by Tom Kaiser | Aug 26, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Turning around a big ship is a timeworn metaphor. In the restaurant technology space, NCR is the $6 billion giant trying to gracefully maneuver through the Suez while younger, more nimble competitors slip past on whitecaps of investor enthusiasm. After losing its...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 26, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Breakfast is becoming a bigger deal in the Nextbite universe, as the virtual restaurant provider launches three new delivery-only breakfast concepts. The menu items will range from traditional and gourmet breakfast sandwiches to chicken and waffles and breakfast...
by Nicholas Upton | Aug 25, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery
The landmark Proposition 22 that carved out exceptions to California’s AB5 legislation has been deemed unconstitutional by a California judge. Under Proposition 22, which passed in November of 2020, delivery and driver gig workers did not fall under a test to...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 19, 2021 | COVID-19, News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
A new consumer survey from SMG, the latest in an ongoing study of trends in the food delivery market, shows native delivery making inroads as 23 percent of U.S. consumers reported ordering food directly from restaurants with their own delivery platforms compared to 24...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 12, 2021 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
DoorDash has unveiled DoubleDash, new functionality that allows customers to order from multiple restaurants or retailers in a single order with no additional delivery fee or minimum order sizes, removing a major barrier for the largest U.S. delivery provider to...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 12, 2021 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
Domino’s Pizza is aggressively targeting third-party delivery providers with a huge $50 million free food giveaway specifically aimed at luring customers away from DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats. The largest pizza company in the world is randomly selecting U.S....