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Kitchen United, Helbiz Bringing Virtual Restaurants to New York and Austin
Kitchen United inked a partnership with Helbiz Kitchen to bring its virtual restaurants to New York City and Austin.
Paytronix, Voicify Partner on Voice-Based Restaurant Ordering
Paytronix partnered with Voicify to bring conversational voice ordering to consumer touch points.
Food Rocket, Circle K Bring Rapid Delivery to Charlotte
After Circle K’s parent took a minority stake in Food Rocket, the two companies announced a joint delivery expansion in Charlotte, NC.
Robot Delivery Startup, Nuro, Lays Off 20 Percent of Workforce
Nuro, the autonomous delivery startup, is laying off about 20 percent of its staff, or 300 people, according to an email sent to employees.
McDonald’s Adds DoorDash to the Menu
McDonald’s is opening up its delivery relationship, announcing via a press release that it signed a contract to make DoorDash its second third-party delivery provider, effectively ending its exclusive deal with Uber Eats that was viewed by many industry watchers as a...
Multi-Brand Operator Kahala Inks First National Delivery Deal
When a restaurant operator has thousands of locations across all 50 states, a national delivery contract makes a lot of sense to get the best deal from third-party delivery networks. Which is why Kahala, the parent company of everything from Blimpie, Baja Express,...
Consumers Plan Increased Food Delivery Spending
A new consumer spending survey from KeyBanc Capital Markets suggests consumers are looking to increase the amount of money they spend on food-delivery services in the future, which bodes well for continued growth in the category going forward. Asked to predict their...
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Goes Exclusive with Postmates
It may never make sense to have a single, small cup of coffee delivered on its own, but The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf’s new exclusive delivery deal with Postmates has major potential for an international chain with approximately 1,200 stores across the globe. With an...
Autonomous Groceries Coming to San Antonio
A Texas-based grocery retailer is launching a pilot program to test self-driving, autonomous grocery deliveries in San Antonio. The retailer, H-E-B, is taking baby steps to get started, using a single driverless van developed by Udelv, a California-based company that...
Newk’s Sticks to Its Guns While Growing Delivery, Catering
As the VP of off-premise sales at Newk’s Eatery, Courtney Smith and her team are tasked with helping the 127-unit restaurant brand grow delivery and catering sales, while also helping franchisees make sense of a quickly morphing industry. Their work entails...
DoorDash, Chain Restaurants Setting the Pace in Delivery
DoorDash is adding the most new restaurants to its platform compared to its competitors, driving significant market share gains for the largest U.S.-based delivery provider, according to a new study from KeyBanc Capital Markets. Now with more than 233,000 restaurants...
Olo Signs on Uber for Deeper Delivery Aggregation
Until now, Olo had a bit of an issue; its popular enterprise point of sale integration had a hole in its service. Uber Eats, one of the largest delivery networks in the U.S., was simply not integrated. So while Olo customers could plug most services directly into...
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Waitr (ASAP), Announces Stadium Partnership, Expansion
Waitr Holdings will soon officially be known as ASAP, and the company has a new deal with MetLife Stadium and both NFL teams that play there. Waitr inked a five-year deal to serve as the “official and exclusive mobile ordering partner of the New York Jets and New York...
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Food Rocket Bets Faster Groceries Can Topple Instacart, Amazon Fresh
Startups like Food Rocket, which delivers bags of locally influenced groceries in just 10 minutes, have begun attracting investors in a bid to muscle past Instacart, Amazon and established grocers.