The Duopoly Endgame: What Happens When Every Market Has Only Two Platforms
Contributing editor, Peter Backman, is a long-term foodservice sector guru and founder of theDelivery.World, a platform that connects the delivery sector and makes sense of the myriad changes and challenges that affect the sector across the globe. I have commented...
Outstanding Operator: Tono Pizzeria + Cheesesteaks
Tono Pizzeria + Cheesesteaks has grown from a single pizza concept into a portfolio of restaurant brands across Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, with a strategy centered on meeting guests wherever they choose to dine. Co-founder and president Shaz Khan helps lead...
Automated Tea System Looks to Shake Up Tea Industry
In early March, Appliance Innovation, a Dallas-area developer of foodservice equipment platforms, announced the expanded availability of Automated Fresh-Brew SimpliciTea systems, automated tea dispensing units that company executives expect will shake up the tea...
Outstanding Operator: Cheba Hut
Colorado-based Cheba Hut, a cannabis-themed sandwich chain, is on a roll, riding the high of robust growth over the last few years, surpassing 80 shops late last year after sprouting its 50th restaurant in 2022. A 2026 Food On Demand Outstanding Operator, the brand...
Polling Finds Pushback Against State-Imposed Delivery Fees
As several state legislatures weigh whether to implement new delivery-related taxes, recent polling of restaurant and retail industry managers and owners found widespread concern about the potential impact of such fees. Two states, Colorado and Minnesota, previously...
Outstanding Operators
Food On Demand Outstanding Operators features restaurant brands with innovative operations that are taking creative paths to success with delivery and all things off-premises.