by Tom Kaiser | Jan 27, 2022 | News, Top Stories
Kitchen United and CloudKitchens aren’t the only ghost kitchens in town. Founded in 2015 and based in Los Angeles, Maker Kitchens is building secured, individual spaces aimed at virtual restaurant operators and independent food makers using services like Goldbelly to...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 27, 2022 | Briefs, News
Del Taco, the second-largest U.S. Mexican QSR brand, opened its first Fresh Flex location that maximizes consumer convenience, improves operational efficiency and puts third-party delivery and customer pickup front and center with dedicated drive-thru lanes for mobile...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 27, 2022 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
Uber announced a new partnership with Smart & Final Stores, a California-based grocery warehouse store for household and business customers, to expand its on-demand and scheduled grocery delivery to customers on the West Coast. Through the new deal, 173 Smart...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 20, 2022 | Automation, News, Third-Party Delivery
Muncho, an early-stage pizza delivery startup in Philadelphia, is using oven-equipped vans to cook pizzas while en route to customers’ houses. With plans to add more advanced cooking tech and an owner-operator model to scale up to additional neighborhoods, early...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 20, 2022 | Briefs, News
Less than a year after being spun off from Postmates, Serve Robotics hit a significant milestone by deploying next-generation robots that are the first autonomous vehicles to complete commercial deliveries at Level 4 autonomy. That elusive milestone, which mass-market...