Tech-Stack Recap: Savvy Marketing is a Data Hog
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...
Virtual Operator Stay’d Pushes Hospitality into Delivery
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....
Ghoster Combines the Art of Virtual Restaurants with Science
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...
Saladworks Inks Deal with Ghost Kitchen Brands, Walmart
In a landmark deal that will nearly double the brand’s footprint with 60 kitchens in the United States and 30 in Canada, fast-casual franchise Saladworks is partnering with Ghost Kitchen Brands to open in dozens of non-traditional locations by the end of 2021, many of...
Squarespace Acquires Tock
Tock, the restaurant reservation platform that moved into carryout and events, has been acquired by website and ecommerce platform Squarespace in a $400 million mix of cash and stock. Squarespace said bringing Tock under its umbrella will enable its customers to...
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.