by Adam Wahlberg | Apr 16, 2025 | News, Outstanding Operators
Sal’s Pizza is a Food On Demand Outstanding Operator. When Sal’s Pizza opened its first location in New Hampshire in 1990, it had the same business plan as any pizzeria: serve people in a dining room and take delivery orders on the phone. And it did it well. Its...
by Adam Wahlberg | Apr 16, 2025 | News, Third-Party Delivery
There was a time when delivery provider Seamless, which was founded in 1999 by two lawyers tired of reviewing paper menus and calling restaurants, was as integral a part of the New York casual-dining scene as thin-slice pizza and vendor hot dogs. It faded after...
by Bernadette Heier | Apr 16, 2025 | News
DoorDash has partnered with Coco Robotics to launch an autonomous delivery service in Chicago and Los Angeles. This builds on an existing pilot program with Wolt—DoorDash’s international arm, where Coco bots have been making deliveries in Helsinki, Finland, since...
by Adam Wahlberg | Apr 15, 2025 | News
Ask Alex Kolesnikov, CEO of Sizl, a Chicago-based dark kitchen start-up, about his company’s commitment to sourcing from local farms, and watch his face light up. “It’s my favorite topic,” he said in an interview. He and his team find everything from tomatoes and...
by Adam Wahlberg | Apr 14, 2025 | News
Hope Neiman, the CMO at Tillster, the technology and loyalty-solutions provider for QSRs and fast-casual brands, has been around restaurant-industry data for many years. She doesn’t shock easily. Yet the results of the organization’s new Phygital Index Report jolted...
by Bernadette Heier | Apr 10, 2025 | News
Chipotle founder Steve Ells is no stranger to shaking things up. His latest venture, Kernel Foods, has undergone a major makeover. Now rebranded as Counter Service, the New York-based startup has shifted gears to an artisanal, “mostly sandwich” concept. The original...