by Tom Kaiser | Jun 24, 2021 | Best Practices, News
Sales pitches for virtual restaurants and ghost kitchens are certainly promising, but a panel of diverse restaurateurs and category experts shed some much-needed light on the real-world economics restaurant operators are seeing in these still-new industry channels....
by Tom Kaiser | Jun 24, 2021 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
In the latest move of third-party delivery providers muscling into grocery, DoorDash has partnered with Albertsons, one of the nation’s largest grocers, to offer grocery delivery within an hour from nearly 2,000 grocery stores across the country including Safeway,...
by Emili Raeder | Jun 24, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery
C3’s newest culinary community now comes with an app focused on generating first-party orders. The operator of more than 200 ghost kitchens and brick-and-mortar restaurants partnered with Lunchbox to create the Citizens Go mobile app, allowing customers to order food...
by Nicholas Upton | Jun 22, 2021 | Automation, News
Miso Robotics is bringing another automated tool to the kitchen, an automated beverage dispenser. The maker of the automated Flippy robotic arm, which can make burgers or operate a fryer, has partnered with Lancer Worldwide, a manufacturer in the beverage space....
by Nicholas Upton | Jun 22, 2021 | Best Practices, COVID-19, News
Self-delivery at any meaningful scale tends to get written off as too complicated or too expensive. Restaurants need to figure out insurance, the technology to route drivers, more technology to make sense of the in-restaurant operations, and then they have to hire...
by Callie Evergreen | Jun 17, 2021 | Best Practices, News
Whether you’re a local growth brand or an established franchise restaurant looking to enter a new market, ghost kitchens and virtual restaurants offer enticing channels to reach new customers and different regions while spending less capital than building new...