by Nicholas Upton | Jul 13, 2022 | Automation, News
Two savvy automation startups are forging ahead on the promise of fully automated pizza deliveries. Serve, the robotic delivery company that was spun off from Postmates, and robotic artisanal pizza purveyor Piestro announced a new partnership. Under the agreement,...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 8, 2022 | Briefs, Finance, News
Ghost Financial, a financing provider for ghost kitchens and other restaurant ventures, announced it will be the exclusive financial partner for Cruising Kitchens, a mobile ghost kitchen builder and food truck fabricator based in Texas. After completing a $2.5...
by Nicholas Upton | Jul 7, 2022 | Best Practices, News
Scores of restaurants and grocery offer up unused food for charity, but the last mile between those food retailers people who need it has historically been a wide gap. Even in areas like California or New York which have donation mandates for edible surplus food...
by Nicholas Upton | Jul 7, 2022 | Automation, News
Before drones are flying around our burritos, prescriptions and maybe giving us a quote on roof repair, we’re going to need some infrastructure to enable this transformation. Even though the Federal Aviation Administration is going to take some time to allow drone...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 7, 2022 | Finance, News, Third-Party Delivery
According to new consumer spending data from Bloomberg Second Measure, Gopuff is seeing strong U.S. sales growth that the research firm said corresponds with an expanding customer base and increased spending per customer. Going back to the company’s founding in...
by Nicholas Upton | Jul 7, 2022 | Finance, News
Germany-based Delivery Hero and Spanish majority-owned subsidiary Glovo are under investigation for potential anti-competitive practices by European Union regulators. The European Commission announced that both companies were the target of “unannounced inspections”...