by Nicholas Upton | Apr 23, 2020 | COVID-19, News, Third-Party Delivery
Uber has added a pair of new services, Uber Direct and Uber Connect, that leverage the largest network of gig drivers in the world who suddenly have a lot less driving to do. As the COVID-19 pandemic encroached into the U.S., Uber ridership tanked. In the dense urban...
by Tom Kaiser | Apr 2, 2020 | COVID-19, News, Third-Party Delivery
According to daily average user data compiled by the research advisors at Gordon Haskett, the COVID-19 crisis is not lifting sales for third-party restaurant delivery providers. Acknowledging that we’re still in “early innings,” the firm’s research pointed to daily...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 30, 2020 | COVID-19, News, Third-Party Delivery
Having stocked up on groceries earlier than most, the Kaiser household is getting tired of diving into the pantry and chest freezer for each meal. To keep the liquor flowing, refill our stock of baking essentials and bring in a pair of family-style meals for the week,...
by Nicholas Upton | Mar 26, 2020 | News, Third-Party Delivery
We’re all in this together, that’s the dominant message from DoorDash’s new marketing campaign dubbed “Open for Delivery.” Demonstrating the power of a national brand with national marketing power to help independent restaurant partners in particular, the company...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 18, 2020 | COVID-19, News, Third-Party Delivery
Ryan Palmer is a Minneapolis-based attorney and partner at Lathrop GPM (formerly Gray Plant Mooty) who is a long-standing expert on independent and franchised restaurant operations. He is the chair of his firm’s restaurant, food and hospitality group. Food On Demand...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 17, 2020 | COVID-19, News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
With many states and local municipalities closing bars and restaurants or restricting service to off-premises channels only, the four largest U.S.-based national delivery providers have rolled out a wave of ways to help their restaurant partners. So far, those...