Food On Demand Conference Scales Up, Moves to Chicago
With five months to go, registration is now open for the Food On Demand Conference that will be held at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile in the heart of the Michigan Avenue dining and retail district April 1-2, 2019. The Food On Demand Conference will...
Delivery, Rising Rents Shrinking Restaurant Footprints
Restaurants new and old have been shrinking their footprints for years due to a variety of reasons that nearly always include lukewarm customer counts and dog-eat-dog competition for prime real estate. Now, thanks to the still-fast-growing popularity of third-party...
Uber Prepares Food-Delivery Drones
Hot meals being delivered from the sky are the natural end-game of this on-demand food delivery phenomenon. With this week’s news from The Wall Street Journal that UberEats plans to launch foody drones by 2021, and our own Nick Upton’s story on unmanned drone...
Grubhub Announces Record Third Quarter, Stock Tanks
Grubhub, the first public company in the third-party delivery space, announced its third-quarter earnings today. The company announced earnings of 45 cents per share, beating consensus from Wall Street of 41 cents per share, a 10 percent beat. Topline revenues rose by...
Amazon, Supermarkets Neck and Neck in Online Grocery Race
No other grocery provider even comes close to Amazon’s dominant position relative to online grocery retailing, according to a new report from Brick Meets Click’s latest consumer survey. The survey’s 4,855 respondents who participate in grocery shopping for the...
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.