The Industry Group Participation Guidelines

By | June 21, 2025
The Industry Group

Last Updated on May 18, 2026 by Craig Allen Keefner

Why Participate?

Demographics for Newsletters/LInkedIn

  • Here is 2026 review of newsletters/etc — Demographics for Industry Group
  • QSR Restaurant segment is 4100
    • Most Common Companies — Top represented organizations:

      Company Contacts
      Wingstop 42
      The Coca-Cola Company 18
      Sodexo 11
      Compass Group 10
      Chicken Salad Chick 10
      Aramark 10
      Coca-Cola 8
      Red Robin 8
      Dine Brands 7
      Black Bear Diner 7
      NRAEF 7
      Texas Roadhouse 6
      Taco Bell 6
      Al Copeland Investments 6
      Red Lobster 6

       

  • Our LinkedIn footprint is heavily centered around:

    • self-service
    • kiosks
    • restaurant tech
    • accessibility
    • digital signage
    • airline/CUSS
    • embedded computing
    • edge AI
    • POS convergence
    • enterprise vendor ecosystems
    • 4600 connections
    • This is a very large niche B2B industry network. The network strongly skews toward:
      • restaurant/QSR tech
      • kiosk vendors
      • airline/self-service
      • enterprise IT
      • digital signage
      • embedded systems
      • AI/self-checkout
      • accessibility/compliance
      • payment systems

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Author: Craig Allen Keefner

With over 40 years in the industry, Craig is considered to be one of the top experts in the field. Kiosk projects include Verizon Bill Pay kiosk and thousands of others. Craig was co-founder of kioskmarketplace and formed the KMA. Note the point of view here is not necessarily the stance of the Kiosk Association or kma.global -- Currently he manages The Industry Group