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Waffle House Introduces Late-Night Delivery and Night Owls Rejoice
You can now have a pecan waffle delivered to your door at 4 a.m.
Qu Develops Smarter Kitchen as Restaurants Prioritize Tech Stacks
Qu is rolling out new equipment for the back of the house with the intention of creating smarter kitchens. This comes as restaurants are looking to consolidate tech stacks, make kitchens more efficient and prioritize first-party ordering.
A New Survey Confirms Off-Premises Prominence
Three out of four transactions these days are for consumption away from the restaurant.
Outstanding Operator: Cava
The brand has seen rapid growth and continues to innovate. From offering a robust, easy app experience to AI video tech that monitors ingredient levels in real time.
Online Ordering Platform ChowNow Acquires Cuboh
ChowNow merges with Cuboh in an effort to expand online ordering and marketing tools for restaurants.
Robomart Unveils Ambitious Expansion Plans for Autonomous Store-hailing Fleet
California startup establishes Autonomous Retail Collective as it scales beyond Los Angeles.
Uber Eats Launches Driverless Food Delivery with Waymo
Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are now delivering Uber Eats orders to consumers in the Phoenix-area.
ASAP Food Delivery Ceases Operations, Files Bankruptcy
ASAP, formerly known as Waitr, shuttered its food and delivery operations Tuesday and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Outstanding Operator: Sweetgreen
The chain is being recognized for its cutting-edge technology and off-premises strategies that are aimed at meeting consumers where they are.
Bojangles Joins Forces with Bikky for Digital Transformation
Bojangles has partnered with Bikky for their data and analytics services with plans to implement the technology in all 800 locations.
Outstanding Operator: Blaze Pizza
The pizza chain is being recognized for implementing guest-centric strategies to attract and retain loyal customers and more.
C3’s Sam Nazarian Talks Purchase of Kitchen United Assets, Outlook on Ghost Kitchen Space
Sam Nazarian, CEO of digital restaurant company C3 and sbe hospitality group, has acquired Kitchen United’s IP and ghost kitchen-related assets.
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Reef Acquires 2ndKitchen to Serve New Venues
Ordering dinner at a brewery, hotel or venue from Reef ghost kitchen is not exactly hard. You head to a delivery platform, order your meal and wait for the driver. But the acquisition of 2ndKitchen promises to make it even easier. 2ndKitchen was founded three years...
Research
Bolt’s e-Bikes Designed to Revolutionize Meal Delivery
As the e-scooter craze begins to subside 20 years after Segways first promised to change our world, electric bicycles built to haul cargo might actually deliver on this lofty claim. Battery-powered two-wheelers will soon be ferrying groceries and Amazon boxes...
The Deliverers
DoorDash Looks to Expand Grocery in 2024
DoorDash CEO Tony Xu says the two largest areas of investment is penetration outside of restaurants and the U.S.
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Walmart Plans Rapid Drone Delivery Expansion
The retail giant is offering drone delivery for up to 75 percent of the Dallas-Fort Worth population.