Catering Outpaces Restaurant Industry Growth
Catering is outpacing the broader restaurant industry as operators face more price-conscious consumers and slowing growth in average order values. That’s according to Monkey Catering Platform’s 2026 State of Catering report which analyzed transaction data...
Autonomous Delivery: Counting Down to Critical Mass
Contributing editor, Peter Backman, is a long-term foodservice sector guru and founder of theDelivery.World, a platform that connects the delivery sector and makes sense of the myriad changes and challenges that affect the sector across the globe. Autonomous delivery...
New Report Reveals Cuisine with Most Effective Loyalty Programs
Restaurants across the industry use loyalty programs as a tool to engage guests and drive revenue, but the success of those programs in reaching key benchmarks varies vastly depending on the type of cuisine sold by an operation. Indian cuisine, for instance, was the...
The Innovation Fueling America’s Coffee Boom
Editor’s Note: This article is part of our Summer Series, where Food On Demand explores a different topic each month. July’s focus is beverages. The U.S. coffee shop market is growing at a caffeine-fueled rate, even as Starbucks hovers around 17,000 domestic stores....
Miso Robotics Acquires Former Pizza Automation Pioneer Zume
After shutting down in 2023, one of restaurant technology’s earliest robotics companies is rebooting under new ownership. Late last month, Miso Robotics acquired the technology and intellectual property of former pizza automation startup Zume. The acquisition...
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.