by Nicholas Upton | Dec 31, 2018 | Finance, News
Swiggy has just earned the title of most-raised in a single round for the food-delivery industry. The app-powered food-delivery service based in India just completed a series H round, bringing in $1 billion. Naspers, a South African investment giant, led the round and...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 28, 2018 | News, Third-Party Delivery
It isn’t easy going in the restaurant world these days, especially for some of the largest chains whose efforts to adapt to a new world is more like turning around a cargo ship than deftly changing course in a speedboat. Put simply, as big brands continue to struggle,...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 20, 2018 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Outside of the earliest adopters, I don’t think the general public realizes how many things are now available via on-demand delivery. I should know, because my inbox fills with delivery-enabled business pitches every single day. New delivery options like snow plowing,...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 13, 2018 | News, Research
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...
by fodnews | Dec 12, 2018 | Best Practices, News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
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...
by fodnews | Dec 12, 2018 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
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...