by Tom Kaiser | Sep 2, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Under the new DoorDash Kitchens Full Service program, restaurants can hand over the keys to their brands to the delivery platform’s new army of chefs. We asked one of the first clients in its San Jose facility what got them to sign on the dotted line, and how it’s...
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...