by Tom Kaiser | Apr 14, 2022 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
Flybuy, a curbside, in-store and pickup platform, has added new functionality allowing delivery driver location tracking. This comes through new, direct integrations with DoorDash, Uber Eats, Postmates, Point Pickup Technologies and others through Flybuy’s flexible...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 31, 2022 | Briefs, News
As Reef and other ghost kitchen operators have learned, municipal approval is a lynchpin vital to the present and future of the category. Last week, commissioners in its hometown of Miami unanimously renewed an ordinance created to regulate app-based delivery and...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 31, 2022 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced the global delivery and ride-sharing giant’s first global convenience store partnership with BP. Over the next three years, the two companies aim to have more than 3,000 retail locations available for delivery on Uber in Australia,...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 24, 2022 | Briefs, News
Loyalty and guest engagement platform Thanx received some restaurant exec star power with the news that Greg Creed, former CEO of Yum Brands, joined the company as an advisor to the CEO and board. He brings more than 40 years of experience in marketing and operations...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 24, 2022 | Briefs, News
Nextbite teamed up with the WWE to launch a delivery-only, wrestling-themed virtual restaurant in the Dallas area ahead of WrestleMania 38, which is taking place April 2-3 at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. The virtual concept—WWE Smackadillas—is now available through...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 17, 2022 | Briefs, News
Virtual restaurant and delivery integration company Nextbite announced that it has hired Michelle Wickham, a 37-year enterprise restaurant executive, as its general manager of operations. Wickham will lead Nextbite’s operations team, focusing on supporting the...