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...
Toast Report Shows Delivery, Takeout Declined 7 Percent YOY
As Toast aggregate sales data shows restaurant sales growth in all regions of the U.S., the latest Restaurant Trends Report shows that on-premises dining sales were up 46 percent during the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021, while takeout and...
DoorDash Report Shows Delivery Volumes Staying Strong
DoorDash’s second-annual Restaurant Online Ordering Trends Report shows that volumes are staying strong at the largest U.S. third-party delivery provider. According to the report, 83 percent of consumers are ordering delivery as much or more than they did last year,...
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.