Avride Arrives on U.S. Campuses After Starship Left for Grocery Delivery
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...
Manna CEO Explains Why Drone Firm Chose Tulsa for U.S. Hub
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...
World Cup Scores Record-Setting Volume, Larger AOVs
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...
SevenRooms Now Pulls DoorDash, Deliveroo Data for Reservations
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....
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