by Tom Kaiser | Jun 2, 2022 | News
Countering the norm of virtual restaurant providers selling a portfolio of brands, Forward Kitchens builds custom concepts for each client, which tend to be small-scale independent operators looking to grow their delivery revenue. Founded by Raghav Poddar in San...
by Tom Kaiser | Jun 2, 2022 | Automation, Briefs, News
As one of the primary restaurant trendsetters, Chick-fil-A is testing autonomous delivery with Refraction AI at two restaurants in Austin, Texas, is certainly headline-generating news. Through the partnership, a fleet of self-driving robots in downtown Austin are...
by Tom Kaiser | Jun 2, 2022 | Briefs, News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
As Toast aggregate sales data shows restaurant sales growth in all regions of the U.S., the latest Restaurant Trends Report shows that on-premises dining sales were up 46 percent during the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021, while takeout and...
by Nicholas Upton | Jun 2, 2022 | News
Cartwheel, an on-demand delivery management platform, acquired some new partners as it looks to expand dramatically across the off-premises space. The company, fresh from a recent $3 million fundraise, announced it was partnering with both Square and the Restaurant...
by Nicholas Upton | Jun 2, 2022 | Automation, News
Miso Robotics’ Flippy will be making a lot of wings under a new partnership with Wing Zone. The Atlanta-based, 61-location wing purveyor announced it would make the latest version of the robot “a part of the chain’s standard build for all future restaurant...
by Nicholas Upton | Jun 2, 2022 | Best Practices, News, Top Stories
A new marketplace of virtual brands from Deliverect aims to make finding the ideal virtual concept as easy for operators as finding the right lightbulb at Home Depot. Virtual brands are one of the few megatrends in the restaurant space right now. The ideal setup is...