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Tech Upgrades Don’t Need to Be Sexy, Franchise Execs Say
Leaders from Main Squeeze Juice Co. and Qdoba share how they’re using tech to enhance, not replace, the guest experience.
Value and Consistency Will Be Critical in 2025 With Potential Challenges in Store
Traffic is down across the industry for a few reasons: an oversupply of restaurants, the growing cost of meals, and inflated wages.
Apex Introduces a New Line of Modular Pickup Lockers
Apex rolls out new lockers designed for optimal flexibility and data gathering.
Autonomous Delivery Gains Ground in Food Industry
FODC panelists from Shake Shack, Serve Robotics, and Wing ponder the big questions.
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.
Uber Co-founder Travis Kalanick Envisions ‘Internet Food Court’ Future
Travis Kalanick takes us inside the future of CloudKitchens.
Uber Eats and Instacart Throw In Together
Instacart and Uber Eats are gunning for DoorDash.
Toast Announces New Digital Storefront and Marketing Suites
The new product suites help restaurants gather guest data and drive sales through targeted campaigns.
GrubHub and Hilton Deepen Partnership
GrubHub and Hilton take another step in their collaboration.
Outstanding Operator: GoTo Foods
The multi-brand platform is being recognized for implementing strategies to best manage and grow the off-premises side of each of its seven brands and building personalization technologies.
Outstanding Operator: Chick-fil-A
The chain is being recognized for innovating its off-premises side of the business, such as building digital-friendly prototypes and order-ahead mobile lanes.
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.
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Finance
Dispatch Goods Raises $3.7M to Expand Reusable Food Packaging
Food delivery has a packaging problem, and it's not just sad fries. For nearly every single order, there is at least one single-use container heading to the landfill or out into the environment. To address that issue, Dispatch Goods has been working on returnable...
Research
Cowen Hosts FOD All-Stars to Explore COVID and the Future
Equity research firm Cowen interviewed two Food On Demand all-stars, exploring the effects of COVID-19 on the restaurant industry. Cowen Analyst Andrew Charles sat down with Vishal Agarwal, founder and CEO of ItsACheckmate, and Fred LeFranc, founder and CEO of Results...
The Deliverers
Viral TikTok Dishes Available for Delivery through VDC
Social media platform TikTok teams with Virtual Dining Concepts to deliver popular food trends to consumers doors.
Best Practices
What are your peers doing in delivery? Get some of the best practices out there.
Starship Technologies Raises $90 Million Funding Round
The recent round of investments will be used to further develop AI as well as tech and wireless charging infrastructure.