New Tool Could Help with Delivery Calculus
Incrementality, margins, cannibalization and the true impact of third-party delivery on a restaurant business can become to be tricky math really fast. And that math is essential to move from testing the waters of third-party delivery to learning to swim. So to get a...
Wells Fargo Dives into Consumer Delivery Trends
Data is everything for restaurants trying to make sense of third-party delivery, among other off-premises channels. In its latest survey of 515 delivery customers, Wells Fargo Senior Analyst Jon Tower and Associate Analyst William Miller found that promotions are a...
Uber Food Delivery Drones Are Swooping In
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,...
Delivery App Funnel Shows Many, Many Leaks
A new benchmark study of food delivery apps showed a lot of leaks between downloading and ordering. The good news is, app usage is growing. Research firm NPD Group announced that six in 10 digital restaurant orders are now done through an app. According to another...
Domino’s to Deliver Autonomously in Houston
This fall Houston consumers could get their pizza delivered by an autonomous vehicle, now that Domino’s has partnered with Nuro in an autonomous delivery test. Domino’s Pizza’s Chief Information Officer Kevin Vasconi said it would be one of the company’s many tests...
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