by Tom Kaiser | Jun 24, 2021 | Best Practices, News
Sales pitches for virtual restaurants and ghost kitchens are certainly promising, but a panel of diverse restaurateurs and category experts shed some much-needed light on the real-world economics restaurant operators are seeing in these still-new industry channels....
by Tom Kaiser | Jun 24, 2021 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
In the latest move of third-party delivery providers muscling into grocery, DoorDash has partnered with Albertsons, one of the nation’s largest grocers, to offer grocery delivery within an hour from nearly 2,000 grocery stores across the country including Safeway,...
by Tom Kaiser | Jun 17, 2021 | News, Top Stories
Years after delivery has dominated the conversation, restaurants are once again getting creative with non-traditional real estate opportunities, including partnering with unaffiliated brands to unlock new territories and rope in the best attributes of ghost kitchens...
by Tom Kaiser | Jun 17, 2021 | COVID-19, Meal Kits, News
Fortunes are diverging among the largest meal kit providers, Blue Apron and Hello Fresh, as the meal kit industry awaits the answer to the same question many are asking in the restaurant delivery space: what consumer habits will stick after the pandemic? Since the...
by Tom Kaiser | Jun 17, 2021 | Briefs, News
C3, a food and beverage platform bringing food halls and ghost kitchens to high-profile real estate, announced a new partnership with Chowly to become its exclusive virtual restaurant partner bringing its portfolio of 40 digital brands to the point-of-sale integration...