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$500,000 In Eco-Grants Are Available For NYC Restaurants
Big Apple restaurants can now apply for grant money to update equipment and improve their sustainability footprints.
Chipotle Sidelines Secondary Concept Farmesa
Chipotle gets out of the farm-to-table ghost kitchen game.
Domino’s Reimburses Customers Who Tip Drivers
Domino’s feels your social tipping pain.
RestoGPT AI Offers New Platform for Pizza Operators
Gary Chaglasyan is back with a new online-ordering ecosystem, this one designed for pizza operators.
Instacart, DoorDash Expand Healthy Food Access
The food delivery platforms partner with the White House in latest “Food is Medicine” push, giving consumers easier access to healthy food options.
Temp-Controlled Smart Delivery Box Enters U.S. Market
The DeliBox is designed to secure the bridge from the restaurant to the table without compromising food quality or temperature.
With New Venture, Ex-Olo Execs Launch 858 Partners
Formerly of Olo, Marty Hahnfeld and Juan George launched 858 Partners to advise and invest in restaurant tech.
ItsaCheckmate Expands Platform with Open Tender Acquisition
ItsaCheckmate is dramatically expanding its feature set with the acquisition of Open Tender.
Qu Names Niko Papademetriou as Co-Founder
Restaurant technology platform Qu appoints Niko Papademetriou to co-founder. Niko has been central to the company’s growth for nearly a decade.
DoorDash Now Accepts Cash for Select Orders
DoorDash adds cash on delivery payment option for first-party orders made through DoorDash Drive.
Former Wingstop CEO Charlie Morrison Back to Building at Salad and Go
One year after becoming the CEO of Salad and Go, CEO Charlie Morrison aims to hit 1,000 locations.
Presto, ChatGPT Collab to Make AI Drive-Thru Ordering More Human-Like
Presto will leverage ChatGPT’s large language model to create more natural, human-like responses to drive-thru customers.
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Finance
Jokr Lands $170M to Scale Instant Delivery Platform
Jokr, a New York-based instant-delivery platform, announced a $170 million Series A to scale the company that began operations just three months ago.
Research
Cowen: Geographic Expansion Over as Delivery Becomes a Commodity
In the seventh installment of analyst firm Cowen’s “Delivery Expert Series” that asks influential members of the delivery landscape about the future of the category, its panelists agreed the era of rapid expansion of delivery footprints is over, as third-party...
The Deliverers
DoorDash Study Reveals Shifts in How Consumers Shop Online
DoorDash surveyed over 1,200 customers gaining insight into how the on-demand era influences purchase behavior
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Donatos Looks to New Markets with Autonomous Pizza Vending Machine
Donatos teams with Appetronix in developing an autonomous pizza machine to serve high-traffic areas from campuses to hospitals.