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DoorDash Adds Grocery Partners as Instacart Goes Public
DoorDash is ramping up its presence in the grocery delivery sector, adding eight new store partners to its marketplace.
Bringing an ‘Infusion of Heart,’ Atul Sood is Kitchen United’s New CEO
Weeks after Michael Montagano departed for Dog Haus, Kitchen United Chief Business Officer Atul Sood has been promoted to CEO.
Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Just Eat, sign UK Road Safety Charter
The voluntary charter comprises ten road safety principles, aiming to keep motorcycle couriers and other road users safer.
DoorDash Increases Safety Measures to Halt Underage Alcohol Orders
The company is blocking deliveries to campuses in Massachusetts and requiring further compliance training.
Wisely Unveils Timely New Features
Wisely, the Michigan-based customer intelligence platform for restaurants, unveiled a new round of features that provide new ways to integrate and access customer data.
NCR’s Hospitality on Regaining ‘Intimacy’ with Customers
NCR says it has regained that customer-centric focus and is positioned to outcompete the Toasts, Lightspeeds and Squares of the world.
C3 Lands Additional $10M Investment
Global food tech platform C3 announced a $10 million strategic investment from TriArtisan Capital Advisors and its investors.
Nextbite Launches Three Breakfast Concepts
Breakfast is becoming a bigger deal in the Nextbite universe, as the virtual restaurant provider launches three new delivery-only breakfast concepts.
Automated Pizza, Salads Creep Closer to Mainstream
In a flurry of robotic restaurant news, the potential for pizza or salads made by robots is creeping closer to Main Street. Automated pizza-making company Picnic just announced its devices are now available for commercial use. Piestro, another robotic pizza-making...
Gig-Work Legal Shield Prop 22 Deemed ‘Unconstitutional’
The landmark Proposition 22 that carved out exceptions to California's AB5 legislation has been deemed unconstitutional by a California judge. Under Proposition 22, which passed in November of 2020, delivery and driver gig workers did not fall under a test to...
With New Cash, Mighty Quinn’s Aims to Be Shake Shack of BBQ
With a fresh investment and two virtual restaurants, Mighty Quinn’s BBQ dreams of becoming the Shake Shack of slow-cooked meats.
Native Delivery Pays Off According to Latest Delivery Study
A new consumer survey from SMG shows native delivery making inroads as 23 percent of U.S. consumers ordered food directly from restaurants with their own delivery platforms.
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Munchery Closure Leaves Restaurants High and Dry
The food delivery startup, Munchery, left local San Francisco small business owners eating the bill after abruptly shutting their doors. Munchery provided prepared meals to residents in San Francisco, Los Angelas, Seattle and New York. In San Francisco, Munchery...
Research
Uber is Building Virtual Restaurants Too?
Like Deliveroo overseas and DoorDash in the U.S., Uber is testing its own virtual kitchen concept. While the company hasn’t officially announced a delivery-only kitchen, an unnamed Bloomberg source told the publication that Uber has been leasing kitchen space in Paris...
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Zomato’s Co-Founder Leaves Firm, Amid Series of High-Profile Exits
Indian food delivery company, Zomato co-founder and CEO Gunjan Patidar resigns, following two recent senior executive exits.
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Serve, Nvidia Formalize Partnership with $10M Investment
Serve Robotics announced a new investment from chipmaker Nvidia that deepens the relationship between the two companies and helps speed up growth and development. Nvidia will invest $10 million in the company as a strategic investment. Among investments in the robotic...