Chowly Debuts Restaurant Control Center
Collecting, integrating and analyzing data continues as a theme in the restaurant tech space, and Chowly is the latest player releasing a new tool that gives restaurants greater control and insight over the delivery side of the business. Chicago-based Chowly’s new...
Kiwibot Secures $10M in Financing to Build More Bots
Robotic delivery startup Kiwibot gears up for expansion, thanks to securing $10 million in financing from Swiss-based asset financing group Kineo Finance. In an interview with Food On Demand, Kiwibot founder and CEO Felipe Chávez, said the partnership will “take...
DoorDash Predicts Further Growth as Orders Jump 30 Percent
Its largely positive quarterly results didn’t move the share price needle, but DoorDash reported strong fourth-quarter results showing that gross order volume increased 29 percent from the prior year, to $14.4 billion. This was achieved by growth in orders, up 27...
Grubhub Waives Fees, Adds Features to Direct
After first introducing Grubhub Direct in 2021 as a commission-free platform for smaller, independent restaurants, the delivery provider decided to waive some of the fees for restaurants using this white-label service. Grubhub Direct allows restaurants to create,...
DoorDash, Roku Bring On-Screen Meal Delivery to Streamers
“Roku and chill” might be a clumsy addition to the modern vernacular, but the largest TV streaming provider in North America teaming up with DoorDash for on-screen meal delivery could become the next great American pastime. Through a new multi-year partnership that...
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