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After Lofty Heights, Nuro Again Lays Off Hundreds
Six months after laying off 20 percent of its staff, Nuro has reportedly laid off 30 percent of its remaining workforce.
Deliverect Buys Social Ordering Company, ChatFood
Deliverect acquired ChatFoot, a social media ordering platform with pay-at-the-table and loyalty solutions.
Paytronix Launches in Square App Marketplace
Paytronix announced a new integration with Square allowing to incorporate Paytronix Online Ordering and Loyalty.
Bringing Virtual Brands into a Tangible World
Speaking with two very different restaurant operators on what they’ve learned since bringing multiple virtual brands into existing restaurants.
Lyft Explores ‘Untapped’ Segment of Food Delivery Market
Ride-hailing second chair Lyft said it will soon be entering the food-delivery space. The San Francisco-based ride-sharing operator reported a nearly 50-percent drop in quarterly revenue, falling to $499.7 million. That's still ahead of analyst expectations, but like...
Alex Canter Talks Ordermark and Nextbite’s $120M War Chest
After SoftBank Group invested $120M in Ordermark, Alex Canter is hoping one Nextbite’s virtual concepts will become the next Domino’s. In an interview w/Food On Demand, he delved into details of his growth plans and how virtual restaurants can be a boon to restaurants, rather than more competition.
After Self-Delivery Basics, It’s Time to Catch Domino’s
With so many restaurants doing delivery for the first time because of the pandemic or earlier adopters updating their delivery programs in recent months, the energy is shifting from the must-haves to nice-to-haves in the mold of delivery pioneers like Domino’s or Chipotle.
Enhancing Delivery with Futuristic Automation
The robots are here, and they're helping restaurants navigate the surge in delivery. Flippy, the burger-flipping and fry-frying robot from Miso Robotics is back in the news and making a major expansion in the White Castle system. The QSR chain 'flipped' over their...
Grubhub Faces Lawsuit over Non-Partnered Restaurant Listings
Grubhub is under legal fire for listing non-partnered restaurants on its platform, but what will actually come of a newly filed class-action lawsuit is not clear. The suit, filed by Gibbs Law Group, alleges that Grubhub misused trademarks by placing non-partner...
Better Delivery Food is a Phase Change Away
Phase Change Solutions, a manufacturer of green building materials and the company behind the Domino’s HeatWave bags, says the technology to improve restaurant delivery is fired up and ready to go, if only the third-party delivery providers would spring for the upgrade.
Famous Toastery CEO Talks Self Delivery, Restarting Franchising
Famous Toastery, a full-service breakfast franchise with nearly 30 locations, is testing self-delivery and restarting its franchising program after the shock of COVID-19 pushed the company to roll out online ordering over the course of four frantic days.
Self-Delivery Firm Onfleet Snags $14 Million in Series A
The delivery and convenience tech stack keeps expanding and the money keeps coming. Onfleet, a B2B software-as-a-service delivery enabler, is the latest with a $14-million series A investment round led by Kennet Partners. The San Francisco-based company handles the...
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I’ll have what she’s having—no not her, the dog
The dog’s menu at Stanley’s NE Restaurant and Bar in Minneapolis started as a fun way to reward dogs who accompanied their masters to happy hour on the patio and ended up on Bite Squad’s delivery route.
The Deliverers
Bringing the Heat: Rapid Grocer Delivery Food Rocket Launches Hot Meals
Food Rocket announced the launch of its first in-house hot meal delivery service in Chicago.
Best Practices
What are your peers doing in delivery? Get some of the best practices out there.
Maximizing Efficiency With Virtual Restaurants is FODC Topic
Restaurant industry veterans shared what works and what doesn’t at the Enterprise VR/Ghost Kitchens Strategies Panel at FODC.