Drivers’ Destiny Rides Shotgun with New Delivery Platform
There’s another hyper-local delivery platform coming in Nashville. Yes, another one! TripDelivers launched in January as an alternative to the big-name, third-party platforms. In fact, the landing page for the company and app calls out a number of the practices...
DoorDash Acquires Chowbotics in Step Toward Restaurant Automation
DoorDash acquired robotic salad maker Chowbotics in a new push to give merchant partners additional options to deliver. The top delivery platform that went public in December announced the Chowbotics acquisition in a blog post. It noted that the “proven” model with...
As Delivery Matches Rides, Uber Posts $968M Quarterly Loss
Two weeks after moving to buy Drizly, Uber announced its fourth-quarter financial results, which also included full-year results for 2020. The prime highlights are year-over-year delivery bookings up nearly 130 percent as food delivery has pulled even with its...
Restaurant Vets Launch OrderB4 Ghost, Virtual Kitchen Management
Rapid-fire growth of ghost kitchens and virtual restaurants is setting off yet another land rush in the off-premises restaurant space as developers rush to create seamless software for operators managing multiple delivery-only concepts. As the very definition of a...
Grubhub Announces Full Year 2020 Earnings
Grubhub announced fourth quarter and full-year earnings in potentially its last full year report before merging with Just Eat Takeaway.com. The earnings from the Chicago-based company were somewhat mixed. Grubhub’s overall revenue was up significantly, in line with...
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