by Adam Wahlberg | Jan 2, 2025 | News, Third-Party Delivery
When Robert Linder, CFO of Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar, a casual-dining chain that operates 52 restaurants in eight states, was asked about his brand’s off-premises performance for 2024 at the recent Restaurant Finance & Development Conference, he expressed...
by Adam Wahlberg | Jan 2, 2025 | News Briefs, Third-Party Delivery
Everyone has heard the joke about a food tasting like chicken. But according to Grubhub’s annual 2024 Delivered Trend Report, the joke is on us as nearly 40 percent of its restaurant orders this year did taste like chicken, because they were chicken. Poultry dishes...
by Adam Wahlberg | Dec 18, 2024 | Meal Kits, News Briefs
CookUnity, the chef-made meal delivery platform, has acquired Cookin, the operating system and platform for chefs to organize, market and scale their food businesses. The acquisition aims to give chefs access to higher earnings. Since its founding, CookUnity has seen...
by Adam Wahlberg | Dec 17, 2024 | News, Third-Party Delivery
You know the feeling you get when you watch Rudy? That’s what Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux wants you to feel about its food and atmosphere. It’s a brand built on the spirit of the walk-on athlete, like Rudy Ruettiger was at Notre Dame, and like Walk-On’s founders...
by Adam Wahlberg | Dec 16, 2024 | Automation, News, Research
If you’ve ever seen a Starship delivery robot on a college campus, you might think, well, that’s adorable. You might even want to pat it. Lots of students do. But a new survey from Starship reveals that consumer sentiment toward their meal-delivery robots go beyond...