by Tom Kaiser | Aug 1, 2023 | News, Top Stories
The fate of MrBeast Burger, by far the most successful virtual restaurant by unit count, is up in the air after its namesake, Jimmy Donaldson, sues Virtual Dining Concepts citing “low quality” food from the delivery-only brand. The lawsuit comes a few weeks after...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 26, 2023 | News, Top Stories
Amid a stand of redwoods—the likes of Toast, NCR and Olo—Chowly is more of a Douglas fir, stately if not the tallest one in the forest. Now at 100 employees after buying guest experience provider Koala earlier this year, the order integration platform is branching out...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 18, 2023 | News, Top Stories
Hungry House founder Kristen Barnett is moving from her “anti-ghost kitchen” concept to something entirely new, but largely focused on the same cohort of culinary creators who have their own built-in followings in the F&B universe. Based in New York and steeped in...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 12, 2023 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
After years of holding out while Papa John’s and Pizza Hut jumped into third-party delivery, Domino’s—the world’s largest pizza company—has signed a deal allowing U.S. customers to order its products through the Uber Eats and Postmates apps. Uber Eats will be the...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 11, 2023 | News, Top Stories
Stefania Mallett, co-founder and CEO of ezCater, is stepping down and turning over the top spot to Ashwin Raj, an experienced e-commerce leader and rideshare vet who was previously executive vice president, head of rideshare at Lyft and, before that, director of...
by Tom Kaiser | Jun 28, 2023 | News, Top Stories
DoorDash held its first Dash Forward event to celebrate the delivery platform’s 10th anniversary, and used the online occasion to announce new updates and features to its offering—billed as the biggest app update in its history. The changes DoorDash announced are...