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Minnow Bringing Smart Food Lockers to Major Apartment Company
Smart food lockers are set to arrive in more apartments via a new partnership between Minnow Technologies and Bell Partners.
Kat Cole Joins Nextbite as Advisor
Kat Cole, the president and COO of Athletic Greens, has joined Nextbite as an advisor.
Taco John’s Partners with Qu on Revamped Tech Stack
Taco John’s teamed up with point-of-sale software provider, Qu, to deploy a new tech stack.
Olo Unveils ‘Borderless’ Checkout with Virtual Event
Paying the bill will soon involve less friction for customers thanks to a new product from Olo, dubbed Borderless.
Kitchen United Signs Three More Leases
Kitchen United announced its next batch of cloud kitchens in an aggressive push for 15 open locations by the end of 2019. The California-based company has signed leases in San Francisco and Los Angeles, plus a second location in Chicago’s Fulton Market District. The...
Report: McDonald’s Renegotiating UberEats Contract
The exclusive contract between McDonald’s and Uber Eats was the biggest deal in the U.S. delivery industry to date, but it’s currently being renegotiated in an effort to lower fees for individual deliveries, according to a report from Bloomberg. Leadership at...
Uber + Toyota Accelerate Driverless Ridesharing
Toyota, SoftBank and auto supplier Denso announced a $1 billion investment in Uber’s Advanced Technology Group to accelerate development and commercialization of the tech giant’s automated ridesharing services. Under the terms of the agreement, Toyota and DENSO will...
Delivery Awareness Surges as Fast-Food Grabs Bigger Bite
According to a new report from customer experience and brand research firm Service Management Group (SMG), awareness of delivery is growing while fast-food restaurants in particular are increasing delivery at three to five times faster than the fast-casual and...
Albertsons Cans 10 Percent of Plated Staff
Albertsons has reportedly laid off 10 percent of the staff at Plated, a national meal kit service the West Coast grocery giant purchased in 2017. According to the report, the layoffs impacted 25 of Plated’s employees. In a statement, Albertsons spokeswoman, Christine...
Bite Squad Adds Breakfast in Minneapolis
Bite Squad, which was founded in Minneapolis and acquired by Louisiana-based Waitr, has added breakfast service for individual and small group orders in its home market. Breakfast will be delivered every day starting at 8 a.m. The expanding morning delivery services,...
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...
Postmates Partners with Popeyes
Postmates revealed one of its largest restaurant partnerships to date with a newly announced tie-up with Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen to offer third-party delivery at more than 2,000 of the chicken chain’s locations across the U.S. To juice initial orders, Postmates is...
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Paytronix Data Illuminates ‘No Tip, No Trip’ Mantra Among Drivers
The lower the tip, the less chance a delivery driver will pick up your food. Paytronix dug into how tips affect delivery acceptance rates. In a report titled “No Tip, No Trip: How Brands Can Preserve Revenue by Ensuring That Delivery Drivers Are Tipped Their Fair...
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With Catering Kaput, Alchemista Makes a Big Pivot
Back in 2019, things were going really well at Boston-based corporate catering provider Alchemista. Founder and CEO Christine Marcus was partnering with restaurants to bring great food to catering clients and had just invested in a robust culinary team to handle...