InHouseDelivery Helps Restaurants Self Deliver, Handle Peak Times
The concept of avoiding high delivery fees with in-house drivers is appealing on paper, but many restaurants hesitate about the labor, insurance and other liabilities of employing their own delivery drivers. With a background in helping large firms share employees,...
Slice Adds Former Focus Brands President to Board
Slice, the New York-based delivery platform focused on pizzerias, has added former Focus Brands president and COO Kat Cole to its board of directors. Focus is the parent company of Auntie Anne’s, Cinnabon, Jamba, McAlister’s Deli, Moe’s Southwest Grill and...
Vons, Safeway Reportedly Axe In-House Drivers for Dashers
West Coast grocery chains Vons and Safeway have reportedly announced plans to replace their in-house delivery drivers with DoorDash drivers in the wake of the passage of Proposition 22, according to multiple media reports. LAist reports that Albertsons-owned Vons, one...
Lunchbox Founder Focuses on Breaking Third-Party Dependence
As the outspoken CEO of a tech company trying to break restaurant dependency on third-party delivery services, Nabeel Alamgir of Lunchbox is more of a happy warrior than an angry naysayer. Even in saying “the bad guys are winning” when talking about the largest...
DoorDash Launches DasherDirect Banking for Drivers
DoorDash and Payfare have announced the launch of the DasherDirect platform, a banking platform for DoorDash delivery drivers that includes mobile banking and prepaid Visa cards for its Dashers. This marks DoorDash’s first-ever financial platform for Dashers,...
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.