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Grubhub Celebrates Member Appreciation Month with Exclusive Deals
The 5-week long promotion, dubbed Gold Days of Grubhub+, gives diners discounts and free items from various chains and stores.
Chick-fil-A Settles $4.4M Lawsuit as Customers Demand Delivery Price Transparency
Chick-fil-A settles lawsuit accusing the chain of inflating delivery prices while “misleadingly advertising free or low-cost delivery.”
Domino’s CTO on Microsoft AI Partnership, Future of Autonomous Delivery
The global pizza giant’s Chief Technology Officer, Kelly Garcia, discusses how generative AI will simplify employee tasks via their AI assistant, while also touching on outlook for autonomous delivery growth.
Deadline Approaches for Grubhub + Chicago Hatchery Pitch Competition for F&B Entrepreneurs
The competition gives Chicago-based F&B businesses an opportunity to win a year of rent-free access to a private Grubhub Kitchen at the Hatchery.
Nuro Nabs $600M, Now Valued at $8.6B
Automated vehicle company Nuro landed a fresh $600 million Series D fundraising round and brought in some notable investors as it reached a valuation of $8.6 billion. Nuro, the company behind a growing fleet of Smart-car-sized automated delivery vehicles, attracted a...
Delivery/Dine-In Hybrid Opens In Chicago
Experienced franchise operator Murad Karimi is launching a new consumer facing brand, that pairs a delivery-forward mentality with, takeout and dine in options.
Miso Robotics Unveils Flippy 2
Flippy 2’s robotic arm can work the fryer faster, more accurately and more consistently than a human operator can.
BentoBox Helping Restaurants Prepare for Holidays
As restaurants prep for a second pandemic winter, BentoBox is helping restaurants find new ways to generate holiday revenue.
C3 Partners with Coco Robot Delivery
On the promise of robotic deliveries that could be 30 percent faster than car-based ones, C3 has partnered with Coco to serve customers near its California ghost kitchens.
Uber, Olo Expand Partnership for Direct Ordering
Uber Direct is now integrated into Olo Dispatch to make efficient delivery technology available to Uber Eats merchants.
Reef’s Chief Creative Officer on Riding the Hyper-Growth Wave
As it grows in leaps in bounds via mega-partnerships, Reef wants the restaurant industry to imagine a future beyond the next quarterly earnings report.
Olo Buys Wisely, a Customer Intelligence and Engagement Platform
Olo is buying Wisely, a customer intelligence and engagement platform, in a $187 million dollar deal.
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Finance
New DoorDash Funding Values Company at $12.6 Billion
In a pre-holiday announcement, DoorDash announced another round of investor cash bringing its total haul to more than $2 billion and the company’s valuation to an incredible $12.6 billion. The San Francisco-based company, founded by CEO Tony Xu, announced the...
Research
DoorDash Passes Grub in Delivery Market Share
DoorDash has now edged ahead of Grubhub with 38 percent of the U.S. restaurant delivery market, according to revised data from last year’s Edison Trends market share report, which was updated. Grubhub is now second, at 27 percent; with UberEats in third at 25....
The Deliverers
Grubhub, Topanga.io Bringing Zero-Waste Takeout to Campus
Diners placing takeout orders from on-campus dining locations will now have the option for zero-waste packaging thanks to a partnership between Topanga.io and Grubhub.
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Paytronix Sees Digital Guest Experience Extending Beyond Restaurants
It’s getting easier to picture the next generation of dining as tech providers are bringing new features to loyalty and customer engagement.