by Tom Kaiser | Jan 26, 2023 | News, Top Stories
Portillo’s CEO Michael Osanloo says his fast-casual brand is sitting pretty in a tenuous economy thanks to a three-part strategy exploiting the efficiency of multi-lane drive-thrus, luring “hero dads” inside the restaurants and doubling down on its most concentrated...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 19, 2023 | News, Top Stories
Amid so much economic upheaval, some restaurants are discovering the pitfalls of following the herd or relying on gut-level intuition to make critical pricing and menu decisions. One pricing expert with decades of experience argues that previous data and methods are...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 12, 2023 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Saying it took “years of R&D and tens of millions of dollars in capital to get it right,” Wonder founder and CEO Marc Lore announced he’s moving the company away from its roots as an on-demand meal courier platform centered around vans operating as mobile...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 5, 2023 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Amazon Prime members in two towns—one in California and another in Texas—have reportedly begun receiving drone deliveries through the retail giant’s Prime Air service. As multiple outlets have reported, the first aerial deliveries began just before Christmas. The...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 22, 2022 | News, Top Stories
For startups, a Series A investment round is a big milestone demonstrating not just a good idea with potential, but one that’s paired with a smart strategy to achieve scalable profits. Guest feedback platform Ovation says that goal is in reach even as investment...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 15, 2022 | News, Top Stories
Starship Technologies’ Chief Commercial Officer Ryan Tuohy says it’s finally time for delivery robots to go mainstream at significant scale. With more than four million autonomous deliveries completed, he says this is the inflection point where “it’s no longer a...