by Tom Kaiser | Dec 1, 2023 | News, Top Stories
Meredith Sandland is co-author of “Delivering the Digital Restaurant: Your Roadmap to the Future of Food” and “Delivering the Digital Restaurant: The Path to Digital Maturity.” Meredith is the CEO of Empower Delivery, software that powers off-premise-centric...
by Tom Kaiser | Nov 29, 2023 | Best Practices, News, Top Stories
Click here to view the full session Three delivery, pricing and operations experts—Meredith Sandland, Michael Lukianoff and Jim Balis—joined Food On Demand’s Bernadette Heier at this year’s Restaurant Finance & Development Conference for the latest ways...
by Tom Kaiser | Nov 21, 2023 | News, Top Stories
Interviews with Lunchbox founder and CEO Nabeel Alamgir always stand out from the herd. Previous FOD coverage has included words like “outspoken,” “intense enthusiasm” and “blizzard of intensity”—but the high-profile restaurant tech exec is debuting a more muted,...
by Tom Kaiser | Nov 8, 2023 | Finance, Meal Kits, News, Top Stories
New York-based Wonder Group has now received approximately $950 million in funding over its three-year history after receiving a $100-million investment from Nestle, according to CNBC. The nine-figure investment comes in the wake of a succession of big-ticket...
by Tom Kaiser | Nov 1, 2023 | News, Top Stories
Editor’s note: Brandon Coleman, who TGI Fridays promoted to CEO in August, has resigned for personal reasons, the company announced October 31. Weldon Spangler, a longtime TGI Fridays board member, has been appointed CEO effective immediately. Spangler...
by Tom Kaiser | Oct 25, 2023 | News, Top Stories
With built-in TV notoriety, wildly profitable food trucks, a growing mail-order business, and a corporate team that now includes Angela Coppler from Wendy’s, Cousins Maine Lobster is leveraging its non-traditional off-premises operation as it begins a multi-front...