by Tom Kaiser | Nov 19, 2020 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
As the “big four” delivery brands contract to the “big three,” a vanishingly small number of regional players are thriving below the radar. Started in a dorm room 10 years ago, Madison, Wisconsin-based EatStreet has raked in $50 million in investment funds, which...
by Tom Kaiser | Nov 18, 2020 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
Two Chicago delivery-focused brands are finally formally integrated now that Chowly has entered into a partnership with Grubhub to bring its menu management and order fulfillment solution to restaurants on the Grubhub marketplace. This new partnership allows Chowly...
by Tom Kaiser | Nov 13, 2020 | COVID-19, News, Third-Party Delivery
With this pandemic clearly dragging into the new year, Grubhub and The Greg Hill Foundation’s Restaurant Strong Fund announced the Restaurant Winterization Grant program, a new initiative to provide $10,000 grants to eligible independent restaurants. As indoor...
by Tom Kaiser | Nov 13, 2020 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Seven years after its founding, DoorDash filed its Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today signaling its imminent intent to become a publicly traded company. This is a significant milestone for the San Francisco-based company and the delivery...
by Nicholas Upton | Nov 11, 2020 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Proposition 22 has passed in California, allowing gig-employment giants like DoorDash, Uber, Lyft and Grubhub exemption from the state’s gig-employment law. The total votes are still being tallied in California, but it appears that the ballot measure won by a...
by Nicholas Upton | Nov 11, 2020 | COVID-19, News
Ride-hailing second chair Lyft said it will soon be entering the food-delivery space. The San Francisco-based ride-sharing operator reported a nearly 50-percent drop in quarterly revenue, falling to $499.7 million. That’s still ahead of analyst expectations, but...