by Nicholas Upton | Feb 22, 2021 | Finance, News, Top Stories
Olo, one of the first big-name digital delivery order aggregators, is set to go public soon. The company filed its S-1 prospectus with lots of new details in its first public pitch to Wall Street. The New York-based company looks to raise $100 million in a public...
by Nicholas Upton | Feb 18, 2021 | Automation, Third-Party Delivery
DoorDash acquired robotic salad maker Chowbotics in a new push to give merchant partners additional options to deliver. The top delivery platform that went public in December announced the Chowbotics acquisition in a blog post. It noted that the “proven” model with...
by Nicholas Upton | Feb 18, 2021 | Best Practices, News
Delivery profitability remains one of the biggest debates in the food-delivery space. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified that topic dramatically as the majority of restaurants continue doing a huge portion of their business in pickup and delivery channels. A large...
by Nicholas Upton | Feb 11, 2021 | Best Practices, News
The industry can add two more novel virtual restaurant companies to the list. The first, a revenue-sharing model, Trivr Eats. The second is the first legally defined virtual restaurant franchise: Local Culinary. Both emphasize speed to market and a focus on...
by Nicholas Upton | Feb 11, 2021 | Finance, News, Third-Party Delivery
Grubhub announced fourth quarter and full-year earnings in potentially its last full year report before merging with Just Eat Takeaway.com. The earnings from the Chicago-based company were somewhat mixed. Grubhub’s overall revenue was up significantly, in line with...