by Nicholas Upton | Sep 8, 2021 | Automation, Finance, News, Scoreboard
Uber is set to sell its ownership stake in a handful of joint ventures with Russian Internet giant Yandex. According to a release from Yandex, Uber’s board approved the sale of shares in Yandex.Eats, Yandex.Lavka and Yandex.Delivery. Uber is set to sell...
by Nicholas Upton | Sep 8, 2021 | Automation, News
El Pollo Loco is set to be the first quick-service restaurant to test drone delivery in the U.S. The “LA Mex” brand will test the capabilities in 10 Southern California locations. It’s partnered with drone operator Flytrex to do the flying, which...
by Tom Kaiser | Sep 2, 2021 | Automation, News, Third-Party Delivery
Wing, Alphabet’s drone subsidiary, surpassed the 100,000-customer delivery mark in recent days, following years of test deliveries—many of which have taken place in Logan, Australia, billed as the drone delivery capital of the world. Announced in a recent blog post,...
by Nicholas Upton | Aug 25, 2021 | Automation, News
In a flurry of robotic restaurant news, the potential for pizza or salads made by robots is creeping closer to Main Street. Automated pizza-making company Picnic just announced its devices are now available for commercial use. Piestro, another robotic pizza-making...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 19, 2021 | Best Practices, News, Top Stories
With a fresh Series B investment in hand, two in-house virtual restaurants, pandemic-tested franchisees and a budding consumer packaged goods business, New York-based Mighty Quinn’s BBQ dreams of becoming the Shake Shack of slow-cooked meats as it adds locations...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 19, 2021 | Automation, News
In a move Zume calls an unprecedented technological breakthrough, the tech-focused developer of sustainable packaging has created a substitute for single-use plastics it is open sourcing in partnership with Solenis for food packaging manufacturers and consumer...