Hospitality tech upstart Bbot grabbed another $15 million from investors, reaching more than $22 million raised so far. With this latest tranche, the company said it will “focus on features for food halls and virtual brands,” according to the release announcing the Series A round. The New York-based company is mostly focused on in-house digital ordering via QR codes, but also helps restaurants create ordering websites and integrate with third-party delivery providers, and also helps hotel partners build digital room service programs. Altogether, that’s a lot of different directions for […]
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DoorDash Kitchens Full Service gives restaurants the ability to go into ghost kitchens by fully outsourcing the operations, fulfillment and cooking to DoorDash.
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Genguis Grill partnered with Qu’s point-of-sale platform to create efficiencies used to scale up its Stir Fry Chef virtual restaurant concept.
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Delivery Hero has partnered with sustainable packaging manufacturer Eco-Products to provide restaurants with Earth-friendly packaging to reduce plastic waste and carbon emissions.
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With a new partnership between Uber and FTD, customers in many of the largest U.S. cities will now be able to order delivered floral arrangements through the Uber and Uber Eats apps.
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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, scores of restaurant companies struggled to be a part of wildly fluctuating consumer desires. Goodcents, known mostly as a fast-casual sub shop, kicked off Goodcents To-Go early in 2020, with the exceptional chance to meet the new pandemic habits. The brand had tested a to-go meal program back in 2017, but it didn’t stick around. The pandemic served as a great reason to relaunch the program, especially with scores of restaurants closed. CEO Farrellynn Wolf said the meals are simple, just microwave for a few […]
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Zume secured $122 million to build the world’s first compostable packaging factory powered entirely by renewable energy.
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Pushed along by companies large and small, last-mile software provider Onfleet has eclipsed 100 million orders of everything from food, wine, car parts and marijuana. That big number has been a long time coming, with small delivery upstarts expanding along with the company and new entrants like ChopShop pushing it further. The company secured a Series A round in October of 2020, but according to Director of Marketing Liz Tahawi, it’s been steady growth, not a pandemic-era surge. “We’re celebrating our 100-millionth delivery, but it’s coupled with that compound growth. […]
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Robomart’s high-tech, on-demand stores are more convenient than curbside or delivery, and the company is scaling up beyond Hollywood after debuting at CES in 2018.
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Uber is going deeper into grocery through a new partnership with Albertsons that will more than double the on-demand and scheduled grocery delivery options on its platform.
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