by Beth Ewen | May 10, 2023 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Restaurant operators aren’t necessarily big fans of third-party delivery providers—those fees! that data-hoarding!—and a provocatively named panel dug into the topic at the Food On Demand Conference. “Future Battlegrounds of Data, Delivery and...
by Matthew Liedke | May 10, 2023 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Leaders from the third-party delivery industry shared insight on the state of the business during one-on-one conversations at the 2023 Food On Demand Conference. Grubhub Chief Operating Officer Eric Ferguson and Uber Eats Head of Merchant Operations Yadavan...
by Matthew Liedke | May 4, 2023 | News
Websites, apps and social media have given more options for consumers to connect with brands than just stopping in at their local brick-and-mortar restaurant. Customers who do so are referred to as omnichannel guests, and marketing to them was the focus of a panel...
by Laura Michaels | May 3, 2023 | News
Charlie Morrison, known for leading the digitally savvy chain Wingstop for nearly a decade, credited curiosity—and advice from a business school professor—for helping instill in him an appreciation of data and how it can be used to build companies. “I did actually...
by Beth Ewen | May 3, 2023 | News, Top Stories
Editor Tom Kaiser posed the million-dollar question to panelists to open the Food On Demand Conference today: “We are not in an official recession but inflation is clearly having a huge impact on restaurants, and bringing the cost of delivery to unbelievable...
by Bernadette Heier | May 1, 2023 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Another delivery giant is taking action to help gig workers gain access to safe e-bikes, as concerns continue to heat up amid an uptick in battery-related fires. Grubhub has teamed up with JOCO, an e-bike rental platform based in New York City, to provide at least 500...