by Adam Wahlberg | Sep 6, 2024 | Automation, News
The dream of every college student is now a reality: a pizza vending machine, open 24/7. Now if something can be done about 8 a.m. classes. Toronto-based PizzaForno has rolled out this gooey fantasy in its first California location in Rancho Cordova. The vending...
by Bernadette Heier | Sep 4, 2024 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Despite a decline in overall order volume, Grubhub remains optimistic about one promising segment of its business, its campus dining program. In its latest earnings report, Grubhub reported a 12 percent decrease in North American orders, falling from $74.1 million in...
by Nancy Luna | Sep 4, 2024 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
While competitors like Starship and Serve Robotics have gained national attention for using their autonomous bots to deliver 7-Eleven Slurpees, Shake Shack burgers and college meals, robot startup Coco has been quietly operating under the radar. Under CEO and...
by Bernadette Heier | Sep 3, 2024 | News, Third-Party Delivery
DoorDash is addressing delivery fraud with a new set of measures. A spokesperson for the third-party delivery giant told Food On Demand that while not super common, “the unfortunate fact is that there are people who falsely claim that they didn’t receive their...
by Adam Wahlberg | Sep 3, 2024 | News
One might think KFC’s most daring idea was when it named Norm MacDonald as Colonel Sanders in 2015. That was unconventional. But what it is doing in Orlando makes the Norm decision seem normal. If you’re visiting one of 16 Orlando stores after an outing at Disney...
by Adam Wahlberg | Aug 29, 2024 | News
Spend any time with a restaurant operator who uses third-party delivery and you will hear the same thing: we wish we could get the names of the consumers. The provided data is generally just demographic. But Matt Smolin, who runs Hang, a brand loyalty and membership...