*This is content sponsored by Grubhub. Grubhub and Just Eat Takeaway stole headlines earlier this year when they completed one of the largest mergers ever in the meal delivery sector. We sat down with Grubhub’s Liz Bosone, Senior Director, Restaurant Success, to find out what Grubhub is up to post-acquisition and what readers can expect to hear from the company at the Food on Demand Conference (FODC). Grubhub has a new look. What is the significance of the brand change? We joined with Just Eat Takeaway (JET) in June 2021 […]
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A new partnership between ItsaCheckmate, a delivery aggregator and menu management company, and cloud point-of-sale provider Square aims to create a streamlined experience for customers of both companies. ItsaCheckmate founder and CEO Vishal Agarwal said the partnership aligns the two fast-growth companies under a single tablet. Under the new deal, Square users can choose ItsaCheckmate from the Square app library. When installed, users can manage their third-party delivery aggregation—ItsaCheckmate’s core capability—but also manage digital menus, menu modifiers, pricing, and images from inside the Square ecosystem. That saves multiple steps for […]
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Automated vehicle company Nuro landed a fresh $600 million Series D fundraising round and brought in some notable investors as it reached a valuation of $8.6 billion. Nuro, the company behind a growing fleet of Smart-car-sized automated delivery vehicles, attracted a few notable investors in both its latest and previous round. In the prior round, Chipotle joined the investor table and, this time, grocery giant Kroger jumped in. Kroger has been pushing all sorts of interesting off-premises tests lately, including a major investment in ghost-kitchen operator ClusterTruck and a partnership […]
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Experienced franchise operator Murad Karimi is launching a new consumer facing brand, that pairs a delivery-forward mentality with, takeout and dine in options.
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Flippy 2’s robotic arm can work the fryer faster, more accurately and more consistently than a human operator can.
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As restaurants prep for a second pandemic winter, BentoBox is helping restaurants find new ways to generate holiday revenue.
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On the promise of robotic deliveries that could be 30 percent faster than car-based ones, C3 has partnered with Coco to serve customers near its California ghost kitchens.
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Uber Direct is now integrated into Olo Dispatch to make efficient delivery technology available to Uber Eats merchants.
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As it grows in leaps in bounds via mega-partnerships, Reef wants the restaurant industry to imagine a future beyond the next quarterly earnings report.
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Olo is buying Wisely, a customer intelligence and engagement platform, in a $187 million dollar deal.
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