Daily Harvest Faults Tara Flour for Outbreak
Mail-order health-food giant Daily Harvest identified the ingredient that made nearly 500 customers sick in a massive foodborne illness outbreak. In a letter to customers updating them on the outbreak, Daily Harvest CEO Rachel Drori wrote the company “identified tara...
Catapult Concepts Building a New Model for Virtual Restaurants
Virtual restaurants are going through rapid evolutions as this subset of the restaurant industry matures. By focusing on operational simplicity, Catapult Concepts offers a new method of operating sub brands that the founder says is exceptionally easy and truly...
Mail-Order Mastery Tips from Partners Coffee
Partners Coffee just launched a new line of instant coffee for mail order and delivery, and the five-location coffee shop and roastery has some tips for doing national delivery right. Partners is a hip, Brooklyn coffee shop with five locations around the New York City...
Kitchen United CEO, CBO Detail Plans for $100M Investment
Kitchen United raised $100 million and announced plans to grow from 15 to 500 locations in the coming years, partly with Circle K, a partnership that could rival its work with Kroger. The Pasadena, California,-based ghost kitchen operator said it will also push into...
After Layoffs, Nextbite’s New Co-President Denny Post Digs In
Denny Post isn’t done speeding toward the horizon of the restaurant world. In an interview with Food On Demand, the former president and CEO of Red Robin who steered development of KFC’s Popcorn Chicken, Burger King’s Chicken Fries and Starbucks’ Pikes Place Roast,...
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