Instacart Rolls out ‘Self Delivery’
Customers “self delivering” their own meals and retail goods—meaning they pick them up instead of having them delivered—has become a hot focal area in the delivery world. The latest company jumping on the bandwagon is Instacart, which just announced a national...
Report: Grubhub Hires Advisor, Considers Sale
Here we go with the first big delivery headline of 2020: The Wall Street Journal reports that Grubhub, the second largest U.S. delivery provider, has hired a financial advisor to explore strategic options, possibly including a sale, as optimism has morphed into...
Waitr’s Latest CEO Out as Outlook Darkens
The pixels were still drying on our Q&A with Waitr’s new CEO Adam Price when news hit that Price resigned from the captain’s chair and board of directors and is being replaced by Carl Grimstad. He’s chief manager of C. Grimstad Associates, a family- office...
DeliverThat Offers Lower-Cost Catering Polish
Catering remains hot as an increasing share of the restaurant business heads out onto the streets. Occupying the middle ground between hungry at-home consumers and mega-catering firms like ezCater that primarily service corporate accounts, Ohio-based DeliverThat is a...
Survey Says: Consumers Still Prefer In-Restaurant Dining
In all the excitement of delivery and off-premises growth broadly, the decision of whether to go out or stay in remains a key consideration. Obviously, consumers demand convenience when they want it, but according to a new survey, they still prefer a great restaurant...
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