Welcome to our dedicated page for Toast news (Ticker: TOST), a resource for investors and traders seeking the latest updates and insights on Toast stock.
Toast, Inc. (NYSE: TOST) is a cloud-based, all-in-one digital technology platform built for the restaurant community and broader hospitality sector. The Toast news feed highlights company announcements that cover product innovation, financial performance, partnerships, and community initiatives relevant to restaurant and food and beverage operators.
Recent news has featured the expansion of Toast IQ, the company’s intelligence ecosystem and conversational AI assistant designed as an operator’s “right hand.” Articles describe how Toast IQ uses real-time and historical data from customer locations to surface proactive recommendations, answer complex business questions in plain language, and take actions such as updating menus or adjusting staffing-related settings directly within the Toast platform.
Toast news items also include earnings releases and financial updates, where the company reports metrics such as annualized recurring run-rate, total locations on the platform, and gross payment volume, along with commentary on its SaaS and financial technology solutions. Investors and operators can follow these updates to understand how Toast’s business and platform scale over time.
In addition, the news stream covers strategic partnerships, such as Toast’s multi-year global partnership with Uber Technologies, Inc., and collaborations with The Coca-Cola Company on AI-powered menu optimization features. Stories about programs like the Toast Changemakers initiative provide insight into the company’s community and social impact efforts. This page brings together these developments so readers can track how Toast’s technology, relationships, and restaurant-focused initiatives evolve.
Toast (NYSE: TOST) reported Q1 2026 results: ARR +26% to $2.2B, Total Locations ~171,000 (+22% YoY), GPV $51.3B (+22% YoY). Q1 net income was $126M and Adjusted EBITDA was $179M. Year-to-date share repurchases: 14M shares for $378M.
Q2 and full-year 2026 non-GAAP gross profit and Adjusted EBITDA outlooks were raised; company launched Toast IQ Grow, Drive-Thru solution, and expanded partnerships.
Toast (NYSE: TOST) announced a strategic commercial partnership with The Alinea Group to adopt Toast as the preferred technology platform across Alinea, Next, The Aviary, and The Office.
The agreement covers existing locations and planned eligible new locations and residencies, aiming to standardize Toast technology across the group's portfolio.
Toast (NYSE: TOST) will present at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference in Boston on May 19, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. A live webcast of the presentation will be available on Toast's Investor Relations website for real-time viewing.
Toast (NYSE: TOST) launched Toast IQ Grow, a bundled marketing service combining an AI Marketing Agent, a dedicated Marketing Success Manager, and core Toast growth tools for $499/month. Features include Resy-integrated Toast Local with >20,000 bookable restaurants, pilot results showing top-quartile +40% first-month sales, and multiple AI tools in beta.
The package aims to automate campaigns across email, SMS, social and paid channels, while adding platform-wide updates across payroll, inventory, finance, and drive-thru solutions.
Toast (NYSE: TOST) joined Preferred Hotels & Resorts Alliance Partner Program on May 4, 2026, becoming a recommended provider of point-of-sale (POS) technology—software, hardware, and payments—for member properties in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada. Toast will support multi-concept hotel F&B and retail operations and supply Toast Go 3 handhelds with LTE.
Preferred Hotels & Resorts represents more than 625 hotels, resorts, residences, and groups across 80+ countries and offers sales, marketing, revenue management, reservations connectivity, and partner solutions to members.
Toast (NYSE:TOST) launched the Toast Go® 3 handheld POS in the UK, Ireland, Canada, and Australia on April 28, 2026. Purpose-built for busy hospitality settings, the device offers durability (drops to 1.5 m, IP65), a 6.52-inch screen, >24-hour battery, and Wi‑Fi plus cellular switching for resilient connectivity.
The launch includes cellular and Wi‑Fi models, availability to new customers and as an upgrade for existing Toast users across the four markets.
Toast (NYSE: TOST) will release financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 after U.S. market close on Thursday, May 7, 2026. A conference call to discuss results is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. ET that day. The press release, webcast link, and replay will be available on Toast's investor relations website at https://investors.toasttab.com.
Toast (NYSE: TOST) announced a partnership with Alicart Group to deploy the Toast platform across high-volume restaurants including Carmine’s, Virgil’s Real BBQ, and Mermaid Oyster Bar.
Alicart’s flagship Carmine’s reports serving 3,000 guests daily and uses 20+ Toast terminals and Toast IQ to optimize operations; Alicart president joins Toast’s Customer Advisory Board.
Toast (NYSE: TOST) launched the Built For Busy brand campaign on April 16, 2026, spotlighting busy restaurateurs and local shops with an omnichannel push and an out-of-home activation called Windows to Success.
The effort highlights Toast IQ, work with 164,000+ customers, and redirects marketing spend into partner businesses across New York City.
Toast (NYSE: TOST) launched Toast Drive-Thru on April 14, 2026, a unified enterprise solution combining POS-native software, Delphi hardware, AI voice-ordering integrations and end-to-end services to modernize high-volume quick-service restaurant drive-thru operations.
The platform includes a new POS drive-thru mode, Advanced Order Confirmation Screen, integrations with Incept AI and additional AI partners in 2026, 55" high-brightness screens, and rolling availability beginning with brands with 15+ locations.