by Tom Kaiser | Jul 25, 2019 | Research, Third-Party Delivery
There are plenty of reports showing national market share among U.S. delivery providers, but the industry is highly fragmented with some providers far outperforming others in the largest American cities. Grubhub has NYC on lockdown, while DoorDash leads in San...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 25, 2019 | Best Practices, Research
Point-of-sale integration has spawned a whole industry of technology brands looking to ease operations for restaurants diving deeper into delivery with multiple providers. Vishal Agarwal, the founder and CEO of ItsaCheckmate, sees room for all the players in this...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 17, 2019 | News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
A new consumer spending survey from KeyBanc Capital Markets suggests consumers are looking to increase the amount of money they spend on food-delivery services in the future, which bodes well for continued growth in the category going forward. Asked to predict their...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 17, 2019 | News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
A Texas-based grocery retailer is launching a pilot program to test self-driving, autonomous grocery deliveries in San Antonio. The retailer, H-E-B, is taking baby steps to get started, using a single driverless van developed by Udelv, a California-based company that...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 11, 2019 | Best Practices, Research, Top Stories
There’s a running conversation in the restaurant industry about delivery’s impact on margins, and now investment advisor Hedgeye Risk Management has crunched the numbers in a range of scenarios, including how much delivery impacts the total volume, as well as...
by Nicholas Upton | Jul 11, 2019 | Best Practices, Research, Third-Party Delivery
When a big brand jumps into delivery, there’s a big decision to make: Do you open the brand to every delivery provider possible to meet the delivery consumer everywhere or forge a deeper partnership with a single partner? For Dunkin’ Brands, the answer was a close...