by Bernadette Heier | Jan 25, 2023 | Finance, News
The U.S. online grocery market finished December with $9.1 billion in sales, up 2.4 percent from a year ago and only 2 percent lower than the record high of $9.3 billion seen last Q1 of 2021, according to the monthly survey from Brick Meets Click and Mercatus. Driving...
by Bernadette Heier | Jan 24, 2023 | Finance, News
As economic headwinds persist, consumers across generations are adjusting their restaurant purchasing behaviors amid rising prices. A December study by PYMTS surveyed over 2,300 consumers who regularly purchase food from restaurants. It found that 88 percent of...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 23, 2023 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
Diners placing takeout orders from on-campus dining locations will now have the option for zero-waste packaging thanks to a partnership between Topanga.io and Grubhub. Reusable packaging is already available at Ohio State University and Colorado State, with more...
by Bernadette Heier | Jan 19, 2023 | News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
Food delivery growth in Southeast Asia appears to be normalizing to pre-pandemic levels, after two years of supercharged growth from the pandemic. Online food delivery spending rose 5 percent to $16.3 billion in 2022, according to a report by venture builder Momentum...
by Bernadette Heier | Jan 19, 2023 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
Uber Eats and Visa have partnered to help small and medium-sized restaurants offer sustainable packaging solutions. The companies will make $1 million accessible to eligible Uber Eats restaurants in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris and Madrid. “Single-use...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 19, 2023 | News, Top Stories
Amid so much economic upheaval, some restaurants are discovering the pitfalls of following the herd or relying on gut-level intuition to make critical pricing and menu decisions. One pricing expert with decades of experience argues that previous data and methods are...