How a Home Cook Created a Revenue Stream With a Swedish Flair
By Nancy Weingartner Monroe What makes the food-on-demand market so enticing is that in addition to the large, national players like Blue Apron and Hello Fresh, there are individuals cooking for their neighbors within the boundaries of a reasonable delivery area....
Amazon to Disrupt Food Landscape with Whole Foods—Is Grubhub Next?
By Nicholas Upton Amazon and whole foods announced a merger agreement where Amazon will buy Whole Foods Market for $42 per share for an all-cash transaction of $13.7 billion. And now rumors are swirling that Grubhub is next. The Whole Foods acquisition alone signals a...
McDonald’s Accelerates Delivery Rollout with UberEats
Underscoring the seismic shift to delivery in all corners of the restaurant world, McDonald’s is ramping up its trial of third-party delivery with UberEats, doubling the number of U.S. locations delivering Big Macs, Egg McMuffins, and McNuggets. Announced at an...
Prison Food on Demand
What good is a cell phone if you can’t use it to order food from your cell? Some day, we predict, even prisons will be outsourcing their meal programs to restaurants.
Harnessing Foodie Networks of Desire
By Tom Kaiser It is both a hunger and an addiction—clicking furiously for more, wiping sweat off my fingers to scroll faster, never satisfied, but fully aroused. My pulse quickens and heart pounds through my shirt as I find the electro-lust I’ve been searching for:...
Outstanding Operators
Food On Demand Outstanding Operators features restaurant brands with innovative operations that are taking creative paths to success with delivery and all things off-premises.