by Bernadette Heier | Jan 31, 2023 | Automation, News Briefs
George Mason University, the first U.S. college campus to offer autonomous food delivery, and Starship Technologies are celebrating four years of service and over 330,000 orders placed. The company launched the service in 2019 with a fleet of 25 robots, which has...
by Bernadette Heier | Jan 26, 2023 | News
Fast-casual chain Huey Magoo’s announced its integration with restaurant tech company Qu for its POS systems, ordering, delivery, and kitchen platform needs. Huey Magoo’s dubs itself “The Filet Mignon of Chicken” offering its signature hand-breaded or “sauced”...
by Bernadette Heier | Jan 25, 2023 | Finance, News
The U.S. online grocery market finished December with $9.1 billion in sales, up 2.4 percent from a year ago and only 2 percent lower than the record high of $9.3 billion seen last Q1 of 2021, according to the monthly survey from Brick Meets Click and Mercatus. Driving...
by Bernadette Heier | Jan 24, 2023 | Finance, News
As economic headwinds persist, consumers across generations are adjusting their restaurant purchasing behaviors amid rising prices. A December study by PYMTS surveyed over 2,300 consumers who regularly purchase food from restaurants. It found that 88 percent of...
by Bernadette Heier | Jan 19, 2023 | News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
Food delivery growth in Southeast Asia appears to be normalizing to pre-pandemic levels, after two years of supercharged growth from the pandemic. Online food delivery spending rose 5 percent to $16.3 billion in 2022, according to a report by venture builder Momentum...