Workplace Meal Trends are Transforming the Catering Market
The catering market is forecasted to exceed $81 billion in 2026 — up more than 6 percent from 2025’s valuation —, and that growth is only the tip of the iceberg as a projected 6.2 percent annual growth rate over the coming decade pushes the sector beyond $140 billion...
Inside Club Wingstop: The ‘Members Eat First’ Loyalty Strategy
With domestic same-store sales down 8.7 percent in Q1 2026 from a year prior, Wingstop launched its first-ever loyalty platform, Club Wingstop, May 28, rolling out a rewards program specifically designed to break from the norm. The Dallas-based chicken wing chain...
Matternet CEO Gives Bird’s-Eye View of Aggressive Scaling Strategy
After nearly 15 years of developing aircraft and delivery infrastructure, California-based drone delivery platform Matternet is finally ready to take off. That’s the assessment of CEO Andreas Raptopoulos, who says the company is positioned to scale significantly...
Starbucks Pulls Back AI Inventory Counting Tool
Starbucks has stepped away from an AI-powered inventory counting tool that automated product counts in its stores, as first reported by Reuters. The technology combines computer vision and 3D spatial intelligence to scan items like milk, syrups and other beverage...
Will Delivery Benefit from the World Cup?
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. Does delivery...
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.