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...
Catching up with Zen Delivery
By Nicholas Upton I tried to keep up with Folstad on a recent delivery, but as you can see in the video on the website, it was futile. He did, however, slow down enough to discuss the hyper-local, sustainable and increasingly tech-savvy world of bike delivery.If you...
GrubHub’s Cone of Uncertainty
By Nicholas Upton Whenever a hurricane comes along, meteorologists love to make a big map with lots of scary red lines showing where the storm might go. What’s been dubbed “the cone of uncertainty” has everyone up and down the coast glued to the television until—most...
In Third-party Delivery, Where Does Loyalty Lie?
By Laura Michaels Many restaurant owners get into the delivery game with the goal of expanding their brand’s reach, citing increased exposure to customers over expectations of greatly increasing revenue. They justify possible concerns over quality control and menu...
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.