Experts Debate ‘Future Battlegrounds’ Between Operators and Third Parties
Restaurant operators aren’t necessarily big fans of third-party delivery providers—those fees! that data-hoarding!—and a provocatively named panel dug into the topic at the Food On Demand Conference. “Future Battlegrounds of Data, Delivery and...
Panelists Discuss State of Industry at Food On Demand Conference Opener
Editor Tom Kaiser posed the million-dollar question to panelists to open the Food On Demand Conference today: “We are not in an official recession but inflation is clearly having a huge impact on restaurants, and bringing the cost of delivery to unbelievable...
Presto Goes Public in SPAC Deal with Vow to Automate More Restaurants
Presto Automation has merged with shell company Ventoux to go public in one of the few successful SPAC deals in recent months, raising about $120 million from the public as well as a strategic investment from Cleveland Avenue and others and an infusion from...
Building the Right Tech Stack—FODC Panelists Share Advice
Integration is the name of the game for point of sale or POS systems, as one restaurant client of Toast described via video at the Food On Demand Conference. “So prior to Toast we trialed another POS system for a year, but they didn’t have the same...
Outstanding Operators
Food On Demand Outstanding Operators features restaurant brands with innovative operations that are taking creative paths to success with delivery and all things off-premises.