Olo CEO Says Delivery’s Incrementality Is Waning
As more restaurants offer delivery and advertising of delivery options continues to increase, Olo CEO Noah Glass said restaurants should expect deteriorating levels of incrementality, meaning that fewer truly new customers will be up for grabs in the coming year. The...Get a Jump on the Future at FODC
The stakes aren’t as high as the days when a national pizza company promised your pizza in 30 minutes or it’s free (not surprisingly there were accidents, some more than just fender-benders), but the need to get up to speed on delivery quickly is sweeping the...
TripAdvisor, DoorDash Partner to Feed Travelers
Heading anywhere during the holidays or beyond? Be forewarned: you may get hungry. In an interesting partnership—one of countless announced with delivery providers in recent weeks—TripAdvisor has partnered with DoorDash in more than 1,800 cities throughout North...
Postmates Doubles Membership Service, Drops Minimum Order Size
Postmates has doubled membership of its Unlimited subscription service, and lowered the minimum order size for its members to $15, down from $20. Unlimited is a monthly subscription service where members receive free delivery from more than 300,000 merchants on the...
Checkmate Completes $3 Million Series A
Checkmate has a fresh $3 million in the bank that will go toward a deeper technology bench but also help expand the company’s big differentiator in its competitive set: taking on the third-party headache. “We want to create a platform that integrates all the online...
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