by Nicholas Upton | Mar 25, 2021 | Automation, News
When everything shut down, Boston College had to quickly rethink foodservice to ensure a safe way to provide staff and students with food. They looked to an automated food locker and jumped headfirst into the tricky process of off-premises technology innovation. The...
by Nicholas Upton | Mar 18, 2021 | Finance, News, Top Stories
Olo, the multifaceted ordering and logistics platform for enterprise restaurants, reached a new milestone on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The company went public with an 18 million-share offering. The stock began trading at $32, a more than 20-percent...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 18, 2021 | Best Practices, News
Through partnerships with Chicagoland chefs Fabio Viviani and Rick Tramonto, Foodhaul is a new company that’s looking to bring upscale food to underutilized restaurant and hospitality kitchens across the Upper Midwest and beyond with a new spin on the virtual...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 18, 2021 | News, Research
The ongoing growth streak in online grocery orders hit a bump in the aisle during February with sales dropping 14 percent compared to the previous month according to a joint consumer survey by Brick Meets Click and Mercatus. The total U.S. online grocery market posted...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 18, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery
DoorDash announced a new digital platform designed to highlight women-owned businesses on its platform, called Made by Women, along with a new partnership with ESPN commentator and two-time WNBA All-Star and Los Angeles Sparks forward Chiney Ogwumike. In celebration...
by Nicholas Upton | Mar 18, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery
According to a new privacy report, national food delivery apps like Grubhub and Uber Eats are some of the most aggressive data collectors and are especially willing to share or sell that customer data to third parties. The report comes from pCloud, a private backup...