by Nicholas Upton | Jul 15, 2020 | Finance, News
A new model for ghost kitchens has quietly rolled out in Los Angeles. CloudKitchens opened up what amounts to an alley adjacent to several shared-kitchen storefronts. According to the foodservice newsletter HNGRY, it’s an expensive new idea that combines both...
by Nicholas Upton | Jul 14, 2020 | News
From the unintended-consequences-of-food-delivery desk comes the story of NBA great Richaun Holmes stuck in his hotel room after getting a food delivery order. Holmes, the center for the Sacramento Kings, “broke the bubble” the NBA has created around the Disney World...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 8, 2020 | News, Third-Party Delivery
After purchasing a majority stake in Latin America’s Cornershop grocery delivery service, Uber has announced a dramatic expansion of its grocery delivery offering into select cities in Latin America, Canada and, later this month, the United States. With the promise of...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 8, 2020 | News
Domino’s Pizza has added a new service, Carside Delivery, that gives customers a new option to pick-up orders they’ve already paid for online. It’s now available in more than 6,100 U.S. locations. “Domino’s Carside Delivery gives customers the option to stay in their...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 8, 2020 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Ritual, a Toronto-based tech startup, has launched a new service to help small- and medium-sized restaurants in the Chicago metro area set up delivery, takeout and contactless orders. Called Ritual ONE, the new service initially debuted in its home city before rolling...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 8, 2020 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
After years of speculation about how the U.S. restaurant delivery scene will change with anticipated consolidation among the four largest third-party delivery services, the landscape has dramatically shifted with the news that Uber is in the process of buying...