DoorDash Adds Levain Bakery to Nationwide Shipping
New York’s Levain Bakery, widely considered one of the best bakeries in the United States, is now sending its cookies across the country through DoorDash’s new Nationwide Shipping program. Customers across the U.S.—excluding Alaska and Hawaii—can place orders for...
Nimbus is the New Cloud in Ghost Kitchens
An early partnership with DoorDash boosted Nimbus Kitchen right out of the gate, but the nascent ghost kitchen operator has plans to keep expanding in New York before covering the East Coast and, eventually, drifting westward. Compared to other ghost kitchens focusing...
Chick-fil-A Opening Second Ghost Kitchen Facility
After launching its Little Blue Menu virtual restaurant brand in 2021, Chick-fil-A is poised to open a ghost kitchen facility in College Park, Maryland—the fast-casual giant’s second multi-tenant facility after its first in Nashville. First reported by the Hyattsville...
Gopuff Jumps on Instant Driver Payments
Gopuff has begun instantaneous payments for its U.S. delivery drivers as part of a significant update to the convenience delivery platform. Similar to Grubhub’s recent announcement that it had expanded instant cash out options for its delivery drivers, Gopuff has...
Flytrex Drone-Delivery Radius Doubles in NC, Texas
Flytrex, a drone-delivery provider that has two test markets in the U.S., just doubled its delivery radius. Under a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval, the company can now deliver up to two nautical miles from its base stations. The approval doubles...
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