FOD Team Takes on Grueling Ice Cream Delivery Test
After writing about the new deal with Cold Stone Creamery parent, Kahala Brands and DoorDash, folks in our office got a strong hankering for some ice cream. We decided to take on the hard work of putting Cold Stone’s delivery to the test to see how well it can deliver...
First-Person Look at Delivery is Less Than Flattering
A New York Times writer’s 27 hours as a third-party delivery courier brought some of the industry’s last-mile ugliness to the masses last week. It does not paint the industry in a kind light, and just reading it is enough to trigger anxiety, as writer Andy Newman gave...
Survey Identifies Big Delivery Gripes, Driver’s Dirty Secrets
A new survey from US Foods digs into the grievances consumers have with third-party delivery and provides some eye-popping insight into some of the less-than-ethical things couriers do on the job. The food supplier conducted a national survey of 1,500 delivery...
Multi-Brand Operator Kahala Inks First National Delivery Deal
When a restaurant operator has thousands of locations across all 50 states, a national delivery contract makes a lot of sense to get the best deal from third-party delivery networks. Which is why Kahala, the parent company of everything from Blimpie, Baja Express,...
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