “Whether we’re advising a startup or defending a multistate provider, our focus is always on delivering clarity, minimizing risk, and driving results.”
With about 300 attorneys, Barclay Damon is a regional law firm that operates from offices in Albany, Boston, Buffalo, New Haven, New York City, Rochester, Syracuse, Washington D.C., and Toronto.

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