by Bernadette Heier | Dec 13, 2023 | News
For food industry startups, opening up a brick-and-mortar location can be a difficult, daunting task. To help entrepreneurs get it done, Grubhub and Chicago’s The Hatchery, a nonprofit incubator dedicated to fostering successful F&B businesses, teamed up to host a...
by Peter Backman | Dec 13, 2023 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Contributing editor, Peter Backman is a long-term foodservice sector guru and founder of theDelivery.World, a platform that connects the delivery sector and makes sense of the myriad changes and challenges that affect the sector across the globe. In the early days,...
by Bernadette Heier | Dec 13, 2023 | Automation, News
Cibotica, a Canadian-based food robotics company, has made strides in revolutionizing kitchen efficiency with the release of its flagship product Remy. Remy is an automated salad and bowl assembly line that’s capable of making up to 300 bowls per hour. “Our...
by Bernadette Heier | Dec 7, 2023 | News, Outstanding Operators
Kicking off the first feature of Outstanding Operators is Mary Aregoni of Saigon Sisters. Aregoni is being recognized for redefining the Chicago area food scene, serving a Vietnamese concept that has proven versatile in meeting different market venues and sizes....
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 7, 2023 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Ahead of a busy holiday season when consumers say prices and promotions are their top consideration for purchases and ~77 percent cope with their busy schedules by ordering from restaurants, Uber Eats is launching three new offer types and new personalized marketing...
by Bernadette Heier | Dec 6, 2023 | Briefs, News
ConverseNow, an AI-powered voice-ordering solution for restaurants has teamed with third-party delivery aggregator and menu management company ItsaCheckmate. The move enables ConverseNow to integrate its technology with dozens of point-of-sale systems, significantly...