by Bernadette Heier | Nov 5, 2025 | News
Yelp has long been a source for where to eat and what to order, a familiar scroll of stars, snapshots, and sometimes snarky reviews. The platform’s newest AI features, Yelp Assistant and Menu Vision mark a shift toward “interactive discovery” in restaurants. Yelp...
by Bernadette Heier | Nov 4, 2025 | News
Toast and Uber are deepening their global partnership that began in 2021, highlighting how restaurants’ ordering platforms and delivery networks are working more closely in a competitive market. Starting in the U.S. and Canada, restaurants will have more control...
by Peter Backman | Nov 3, 2025 | News
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. High-growth delivery...
by Bernadette Heier | Oct 29, 2025 | News
Grubhub is teaming up with Instacart to bring a massive grocery catalog to its app and website. The move gives Grubhub a big boost in grocery selection. Instacart works with more than 1,800 national, regional, and local grocers across North America. Grubhub customers...
by Bernadette Heier | Oct 29, 2025 | News
Chick-fil-A has debuted its first vending machine, as first reported by USA Today. It was spotted inside a Georgia hospital, serving a limited version of the chain’s menu. The machine offers two types of wraps and two varieties of waffle potato chips. Each item comes...
by Alyssa Huglen | Oct 28, 2025 | News
This article was originally published in Franchise Times, a sister publication to Food On Demand. It features data from Franchise Times’ annual Top 400 program, an exclusive ranking of the largest franchise brands by systemwide sales. Despite being the third-largest...