by Tom Kaiser | Apr 28, 2022 | Finance, News, Third-Party Delivery
Food Rocket, a San Francisco-based 15-minute grocery delivery service, announced a $25 million Series A investment that will be used to expand the service in Chicago and other cities throughout the U.S., as well as reinforce its AI-enabled software and enhance the...
by Nicholas Upton | Apr 26, 2022 | Automation, News, Top Stories
Miso, best known for Flippy the burger-flipping and fry-frying robot, is coming to Jack in the Box. It’s the latest announcement in what Miso CEO Mike Bell calls a “drumbeat” of new pilots and partnerships. In the mix, Chipotle’s Chippy test,...
by Nicholas Upton | Apr 21, 2022 | Finance, News
McDonald’s is looking to push delivery further all around the world, as is clear in a new partnership with Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET). The global burger enterprise and the Amsterdam-based European delivery consolidator announced the deal without many details....
by Nicholas Upton | Apr 21, 2022 | Best Practices, News
Payments aren’t the most exciting end of the restaurant industry, it’s largely a commodity. Whoever charges the least fees typically wins the contract. That has led to a wildly fragmented industry when it comes to payment. Across franchised brands...
by Tom Kaiser | Apr 21, 2022 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
Advanced online ordering and in-store pickup technology that’s been proven in the restaurant industry is moving deeper into the convenience store realm as Swipeby begins deploying its technology in the C-store industry. First deployed through a partnership with...
by Tom Kaiser | Apr 21, 2022 | COVID-19, News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
Using anonymized data provided by DoorDash, Instacart and Uber Eats, a new study by UC Riverside found app-based delivery services provided a $19 billion economic lifeline for California restaurants, grocers and other merchants during the height of the pandemic. While...