by Tom Kaiser | Oct 17, 2019 | Automation, Best Practices, Top Stories
An atypical California-based pizza brand is diversifying itself beyond delivering pizzas into developing mobile delivery kitchens and new packaging to reduce the environmental impact of meal delivery. Originally started as a pizza restaurant that pivoted into mobile...
by Nicholas Upton | Aug 29, 2019 | Automation, Best Practices, News, Research
Dave Ferguson, one of the co-founders of Nuro, said there’s no “Rosie” in sight yet, but automation companies like his are the first step toward a massively automated future. Ferguson is one of the cofounders of the automated-delivery vehicle maker that is currently...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 22, 2019 | Automation, Finance, News, Top Stories
There are a lot of players in the fast-growing delivery software integrator space, and almost all of them are growing quickly. California-based Omnivore is sprinting in lockstep, having tripled the size of the company in the last 12 months. It is forecasting another...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 15, 2019 | Automation, Briefs, News
After testing electric bicycle deliveries at company-owned stores in Houston, Miami and New York, Domino’s Pizza is giving its U.S. franchisees the option of using custom electric bicycles through a new partnership with Seattle-based Rad Power Bikes. Domino’s says...
by Nicholas Upton | Aug 8, 2019 | Automation, Best Practices, News
The company eatsa is making another pivot in its efforts to provide in-restaurant technology solutions to address the growing need for convenience and efficiency. The company, now known as Brightloom, is cozying up to Starbucks in a big way, bringing the core...
by fodnews | Jun 20, 2019 | Automation, News, Third-Party Delivery
Uber is set to begin its first consumer tests of delivering food by drones as part of a pilot program with the City of San Diego and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). With all the ongoing drone news and updates from Amazon to Domino’s Pizza and many others,...