Wingstop Delivery: Slow to Enter, Fast to Grow
Wingstop CEO Charlie Morrison took to the airways on CNBC to talk about how the company’s large portion of digital orders has set the brand up for delivery success at the operator level. Because digital sales are more than 30 percent of the Wingstop business as of Q1...
Google Adds “Order Delivery” Button, Will Late Adopters Follow?
Google has added an “Order Delivery” button allowing customers to summon meals from their favorite restaurants, which can be delivered through Postmates, DoorDash, Delivery.com, Slice and ChowNow. The company says more delivery providers will be added soon. By...
Touring Kitchen United’s Chicago Location
The conveyor belt may be the neatest thing at Kitchen United’s first Illinois ghost kitchen within the River North neighborhood in Chicago. Restaurant operators place their packaged orders and they’re whisked away overhead to get to the waiting delivery drivers, and...
In Delivery Watch, Here Comes Amazon
It’s been clear that Amazon has its hungry eyes on the meal-delivery space, but it’s now making its big move with word that Seattle’s deliver-everything giant led a $575 million financing round in London-based Deliveroo, one of Europe’s largest third-party delivery...
Ford, Agility Pair Delivery Robots with Self-Driving Cars
Ford Motor Company is partnering with a robot manufacturer to pair its self-driving cars with advanced, humanlike robots to bring packages right to the front door of anxiously waiting customers. Its new partnership with Agility Robotics is focused on new ways of...
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.