Scooter’s Launches 3PD, Revamps Digital Ordering Channels
The Nebraska-based coffee chain rolled out 3PD services and migrated its app’s ordering infrastructure to Olo on tight timelines.
Inside Shipt’s AI Push
The grocery- and retail-focused 3PD platform introduced an AI shopping assistant and data-driven bundles to streamline the ordering experience.
Uber’s $2.3B ezCater Deal Continues Delivery Platforms’ Catering Push
Uber agrees to buy third-party catering platform ezCater amid broad corporate catering momentum.
The California-based chain implemented workforce management platform Harri across more than 2,100 restaurants in five months following recent labor cost increases.
On October 20, Olo will launch its own consumer app with a “second-party” approach. Is the model new? Versions of it have been running for several years in Asia, Europe and Australasia, and among independent restaurants in the U.S.
McDonald’s Plans to Spend $8.5B to Accelerate Franchisee Restaurant Modernization.
McDonald’s is pledging to spend $8.5 billion through 2036 to help its franchisees accelerate restaurant modernization, technology deployment and operational improvements.
Want to Push Drink Delivery? Unless You’re Prepared for Headaches, Don’t.
Strip away the headlines and the structural problem is simple math. A delivery order carries a very high fixed cost and a single drink is the worst possible thing to spread that cost across.
DoorDash Unveils Delivery Drone, Unpacks Dot Robot Expansion at Dash Forward
Expanding autonomous delivery services emerged as a leading theme at DoorDash’s 2026 Dash Forward event this week.
Input Pressures, Shifting Demand Shape Catering Industry
Research shows that catering revenue is growing, but persistent food costs and uneven demand complicate the industry’s recovery.
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