by Nicholas Upton | May 16, 2019 | Best Practices, News, Research
Operators have to make some tweaks to get into a shared kitchen space successfully. It can be easy for the right brands, but even those with small menus and few ingredients will have things to learn. Melissa Surby-Curtin, the director of franchise operations at The...
by Nicholas Upton | May 10, 2019 | News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
Data firm Thinkum put together an interesting map of the global delivery land grab, with a unique look at how big this industry has gotten in just a few years. The company scraped web data about restaurants and other foodservice retailers listed on the services...
by Nicholas Upton | May 10, 2019 | Finance, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Waitr, one of the few public delivery companies (for now), just released some mixed, but mostly rosy, results from the first quarter of 2019. The big numbers, revenue and active diners, both rocketed skyward. Revenue was up 287 percent over last year and its active...
by Nicholas Upton | May 3, 2019 | Best Practices, Research, Third-Party Delivery
According to a new survey from TD Bank, most restaurant operators have a delivery strategy in place, and a majority of them are using third-party delivery. One of the 10 largest banks in the U.S., TD Bank also provides investor insights, including frequent coverage of...
by Nicholas Upton | May 3, 2019 | Meal Kits, News, Research
The big criticism of meal-kit companies is that while you don’t have to go to the store, you still have to cook. For those busy millennial families or people who tend to cram in everything they can, that’s a big hurdle. Producers of frozen, mass-market meals are...