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Instacart, Stop & Shop Partner on 30-Minute Grocery Delivery

By Tom Kaiser | October 21, 2021

Instacart partnered with Shop & Shop, a Massachusetts grocer, to offer 30-minute delivery of fresh foods, meal kits and household necessities.

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SevenRooms Links Up with Olo, Hints at Deeper Ties

By Tom Kaiser | October 14, 2021

SevenRooms has partnered with Olo to provide relationship management to the restaurant tech giant’s customers.

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Chick-fil-A Sued in New York Over Delivery Mark-up Allegations

By Arthur Robert | October 14, 2021

Two Chick-fil-A customers are suing the chain over its “deceptive and untruthful promises” of flat, low-cost meal delivery.

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Reef Kitchens Signs Mega Deal with 800 Degrees

By Arthur Robert | October 14, 2021

Reef Kitchens is partnering with 800 Degrees Woodfired Pizza to open 500 ghost kitchens over the next five years.

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DoorDash Launches $1M Disaster Fund, New Ad Offerings

By Tom Kaiser | October 14, 2021

DoorDash announced a $1 million restaurant disaster relief fund and new advertising tools to help restaurants reach new customers.

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Grubhub, Restaurant Strong to Give $4 Million to Independents

By Tom Kaiser | October 14, 2021

Grubhub and The Greg Hill Foundation’s Restaurant Strong Fund will be giving $4 million in grants to support restaurants across the country.

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Qu Launches Commerce Cloud for Enterprise Restaurants

By Tom Kaiser | October 14, 2021

Qu launched a new feature called the Commerce Cloud that adds a new level of speed and stability for enterprise restaurants.

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Three Restaurants Lean into Delivery and Pickup to Rebuild their Businesses

By fodnews | October 8, 2021

*This is content sponsored by DoorDash. There has been nothing easy about being a restaurant operator during this last year and a half. Through shutdowns, changing customer habits and relentless uncertainty, three self-made owner-operators leaned into delivery and their relationship with DoorDash to find their footing, attract new business and reclaim their love for serving their communities. While their situations have been uniquely challenging—and still are—they and their teams found the right mix of technology, marketing muscle, innovation and personality can rebuild a restaurant’s bottom line. A tropical point of […]

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Omnivore Connect Opens API, Speeds Up Tech Tasks

By fodnews | October 8, 2021

*This is content sponsored by Omnivore. Omnivore is alleviating the headache of testing and implementing restaurant software by opening access to its core API. CEO Dan Singer said, “the updated application programming interface (API), available through the Omnivore Connect program, makes it easier for restaurant operators to identify top-quality tools and make sure they work just right.” “It really puts the restaurant operator in the driver’s seat. They’re not held hostage by one tech provider. They’re not told, ‘Hey, you can’t do something because we don’t support it,’” said Singer. […]

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Exclusive: Two CEOs on the Kitchen United-Zuul Acquisition

By Tom Kaiser | October 7, 2021

Two CEOs discuss the Kitchen United acquisition of Zuul, the New York-based ghost kitchen and technology provider.

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