by Tom Kaiser | Apr 15, 2021 | Finance, News, Third-Party Delivery
Slice is on the receiving end of a big block of mozzarella as two former Twitter execs joined the Cross Creek investment firm on a $40 million Series D funding round to help the New York-based pizza-focused delivery service kick off its latest round of growth. Cross...
by Nicholas Upton | Apr 15, 2021 | Automation, News
Some lucky customers in Texas can now get a fully automated robot delivery from Domino’s. In the real-world launch of a partnership we covered last year, the pizza giant and automation partner Nuro are finally doing real-world testing of automated deliveries....
by Callie Evergreen | Apr 15, 2021 | Best Practices, COVID-19, News
At the beginning of the pandemic, one of the first non-tech solutions Del Taco came up with was using traffic cones to speed up the drive-thru. They already had outside order-takers at some locations, so they were able to scale that quickly, plus they were set up with...
by Nicholas Upton | Apr 8, 2021 | Best Practices, News
Take one look at the ecommerce marketing world and you’ll see a frightening amount of data at work. One search for socks follows you to the very ends of the earth. The restaurant industry is playing catch-up on big consumer data, but the massive shift to digital...
by Nicholas Upton | Apr 8, 2021 | Best Practices, COVID-19, News
High-touch, hospitality-minded restaurant folks are more than ready to bring people back into restaurants. But the founders behind delivery-only virtual restaurant brand Stay’d are looking to bring some of that high-touch hospitality to the delivery experience....
by Tom Kaiser | Apr 8, 2021 | News, Top Stories
Above: Ghoster Head of Operations Shane Womack and Head of Culinary Chef Nick Barr Ghoster is the latest early-stage virtual restaurant provider promising that a focus on operations and technology will make the difference for restaurants bringing new brands into their...