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Taco Bell Adds Photo Booth in Drive-Thru for Super Bowl
Taco Bell’s Live Más Drive-Thru Cams campaign lets customers pose for a chance to appear in its 2025 Super Bowl ad.
Toast Shifts to Uber Eats Direct as Primary Delivery Partner
Toast is switching to Uber Eats Direct as its primary delivery option, offering lower fees for restaurants.
Tony Illes Has Made 9,197 Third-Party Deliveries, Now He Delivers On His Own
A Tony Delivers app is launching soon and expansion into multiple cities may follow.
How Pickpad Aims to Solve Restaurant Pickup Chaos
Pickpad is streamlining restaurant pickups with smart pads that aid in accuracy and efficiency.
AI, Connected Cars, Degens. Are You Ready?
FODC futurists make some startling predictions.
FODC Panel Shines Spotlight on Recent Restaurant Analytics
Two industry research providers share exclusive findings about consumer expectations, market insights and technology adoption in the on-demand world.
Be Creative With Your Packaging But Don’t Crush Your Margins
Are you overspending on packaging? Here’s how to tell.
Third-Party Delivery Providers Make Their Case
The market leaders in food delivery convene to give a state of the industry.
Digitization Process For Restaurants Is An Omni-Channel Effort
If you have not gone fully digital, what are you waiting for?
Profitable Restaurant Delivery Hinges On Order Accuracy
Minimizing refund requests is the whole ballgame.
Restaurant Leaders Dish Out Insight on Off-premises Operations at FODC
Representatives from four brands were on hand to kick-off the Food on Demand Conference to dig into what off-premises means in 2024.
Marketers Agree That Content Is King. AI? Maybe
A panel of marketing leaders drill down to the tactics that work in their restaurants.
Outstanding Operators
Food On Demand Outstanding Operators features restaurant brands with innovative operations that are taking creative paths to success with delivery and all things off-premises.
Food On Demand Topics
Finance
Instacart Files Confidential IPO Registration
Grocery delivery giant Instacart has filed with a confidential notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the first legal step toward an initial public offering. The statement from the company was terse: Instacart today announced that it has confidentially...
Research
Delivery Analysts Project Pandemic Habits Are Hanging On
If delivery platforms can hold onto their intra-pandemic market share, as the report suggests, the delivery sector will grow significantly in 2021.
The Deliverers
DoorDash Adds Max Streaming, Joining Trend of Bundled Digital Offerings
This move is part of a growing trend where online delivery platforms are bundling services in response to consumer demand for value and cost savings.
Best Practices
What are your peers doing in delivery? Get some of the best practices out there.
Linked Eats Acquires Sauce and Rounds Out AI-Driven Capabilities
It adds dynamic pricing to its suite of delivery revenue management tools. It’s a big win for the new company.