by Nicholas Upton | Jan 20, 2022 | Finance, Top Stories
When the food-on-demand space exploded into the mainstream, it was initially a software play. Aggregators and delivery providers sought to have the fewest hard assets as possible, even eschewing employees in favor of the burgeoning gig-work industry. Gopuff SVP of...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 13, 2022 | News, Top Stories
ezCater closed out 2021 with a $100-million investment that might seem unexpected as omicron axes return-to-office plans across the globe. By focusing on jobs that have to be done inside the workplace, shrinking its own headcount and debuting a marketing campaign...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 6, 2022 | Briefs, News, Top Stories
Reef is kicking 2022 off with a bang, announcing a joint venture with Americana Group, the largest food and beverage operator in the Middle East. Together, the two companies will open new ghost kitchen facilities in the Middle East and North Africa regions that...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 29, 2021 | Best Practices, Top Stories
Delivering regular shipments of fresh, wild-caught fish from Alaskan coast to U.S. consumers is a fundamentally different challenge than restaurant delivery. No matter the complexity, the business that has exploded in popularity since the start of the pandemic as...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 22, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Lyft is getting into the restaurant delivery business through a new partnership with Olo, following in the tire tracks of its rival Uber, which saw its Eats business overtake ride sharing during the pandemic. As the operator of one of the largest transport networks in...
by Nicholas Upton | Dec 15, 2021 | Automation, Top Stories
Serve Robotics just raised $13 million in a seed extension round to grow its sidewalk delivery bot operations in new markets and with new partners. The company was built inside Postmates under the company’s Postmates X division that explored cutting-edge...