Kitchen United CEO, CBO Detail Plans for $100M Investment
Kitchen United raised $100 million and announced plans to grow from 15 to 500 locations in the coming years, partly with Circle K, a partnership that could rival its work with Kroger. The Pasadena, California,-based ghost kitchen operator said it will also push into...
After Layoffs, Nextbite’s New Co-President Denny Post Digs In
Denny Post isn’t done speeding toward the horizon of the restaurant world. In an interview with Food On Demand, the former president and CEO of Red Robin who steered development of KFC’s Popcorn Chicken, Burger King’s Chicken Fries and Starbucks’ Pikes Place Roast,...
Mobile Restaurant Pay Charges Beyond the Pandemic
One of the next frontiers in restaurant evolution is adopting modern payment technology to prevent customers needlessly waiting for servers or the bill, reduce staffing levels and minimize credit card fees generated by multiple transactions during a single guest...
Curious: Amazon Adds Grubhub+ for Prime Members
Grubhub received a big boost after Amazon announced it’s giving a free year of the Grubhub+ to its nearly 150 million U.S. Prime members as a new perk, affording them access to free and unlimited deliveries starting immediately. This comes less than three months after...
Sauce Bringing Dynamic Pricing to Restaurants
Because consumer demand, kitchen capacity and rolling promotions mean that restaurant profitability is a sliding scale, Sauce is a tech startup urging restaurants to take a cue from the hotel, airline and car rental industries by pricing their products on a similarly...
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