SmartSense and Jolt to Participate in Dairy Queen’s DQ Connect 2026 Franchise Event

Boston, January 7, 2026 — SmartSense by Digi®, part of Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII, www.digi.com), a leading global provider of Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity solutions, today announced that SmartSense and Jolt, a SmartSense solution for restaurant operations management, are exhibiting at the Dairy Queen Connect 2026 Conference, taking place January 7–9, 2026 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida. SmartSense and Jolt currently provide food safety, asset monitoring, and operational improvement solutions to more than 1,000 Dairy Queen locations across the United States.

Continuing their long-standing commitment to the Dairy Queen brand, SmartSense and Jolt will give franchise owners a firsthand look at the power of their combined IoT solutions during onsite demos at the event. SmartSense and Jolt will highlight highly reliable, enterprise-grade connectivity designed to work across virtually any store environment and show how it supports real operational needs. With access to solution experts, Dairy Queen operators will also be able to learn from the experiences and best practices of other franchisees, gaining practical insights they can apply to their own operations.

“Dairy Queen’s success is built one restaurant at a time,” said Guy Yehiav, President of SmartSense by Digi. “Creating a consistent, fast and high-quality experience for customers at every location, while improving efficiency, is critical, which is why the brand takes a thoughtful approach to the technology used in each location. Because Dairy Queen applies such a high bar to the solutions it uses, the adoption of SmartSense and Jolt across more than 1,000 locations is particularly significant. It reflects the value, reliability, ease of use, and consistency our joint solutions bring to large, diverse franchise operations.”

The companies’ participation in this major franchisee event follows Digi’s acquisition of Jolt, a strategic move that brings together Jolt and SmartSense’s complementary platforms to reshape the future of compliance and restaurant operations. Together, SmartSense and Jolt’s solutions help Dairy Queen franchise owners maintain rigorous food safety and compliance standards while driving consistent execution across daily restaurant operations. By combining real-time IoT monitoring, digital task management, operational workflows, and label printing management, the solutions provide franchisees with greater visibility into temperature control, food handling, and day-to-day performance, enabling teams to identify issues faster, reduce risk, and operate high-performing businesses at scale.

“SmartSense and Jolt are united by a shared commitment to building technology that makes restaurant operations simpler and safer,” Yehiav added. “By raising the standard for food safety and accountability, we’re not only helping Dairy Queen franchise owners run better businesses, but we’re also contributing to a safer food system that protects people and communities every day.”

SmartSense and Jolt solutions are trusted by thousands of QSR businesses across the U.S., including Sweetgreen, Honeygrow, Jersey Mike’s, Buffalo Wild Wings, Zaxby’s, and more.

Dairy Queen franchise owners are encouraged to stop by the SmartSense and Jolt booth 601 at Dairy Queen Connect 2026 to see the solutions in action and discuss new ways their business can improve food safety and operational performance. Franchise owners from other quick-serve restaurant brands can sign up for a virtual demo here.

About SmartSense by Digi
SmartSense by Digi®, a business unit of Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII), is a leading global provider of Internet of Things (IoT) Sensing as a Service solutions that deliver dynamic and personalized asset tracking, monitoring, process digitization, and digital decisioning across key verticals. The company enables organizations to leverage the power of IoT automation, prescriptive workflows, and insightful analytics to ensure compliance, workforce productivity, brand loyalty, loss prevention, and reduction of waste and energy consumption. Combining new and innovative data-driven approaches with world-class IoT tools, SmartSense partners with enterprises to elevate their business outcomes and asset protection to new heights. For more information, visit www.smartsense.co/.

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