Sandland: Are Ghost Kitchens Dead?
Meredith Sandland is co-author of “Delivering the Digital Restaurant: Your Roadmap to the Future of Food” and “Delivering the Digital Restaurant: The Path to Digital Maturity.” Meredith is the CEO of Empower Delivery, software that powers off-premise-centric...
Experts Debate Tactics to Boost Delivery Economics
Click here to view the full session Three delivery, pricing and operations experts—Meredith Sandland, Michael Lukianoff and Jim Balis—joined Food On Demand’s Bernadette Heier at this year’s Restaurant Finance & Development Conference for the latest ways...
Lunchbox Leans into ‘Boring is Sexy’
Interviews with Lunchbox founder and CEO Nabeel Alamgir always stand out from the herd. Previous FOD coverage has included words like “outspoken,” “intense enthusiasm” and “blizzard of intensity”—but the high-profile restaurant tech exec is debuting a more muted,...
Nestle Invests $100M in Wonder
New York-based Wonder Group has now received approximately $950 million in funding over its three-year history after receiving a $100-million investment from Nestle, according to CNBC. The nine-figure investment comes in the wake of a succession of big-ticket...
TGI Fridays Using C3, Krispy Rice Sushi to Expand its Menu
Editor’s note: Brandon Coleman, who TGI Fridays promoted to CEO in August, has resigned for personal reasons, the company announced October 31. Weldon Spangler, a longtime TGI Fridays board member, has been appointed CEO effective immediately. Spangler...
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