As Delivery Grows, Consumers Still Dining In
A consumer behavior survey from consulting firm ChangeUp found the growth of restaurant delivery is not hurting dine-in traffic and could even spur visits. The survey of nearly 450 consumers who recently used common third-party delivery options noted 58 percent of...
Danny Meyer Fund Leads Goldbelly Series B
More money keeps flowing into the delivery space, this time Goldbelly grabbed the attention of restaurateur Danny Meyer and his young fund Enlightened Hospitality Investments. Goldbelly was founded in 2012 in New York with the purpose of getting “legendary foods” to...
Kitchen United Nabs Lightning-Fast $10M Series A
Just how excited are investors about the ghost kitchen industry? Well, according to Kitchen United CEO Jim Collins, they are pretty eager. “I think we opened and closed the round in about two days,” said Collins. The outcome of that fervent desire for ghost kitchens...
Grubhub Acquires Campus Ordering Platform Tapingo
It wouldn’t be a day that ends in “Y” without a major acquisition or investment announcement in the on-demand delivery world. Grubhub’s latest move dropped this week, its acquisition of campus food ordering platform Tapingo in a $150 million deal. With more than 150...
Reports: Uber Might Buy Deliveroo
Bloomberg has reported that Uber might be buying Europe’s Deliveroo, a major player in the continent’s third-party delivery landscape. According to the report, Uber Technologies is in talks to plunk down “several billion dollars” for Deliveroo, citing unnamed people...
Outstanding Operators
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