Olo IPO Validates Company’s Role in Digital Transformation
Olo, the multifaceted ordering and logistics platform for enterprise restaurants, reached a new milestone on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The company went public with an 18 million-share offering. The stock began trading at $32, a more than 20-percent...
Deliveroo Prepares its London IPO
Deliveroo, one of Europe’s largest restaurant-delivery services and one which is backed by an investment from Amazon, announced plans to go public on the London Stock Exchange in a listing that “could value the British food-delivery firm at around $7 billion and mark...
VDC’s Guy Fieri Flavortown Kitchen Hits 160 Locations
Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Kitchen is the latest celebrity-backed virtual restaurant from Virtual Dining Concepts (VDC), and since its rollout in early 2021, Flavortown Kitchen is already up to approximately 160 locations up and running. Founded by Robert Earl, a...
Indy Operator Spotlight: Michael Kudrna of Frato’s Culinary Kitchen
Michael Kudrna, owner of Frato’s Culinary Kitchen in suburban Chicago, isn’t just experimenting with direct sales and virtual concepts to survive the pandemic. He’s also working with culinary students to provide real-world experience that’s not part of most culinary...
Entrepreneur Builds Model to Support Black-owned Restaurants
Without the investor backing that’s a staple of the delivery ecosystem, Black and Mobile is a fast-growing restaurant delivery provider punching above its weight class following a year where both the pandemic and social unrest put a national focus on elevating...
Outstanding Operators
Food On Demand Outstanding Operators features restaurant brands with innovative operations that are taking creative paths to success with delivery and all things off-premises.
