by Hans Lammeman | Aug 5, 2026 | News
Editor’s Note: This article was updated Aug. 6 to include statements and updated information from Avride. It took only one month after Starship Technologies halted autonomous delivery operations at U.S. colleges and universities for robots from Texas-based...
by Hans Lammeman | Aug 5, 2026 | News
Irish drone delivery company Manna is pivoting its growth strategy midair this summer, halting operations in its home country in June and instead narrowing its focus on scaling its United States presence from its new operational base in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Manna...
by Hans Lammeman | Jul 28, 2026 | News Briefs
The 2026 FIFA World Cup proved a buffet for restaurant operators, with third-party-delivery giants using promotions and celebrity marketing to lure in orders, all-time-high traffic for restaurant middleware firm Deliverect, and app activity that ebbed and flowed in...
by Hans Lammeman | Jul 28, 2026 | News Briefs
SevenRooms, a DoorDash-owned customer relationship management platform, now pulls guest third-party delivery consumer data to boost restaurants’ on-premise traffic. The practice showcases off-premise-level personalization tactics applied to drawing in reservations....
by Hans Lammeman | Jul 23, 2026 | News
Editor’s Note: This article is part of our Summer Series, where Food On Demand explores a different topic each month. July’s focus is beverages. There’s a $1.2 billion beverage-shaped gap quietly plaguing restaurant online ordering channels. Beverage incidence, or...