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Drones Set to Transform Restaurant Delivery
Drone delivery is ramping up in the restaurant world. We look at recent FAA regulatory changes and innovations from key players shaping the industry.
Toast Unveils a Branded Mobile App and Text Marketing Capabilities
The odds of a customer becoming a regular goes up dramatically when using mobile tools.
Delaget Offers Operators New Platform For Managing Delivery Data
Delaget helps operators avoid the spreadsheet Olympics.
Uber and Avride Are Bringing Delivery Robots and Autonomous Vehicles to City Streets
Austin residents will soon see delivery robots on their sidewalks.
Paytronix Report Underscores Importance of Responding to Customers
Paytronix breaks down first-party ordering advantages, importance of guest feedback and more in 2023 Online Ordering Report.
Serve, Uber Eats Scale Up Autonomous Delivery Plans
Serve Robotics announced plans to drastically expand its partnership with Uber Eats.
Toast Data Shows Dine-In Still Dominates Lunch Traffic
New data from Toast shows what’s changed, as most cities remain below pre-pandemic lunchtime traffic.
Alcohol Delivery On the Rise, DoorDash Says
Alcohol delivery demand persists, even post-pandemic, with the desire for convenience and safety continuing to attract consumers.
Wow Bao Innovates Rewards with NFT-backed Loyalty, Digital Collectables
Wow Bao launches The Hot Buns Club and debuts Digital CollectaBaos to enhance loyalty program with exclusive member deals.
Solving Today’s Data Issues Enables Tomorrow’s Innovation at 2023 FODC
As restaurants continue to add more sales channels, panelists discuss past and current challenges faced with data issues, and what innovations today tackle that.
Tech Aiding Labor Takes Front Seat at National Restaurant Association Show
Robot servers, robotic arm-fryers, and AI everywhere, the restaurant industry’s biggest event showcased how tech can streamline front and back-of-house operations.
Uber Expands Direct Offering with Cartwheel Partnership
Uber Eats is expanding its hybrid delivery offering through a new partnership with Cartwheel.
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
Enterprise Delivery SaaS Giant Olo Files to go Public
Olo, one of the first big-name digital delivery order aggregators, is set to go public soon. The company filed its S-1 prospectus with lots of new details in its first public pitch to Wall Street. The New York-based company looks to raise $100 million in a public...
Research
Big Restaurants Seeing Delivery as a Pillar, not a Hurdle
Publicly traded restaurants like McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Wingstop are just a few of the mega brands that were early adopters of delivery. Others, like Chipotle, Starbucks and the Yum Brands trio of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut were later adopters. As part of its...
The Deliverers
Toronto Surplus Food Delivery App Feeds Thousands
Knowing first-hand what it’s like to be food insecure, Tony Colley launched B12Give, a delivery system that diverts food waste and has fed over 25,000.
Best Practices
What are your peers doing in delivery? Get some of the best practices out there.
Looking to Scale, RobotLab Enters Franchise Space
With more than 10,000 robots deployed worldwide, RobotLab’s products can almost be everywhere at once, but the same can’t be said about its physical locations.