DoorDash, Albertsons Partner on Grocery Delivery
In the latest move of third-party delivery providers muscling into grocery, DoorDash has partnered with Albertsons, one of the nation’s largest grocers, to offer grocery delivery within an hour from nearly 2,000 grocery stores across the country including Safeway,...
C3 Partners with Lunchbox on Citizens Go App
C3’s newest culinary community now comes with an app focused on generating first-party orders. The operator of more than 200 ghost kitchens and brick-and-mortar restaurants partnered with Lunchbox to create the Citizens Go mobile app, allowing customers to order food...
Delivery Analysts Project Pandemic Habits Are Hanging On
What was once a pandemic necessity may be becoming habit. In a report issued by Wells Fargo, analysts including Brian Fitzgerald and Jon Tower project that delivery will hold onto its intra-pandemic market share or even grow as restaurant sales rebound during the...
Just Eat Takeaway Completes Grubhub Acquisition, Adam DeWitt is New CEO
It’s been a slow roll toward the finish line, but Amsterdam-based Just Eat Takeaway.com completed its acquisition of Grubhub in an all-stock transaction that represents JET’s entry into the U.S. food delivery market. Grubhub President and CFO Adam DeWitt was named...
Skipping the Mortar Model, Star Naidu Opens Khana Americana Ghost Kitchen
At first glance, it might appear Star Naidu is launching her Khana Americana restaurant backwards. The first-time restaurateur skipped the brick-and-mortar model and started her Indian-American concept as a ghost kitchen, opening it in Atlanta’s upper Westside....
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