by fodnews | Jun 20, 2019 | Automation, News, Third-Party Delivery
Uber is set to begin its first consumer tests of delivering food by drones as part of a pilot program with the City of San Diego and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). With all the ongoing drone news and updates from Amazon to Domino’s Pizza and many others,...
by Tom Kaiser | Jun 20, 2019 | Finance, News, Research
Sweetgreen, the healthy fast-casual brand that’s widely considered an early adopter of tech in the restaurant space, is also thinking big with its purchase of Galley Foods, a Washington, D.C.-based meal-delivery service that uses organic ingredients in its...
by Nicholas Upton | Jun 20, 2019 | Best Practices, News, Third-Party Delivery
This fall Houston consumers could get their pizza delivered by an autonomous vehicle, now that Domino’s has partnered with Nuro in an autonomous delivery test. Domino’s Pizza’s Chief Information Officer Kevin Vasconi said it would be one of the company’s many tests...
by fodnews | Jun 20, 2019 | News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
According to a public health organization in Australia, wider availability of online restaurant meal delivery is negatively affecting its residents’ health. LiveLighter, an Australia public health education program, surveyed 2,000 people and found that ordering food...
by Nicholas Upton | Jun 20, 2019 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Order integration provider ItsaCheckmate announced an official partnership with Allset, a provider that allows customers to pre-pay and pre-order meals in restaurants or for pickup. It covers more than 2,000 restaurants in 11 major U.S. cities. Vishal Agarwal, founder...
by Tom Kaiser | Jun 12, 2019 | News, Research, Top Stories
After leading a $575 million investment into Europe’s Deliveroo last month, Amazon is shutting down its Amazon Restaurants arm later this month and effectively calling it quits on directly competing with the largest U.S. delivery brands including Grubhub, DoorDash,...