Ritual Launches Delivery, Curbside for Chicago-Area Restaurants
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...
Uber Buys Postmates: Then There Were Three
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...
Waitr Pre-Announces Strong Second Quarter
Waitr, the Louisiana-based company that acquired Bite Squad and went public in 2018, shared some strong results ahead of its quarterly release after several difficult, money-losing quarters. According to Carl Grimstad, Waitr’s chairman and CEO, the strong performance...
No Touching! CardFree Helps Restaurants Keep their Distance
By now, most of us have had an experience where something that used to be totally normal is now disconcerting—like being handed a bag of takeout from somebody not wearing a mask or being bumped into by a stranger at the grocery store. Now that any human closeness or...
Target Goes National with Grocery Pickup Rollout
Target is diving deeper into online groceries with news that the Minneapolis-based retailer is bringing its fresh grocery pickup service national after successful pilots in the Twin Cities and Kansas City markets. Starting last week, Target’s expanded in-store order...
Outstanding Operators
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