by Tom Kaiser | Dec 1, 2020 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
As giant DoorDash finalizes its plans to go public, Uber announced it has officially completed its acquisition of Postmates, perennially the fourth-largest U.S.-based third-party delivery provider. According to October market share stats from Second Measure, a...
by Tom Kaiser | Nov 24, 2020 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Restaurant operators have more to keep track of than ever with several sea changes hitting the foodservice industry at the same time. Two experienced restaurant coaches that are restaurant operators themselves have joined forces to launch Off-Premises Domination, a...
by Nicholas Upton | Nov 23, 2020 | Best Practices, News, Third-Party Delivery
With the explosion of virtual operations in response to the pandemic, it bears asking: what is peak virtual restaurant? According to panelists in a session of the Restaurant Finance Monitor’s Restaurant Finance Week, we aren’t even close. The panel, titled...
by Nicholas Upton | Nov 23, 2020 | Finance, News
Your Fare continues a busy year with two transformational acquisitions. The Austin-based order integration and logistics company acquired Pronto, an online ordering solution for restaurants. The acquisition comes on the tails of Your Fare purchasing Beyond4, a SMS and...
by Tom Kaiser | Nov 22, 2020 | COVID-19, News, Third-Party Delivery
Olo, the New York-based delivery integration and ecommerce platform, announced a range of upgrades to help restaurant clients improve operations and guest safety as digital ordering and delivery volumes continue to grow. Restaurants using Olo’s Expo and Curbside as a...
by Nicholas Upton | Nov 19, 2020 | Best Practices, News, Top Stories
When Chipotle’s first digital-only restaurant opened last week in Highland Falls, New York, it became the first of what will certainly be many. In a lot of ways, the restaurant is the culmination of a huge amount of work to reformat the restaurant with a focus...