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Fantuan Leans on Authenticity to Compete in Delivery Space
North America’s largest Asian food delivery platform leans into niche and finds an audience among immigrant and international student populations.
Holiday Season Drives Third-Party Delivery Demand
Christmas and surrounding holidays drive a significant spike in deliveries, causing adjustments for drivers, restaurants and 3PD platforms.
CookUnity Scales Up with $250M in Funding, Connecting Chefs to Home Diners
The latest funding will help grow the chef-to-consumer model, helping chefs reach more customers and deliver meals in the U.S. and Canada.
Walmart Expands Wing Drone Service in Atlanta
Six Walmart stores in the Atlanta Metro area will soon send orders soaring straight to customers’ yards.
Forget Beer and Sports. Digital Sales Power Buffalo Wild Wings Go
As the smaller, cheaper sibling to Buffalo Wild Wings, Inspire Brands is leaning on BWW Go as its newest growth vehicle. Franchisees are eager to get on board—they opened 59 units of the concept in 2024.
Inside the Catering Success of Condado Tacos
The brand just reached a high mark in catering sales and spills the tea on the digital tactics it uses.
Delivery-First and Multi-Concept Hubs Offer Advice For the Industry
A decentralized marketplace is coming and that’s nothing to fear.
Iconic Brands Discuss How To Deploy Digital Tactics While Preserving Legacy Charm
Test before you roll out something new, and dig into your data for insights.
How Restaurants Can Move from AI Hype to Real Results
Panelists at FODC share how AI can transform restaurants—but only if you know what problem you’re solving and have the data to back it up.
Behind the App, Balancing Innovation and Physical Reality
Food delivery platforms face the unique challenge of combining tech operations with real-world logistics.
Original ChopShop’s Digital Strategy Is Yielding Growth
The brand that prides itself on feel-good food is feeling good about itself these days. And for good reason.
Richtech Robotics Has a Robot Barista That Makes Espresso
Coffee was last year. This year it’s espresso. And auto parts.
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Finance
Ghost Financial Inks $100M Deal with Cruising Kitchens
Ghost Financial will be the exclusive financial partner for Cruising Kitchens, a mobile ghost kitchen builder and food truck fabricator based in Texas.
Research
New Survey Examines Regional Restaurant Preferences
In a recent survey, consumers showed their varying preferences for how they utilize restaurants, delivery and digital ordering. The survey, from data and analytics firm PYMNTS, with Paytronix as a surveying partner, asked more than 1,100 consumers across the country...
The Deliverers
Olive Garden Changes Its Mind About Delivery
Olive Garden was one of the last of the delivery holdouts. Uber welcomes it into the fold.
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Kitchen Robotics Installs a Robot Kitchen At Florida International University
Students can now get pasta Alfredo in four minutes without talking to a human.