Moody’s Downgrades Grubhub
Moody’s Investors Services, the highly visible bond credit rating business, downgraded its outlook for Grubhub while maintaining a stable outlook for the third-largest U.S. restaurant delivery provider. The ratings firm cited erosion in Grubhub’s liquidity, sustained...
Dispatch Goods Raises $3.7M to Expand Reusable Food Packaging
Food delivery has a packaging problem, and it’s not just sad fries. For nearly every single order, there is at least one single-use container heading to the landfill or out into the environment. To address that issue, Dispatch Goods has been working on...
Waitr Rebranding as ASAP, Acquires Another Cannabis Company
Waitr is set to acquire a cannabis dispensary compliance and point of sale company, adding to a growing pot-payments empire for the company. The Louisiana-based food and grocery delivery company is also changing its name as part of a $4.7 million legal settlement with...
Union Funding Proves Shows More Appetite for Omnichannel
In yet another demonstration of the desire for better ordering options, Union has raised $22 million in a Series B round. The company, which bills itself as “the first hospitality engagement platform that leverages industrial-grade data intelligence to deliver...
Reef Acquires 2ndKitchen to Serve New Venues
Ordering dinner at a brewery, hotel or venue from Reef ghost kitchen is not exactly hard. You head to a delivery platform, order your meal and wait for the driver. But the acquisition of 2ndKitchen promises to make it even easier. 2ndKitchen was founded three years...
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