Figure Eight Launches Delivery-Focused Consulting
Seeing the unstoppable rise of delivery and catering, a New York City-based entrepreneur with a background in farming, engineering and philosophy is turning his attention to helping restaurants streamline their third-party delivery programs and avoid worst-practices...
Blue Apron Seeking ‘Strategic Alternatives’
The once-disruptive meal kit leader, Blue Apron, announced that it was looking at a “range of strategic alternatives” as it reported its final quarterly earnings for 2019. In all, the fourth-quarter results were not great. The company missed earnings per share...
P.F. Chang’s Opens “To-Go” Concept in Chicago
After recently closing its last full-service restaurant in Chicago, P.F. Chang’s has opened a new, smaller concept that’s exclusively focused on carryout, delivery and catering in the city’s River North neighborhood on the edge of the central business district. To...
Online Grocery (Finally) Coming in Hot
After years of lackluster growth compared to the fast rise of meal delivery, U.S. consumers are starting to embrace online grocery shopping, with a new study arguing that groceries ordered in advance for delivery and pickup has passed a tipping point and “is now an...
Judge Blocks Platform Push to Halt California Labor Law AB 5
In a damaging salvo in the legislative war in California, a judge opted not to block the labor law commonly known as Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5). The labor law went into effect in the state on January 1, 2020, and puts a three-part test in effect to determine whether or...
Outstanding Operators
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