Case Study: Safety Now, Efficiency Next with Automated Lockers
When everything shut down, Boston College had to quickly rethink foodservice to ensure a safe way to provide staff and students with food. They looked to an automated food locker and jumped headfirst into the tricky process of off-premises technology innovation. The...
Albertsons Launches Pilot of RC Delivery Cart
Albertsons Companies has partnered with Tortoise, an automated logistics company focused on last-mile solutions, to pilot its remote-controlled, zero-emission delivery cart in Northern California. “Our team is obsessed with trying new and disruptive technologies that...
Dragontail Systems Partners with Valqari Drone Delivery
Dragontail Systems, a restaurant technology and software provider, has teamed up with Valqari, a Chicago-based drone delivery startup, to use autonomous drones to drop orders at remote landing zones. The partnership is working towards enabling complete contactless...
DoorDash Acquires Chowbotics in Step Toward Restaurant Automation
DoorDash acquired robotic salad maker Chowbotics in a new push to give merchant partners additional options to deliver. The top delivery platform that went public in December announced the Chowbotics acquisition in a blog post. It noted that the “proven” model with...
Apex, Welbilt Partner on Low-Friction Pickup
Two restaurant equipment giants have come together in a new partnership that promises to make automated pickup easier. Welbilt will license the automated shelving platform Flow-Thru 10,000 from Apex and manufacture and distribute it via its robust restaurant-equipment...
Outstanding Operators
Food On Demand Outstanding Operators features restaurant brands with innovative operations that are taking creative paths to success with delivery and all things off-premises.
