Jokr Lands $170M to Scale Instant Delivery Platform
Move over ghost kitchens and virtual restaurants: instant delivery platforms are officially the hottest corner of the delivery space with New York-based startup, Jokr, announcing a $170 million Series A round to grow the grocery and retail delivery provider. The...
DoorDash Claims Customers Prefer to Order Direct Over Third-Party
Consumers would rather order delivery directly from a restaurant as opposed to a third-party provider. In its recent trend report, polling 1,525 respondents, DoorDash found 43 percent of its customers prefer to order delivery through a restaurant’s website or app,...
Grubhub Rolls Out On-Time Guarantee
Grubhub is promising its customers their orders will arrive on time and that its prices will be the lowest relative to its competitors through the Grubhub Guarantee, a new feature the company says is the result of asking its customers what matters most when choosing a...
Grubhub Partners with Russia’s Yandex on Delivery Robots
Grubhub signed a multi-year partnership with Yandex Self-Driving Group, a division of the Russian multinational tech group, to enable faster, more cost-effective deliveries via delivery robots on U.S. college campuses. According to a press release announcing the deal,...
Donatos Partners with Reef Kitchens
Donatos Pizza announced a new delivery-only partnership with Reef Kitchens to expand the franchised brand’s presence in the Nashville market, with plans of going national in the near future. Through the new deal, customers in more areas of Music City and its...
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.