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Hungry House Debuts TikTok-native Season 3 Lineup
New York City ghost kitchen startup, Hungry House, has debuted its Season 3 offering that includes a collaboration between viral TikTok-er and entrepreneur, Melissa Ben-Ishay, and Bowery.
Flying Charleys Cheesesteaks Coming to North Carolina
Flying Philadelphia-style cheesesteak sandwiches are coming to select customers in Durham, North Carolina, thanks to a new drone delivery partnership with Flytrex.
Paytronix Debuts Order Experience Builder for Custom Ordering Sites
Paytronix says its new Order Experience Builder enables brands to create customized digital guest experiences without the need for third-party designers and developers.
Gopuff, Grubhub Partner on Big City Grocery Delivery
Grubhub announced a partnership that will bring Gopuff’s groceries, virtual restaurants, convenience goods, alcohol and household essentials to its marketplace.
Tillster Releases Latest Delivery Survey
As part of its third-annual Delivery Index, digital ordering solutions firm Tillster surveyed 2,000 quick-service and fast-casual restaurant customers to learn more about their delivery preferences and habits. It’s likely no surprise that customers indicated they’d...
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...
Amazon Reportedly Developing Additional Grocery Brand
The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon is finalizing plans to open dozens of new grocery stores across the country, doubling down on its interest in the grocery market after purchasing Whole Foods in 2017 for more than $13 billion. According to the story, which...
FedEx Unveils Autonomous Delivery Bot
Delivery logistics giant FedEx announced what it calls the SameDay Bot, an autonomous delivery robot aimed at retailers wanting to make same-day and last-mile deliveries. With the bot, which resembles a trash compactor-Opportunity rover hybrid, retailers can accept...
Kitchen United Expands Team, Signs Two Locations
Kitchen United had some big, aggressive goals. Last year, Founder and CEO Jim Collins laid out the path to 15 locations open or under way by the end of 2019. It’s the hallmark in the restaurant industry to over-promise and hope everyone forgets about it, but given a...
Grubhub Opens Office in Downtown Philadelphia
Grubhub solidified its presence in Philadelphia on Monday morning. Standing next to Mayor Jim Kenney, Grubhub’s CTO Maria Belousova and Chief Product Officer Sam hall ceremoniously cut the ribbon to a 15,000 square-foot office in Philadelphia’s city center. Once scattered at five different offices around the city, the Grubhub team will all be working under one roof.
Reclusive Lovers Fuel V-Day Delivery Growth
Waitr and its newly acquired Bite Squad subsidiary both saw impressive gains in delivery orders on Valentine’s Day, with a particularly notable increase in seafood-based items and kids meals like mozzarella sticks and chicken tenders. For Waitr, the Louisiana-based...
Fleat Debuting Mobile Storefronts at FODC
Fleat Network, a Florida-based delivery logistics startup, announced it will debut its “intelligent mobile retail platform” at the upcoming Food On Demand Conference in Chicago April 1st and 2nd. The company's StreetLogic software combines automated delivery...
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Marc Lore’s Wonder Raises Another $350M
Wonder, a truck-based restaurant delivery service started by Marc Lore, raised an additional $350 million through a Series B.
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Consumer Engagement Becomes Tech Topic du Jour
In the past 16 months, much of the restaurant industry has turned its attention to customer engagement at all costs. When COVID hit, there was a widespread realization among operators that when customers aren't coming in or have to stay home, smiling, happy regulars...