by Nicholas Upton | Jun 14, 2018 | News, Research, Top Stories
The idea of a virtual restaurant powered by a ghost kitchen has been a trendy topic in the food on demand space, but the first company built around the concept is now operating out of Pasadena, California. Kitchen United’s soft opening, friends and family nights and a...
by Tom Kaiser | May 21, 2018 | News, Top Stories
Flying is the ultimate stress test for humans, depositing crumpled travelers at their destinations hungry, tired, annoyed and sore from the lack of basic modern comforts for everyone seated behind the first-class cabin. Or maybe that’s just me? Wherever you stand on...
by Nicholas Upton | May 21, 2018 | Best Practices, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
What inning is this? That was the question brought up during a panel discussion at the fourth-annual Cowen Consumer Conference. It’s a good question, the opportunities are clear, the challenges are clear but how exactly this adoption trend fits with the overall...
by fodnews | Mar 19, 2018 | Best Practices, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Food delivery is “not some cute fad” as some restaurant CEOs would suggest. “This is a fundamental shift,” declared Noah Glass, founder and CEO of Olo, speaking at the first Food On Demand Conference in Dallas today. Olo, as many of its 95 million users know, provides...
by fodnews | Mar 19, 2018 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
“It’s the very earliest innings of on-demand food delivery,” says Christopher Payne, COO of DoorDash, the third-party restaurant delivery service that is now in 60 markets and 600 cities and is about to blow up to three times that, he said during an on-stage interview...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 14, 2018 | News, Top Stories
I love cities, but have concerns about how the latest crop of high-tech upgrades will impact city life at the street and sidewalk level. Thanks to advancements like delivery robots, autonomous taxis and drones, which will eventually hit the urban scene in a big way,...