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...
by Nicholas Upton | Apr 25, 2019 | News, Research
Kitchen United announced its next batch of cloud kitchens in an aggressive push for 15 open locations by the end of 2019. The California-based company has signed leases in San Francisco and Los Angeles, plus a second location in Chicago’s Fulton Market District. The...
by Nicholas Upton | Apr 18, 2019 | News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
The Uber IPO documents are finally here, and the much anticipated tech giant’s emergence into the public sphere shows just how competitive the delivery industry is for the third-party delivery firms —and for restaurants and retailers. Ahead of the ride-sharing and...