by Tom Kaiser | Aug 26, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Turning around a big ship is a timeworn metaphor. In the restaurant technology space, NCR is the $6 billion giant trying to gracefully maneuver through the Suez while younger, more nimble competitors slip past on whitecaps of investor enthusiasm. After losing its...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 19, 2021 | Best Practices, News, Top Stories
With a fresh Series B investment in hand, two in-house virtual restaurants, pandemic-tested franchisees and a budding consumer packaged goods business, New York-based Mighty Quinn’s BBQ dreams of becoming the Shake Shack of slow-cooked meats as it adds locations...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 12, 2021 | Finance, News, Top Stories
Whether it’s headlines, grocery store receipts or your bank account, it’s hard to avoid noticing inflation in the United States has increased, reaching a 13-year-high in July. Personal experience has shown that includes meal delivery, too, as third-party providers...
by Nicholas Upton | Aug 4, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Gopuff is pushing beyond convenience items with a growing number of hyper-efficient ghost kitchens. With its latest program focused on prepared foods, the speedy C-store disruptor is becoming the digital equivalent of a corner mart or bodega with a tiny kitchen in the...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 29, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
DoorDash is going bigger with ghost kitchens as it introduces DoorDash Kitchens Full Service, a new model allowing restaurants to license their brands and outsource many of the tasks associated with opening a new location, including hiring, meal preparation and...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 22, 2021 | Automation, News, Top Stories
Zume, a tech-focused pizza brand that morphed into a developer of robots and sustainable packaging, secured $122 million to build the world’s first compostable packaging factory powered entirely by renewable energy. After spending years building bespoke packaging...