by Tom Kaiser | Mar 14, 2019 | News
As New York City’s $25 billion Hudson Yards opens to the public, many in the retail and restaurant worlds will be watching to see if this largest private development in U.S. history can succeed with a mega-scale formula representing the biggest bet ever placed on...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 13, 2019 | Research, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
On-demand restaurant delivery would be just a figment of a futuristic imagination without considering the perspective of the thousands of drivers who make this industry’s wheels go round. For a taste of the day-to-day experience, I went through driver training at Bite...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 13, 2019 | Best Practices, Research, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Move over, e-scooters! Takeout and delivery packaging bans are the hot new topic in cities as a growing number of municipalities address the increase in packaging that our hyper-convenient, food-on-demand lifestyles now require. The packaging industry has some...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 6, 2019 | News, Research, Top Stories
The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon is finalizing plans to open dozens of new grocery stores across the country, doubling down on its interest in the grocery market after purchasing Whole Foods in 2017 for more than $13 billion. According to the story, which...
by Tom Kaiser | Feb 26, 2019 | Research, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
There have been a handful of watershed moments in the third-party delivery space these last few years: Grubhub going public in 2014; Target buying Shipt in 2017; and DoorDash raising three-quarters of a billion dollars during 2018. With the latest news that DoorDash...