Nextbite, Vroom Partner on Convenience Store Delivery
Vroom Delivery, a full-stack e-commerce platform for convenience stores, has partnered with Nextbite’s Ordermark to enable C-stores to easily add delivery to their repertoire. Ordermark is an online ordering/delivery management platform enabling restaurants,...
Kiwibot Rolls Out New Robots, University Partnership
Kiwibot, a Miami-based robotic delivery manufacturer with South American roots, announced that Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles will soon be home to 25 of its self-driving robots designed with advanced technology. Calling it the first “High Driving...
Restaurant Deep Dive: Nightingale
Editor’s note: Restaurant Deep Dive is a new, recurring Food On Demand segment featuring local restaurants across the country and their relationship with delivery and takeout. Sitting at a coffee house, husband and wife Jasha Johnston and Carrie McCabe-Johnston,...
Instant Grocery Delivery Getir Acquires Competitor Gorillas
Rapid-grocery delivery startup Getir has acquired rival Gorillas in a transaction reportedly valued at $1.2 billion. Serkan Borancili, who co-founded Getir in 2015, shared the price tag on Twitter and said the combined company was now stronger. The deal price is...
Starship Says Delivery Robots Are Ready for Primetime
Starship Technologies’ Chief Commercial Officer Ryan Tuohy says it’s finally time for delivery robots to go mainstream at significant scale. With more than four million autonomous deliveries completed, he says this is the inflection point where “it’s no longer a...
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.