by Tom Kaiser | May 3, 2019 | Best Practices, News, Research, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Pictured above: Stefania Mallett, co-founder and CEO of ezCater, addresses the crowd during her keynote address at the inaugural CaterUp conference. With approximately 300 attendees representing 185 foodservice brands, ezCater hosted its first CaterUp conference in...
by Beth Ewen | May 3, 2019 | News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
After expressing its interest in ghost kitchens at large and Kitchen United’s upcoming Chicago location in specific, fast-growing hot dog franchise Dog Haus announced it will be one of a dozen brands testing the viability of a mobile-ordering and delivery-only...
by Nicholas Upton | May 3, 2019 | Meal Kits, News, Research
The big criticism of meal-kit companies is that while you don’t have to go to the store, you still have to cook. For those busy millennial families or people who tend to cram in everything they can, that’s a big hurdle. Producers of frozen, mass-market meals are...
by Tom Kaiser | May 3, 2019 | News
For business travelers expensing meal deliveries, Grubhub captured the highest share of all third-party providers, with Caviar nabbing the highest average rating with an impressive five stars—head and shoulders above next closest Uber Eats and Seamless. Maine-based...
by Nicholas Upton | Apr 25, 2019 | News, Research
Kitchen United announced its next batch of cloud kitchens in an aggressive push for 15 open locations by the end of 2019. The California-based company has signed leases in San Francisco and Los Angeles, plus a second location in Chicago’s Fulton Market District. The...
by Tom Kaiser | Apr 25, 2019 | Finance, News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
The exclusive contract between McDonald’s and Uber Eats was the biggest deal in the U.S. delivery industry to date, but it’s currently being renegotiated in an effort to lower fees for individual deliveries, according to a report from Bloomberg. Leadership at...