by Tom Kaiser | Aug 11, 2022 | Briefs, News
After launching its Little Blue Menu virtual restaurant brand in 2021, Chick-fil-A is poised to open a ghost kitchen facility in College Park, Maryland—the fast-casual giant’s second multi-tenant facility after its first in Nashville. First reported by the Hyattsville...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 11, 2022 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
Gopuff has begun instantaneous payments for its U.S. delivery drivers as part of a significant update to the convenience delivery platform. Similar to Grubhub’s recent announcement that it had expanded instant cash out options for its delivery drivers, Gopuff has...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 4, 2022 | News, Top Stories
Ghost Financial CEO John Meyer predicts we’ll soon reach a point where it will be more economical for the vast majority of Americans to order delivery for every meal of the day—largely due to the innovation coming from ghost kitchens and automation. While he has...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 4, 2022 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Grocery stores can now offer online catering ordering and delivery through Instacart using FoodStorm’s order management system, which the online grocery provider acquired last fall. Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace is the first retailer to connect their FoodStorm OMS...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 4, 2022 | Briefs, News
C3 is doubling down on its partnership to place its virtual brands inside select TGI Fridays kitchens. With more than 700 restaurants in 54 countries, the potential scale for C3’s brands like Krispy Rice, Kumi and its newest digital brand, Stonie Bowls, is...