Marc Lore’s Wonder Raises Another $350M
Wonder, a truck-based restaurant delivery service started by Jet.com founder Marc Lore, raised an additional $350 million through a Series B funding round led by Bain Capital just six months after launching the company. This latest investment follows previous...
Grubhub Offering Drivers Faster Payments
With new partnerships with PayPal and Visa, Grubhub is giving its drivers immediate access to their earnings through Instant Cashout via Direct to Debit, which is enabled by Hyperwallet. This enables any driver with an eligible bank debit card to deposit their accused...
Zalat Pizza and the Legend of Uber’s First Restaurant Partner
Zalat Pizza founder Khanh Nguyen is a self-professed pizza zealot. Once a lawyer, a tech founder and then a pizza-pie innovator, he’s exceptionally focused on making some of the very best pizzas in the Dallas area. He also thinks of himself as the very first...
Uber’s New Nationwide Shipping Takes on Goldbelly
Taking a page from Goldbelly, the marketplace sending gourmet food across the country, Uber has launched a nationwide shipping program to get consumers across the country whatever they’re craving, whether it comes from NYC, Miami or LA, with more cities coming soon....
Marketing Your Restaurant on Third-Party Platforms
Third-party platforms bring plenty of new tools to the table for business owners. But industry leaders at FODC ‘22 said restaurant fundamentals remain the most important component. The panel, moderated by Meredith Sandland, managing director of Delivering the Digital...
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.