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Lunchbox Leans into ‘Boring is Sexy’
Lunchbox founder and CEO Nabeel Alamgir is debuting a more measured tone in restaurant tech.
Modern Market Eatery Opening First Drive-Thru
Denver-based Modern Market Eatery is opening its first drive-thru location in Colorado Springs.
Navigating the Global Maze of Restaurant Delivery Charges
A decade of delivery evolution has woven a complex web of charges, driven by the pursuit of breakeven and eventual profitability.
RFDC Recap: Restaurant Automation, Who’s Time Has Come?
At the Restaurant Finance & Development Conference, Sharon Zackfia dove into why restaurants are increasingly looking into automation and what types of restaurants are more likely to benefit from this trend.
Online Grocery Sales Neared $100B in 2021
With sales of $97.7 billion, digital channels accounted for 13 percent of all grocery sales in the United States in 2021, according to Brick Meets Click’s State of the US eGrocery Market report.
Olo CEO Noah Glass: Three Predictions for 2022
Olo CEO Noah Glass shared his three top predictions for 2022 as the company embarks on its first full year as a public company. Aside from going public, Glass and Olo (NYSE: OLO) had a pretty good year as one of the go-to enterprise solutions for omnichannel...
Delivery Hero Acquires Majority Stake in Glovo
Another global acquisition gives a little insight into the complicated world of international food delivery companies as Berlin-based Delivery Hero announced it was buying additional shares in Glovo, which is headquartered in Barcelona. Delivery Hero is set to acquire...
JET Subsidiary SkipTheDishes To Launch Grocery Delivery Across Canada
Meal delivery company SkipTheDishes announced Skip Express Lane, a grocery delivery service using dark stores to offer more than 1,500 grocery and everyday items in less than half an hour.
Andrew Chen Examines the ‘Cold Start Problem’ for Platforms like Uber, Snackpass
How a smart idea gets initial traction is one of the most important moments in any business. It's a confusing, inventive, fascinating period, and one Andrew Chen spends a lot of time thinking about. Chen is a partner at the exceptionally busy and successful investment...
TikTok to Monetize Viral Content Through VR Partnership
TikTok is partnering with Robert Earl’s Virtual Dining Concepts to build TikTok Kitchen, a virtual restaurant brand dedicated to serving #foodtok’s favorite dishes.
Half of U.S. Consumers Now Using Meal Delivery as Sales Grow
New research shows 50 percent of U.S. customers have now ordered from a meal delivery service, up from 44 percent a year ago.
Reef Inks Partnership to Expand in Middle East, North Africa
Reef Kitchens partnered with Americana Group to open new ghost kitchen facilities in the Middle East and North Africa regions.
Outstanding Operators
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DoorDash Continues Building Automation Dream Team
A couple weeks after acquiring Caviar, DoorDash made another acquisition. This time the fast-growth delivery company acquired automation and remote-driving startup, Scotty Labs. Don’t fret if the company’s name doesn’t ring a bell. The young startup was founded in...
Research
ezCater Buys a Monkey, Raises Even More Capital
Fresh off a healthy haul of $100 million in investor cash last fall and continued European expansion after acquiring GoCater, ezCater just landed another $150 million in fun money and acquired the Monkey Group, a Canadian software and training provider that’s the...
The Deliverers
Chowly Debuts Restaurant Control Center
Chowly released a new tool giving restaurants greater control and insight over deliveries.
Best Practices
What are your peers doing in delivery? Get some of the best practices out there.
5 Off-Premises Tips from Independent Restaurant Gurus
Ask two independent operators how to approach third-party delivery and digital off-premises operations and you're bound to get five answers. That rang true during a Food On Demand Conference panel titled Case Studies from Independent Operators. Moderated by Hanson Li,...