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With New Cash, Mighty Quinn’s Aims to Be Shake Shack of BBQ

By Tom Kaiser | August 19, 2021

With a fresh investment and two virtual restaurants, Mighty Quinn’s BBQ dreams of becoming the Shake Shack of slow-cooked meats.

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Native Delivery Pays Off According to Latest Delivery Study

By Tom Kaiser | August 19, 2021

A new consumer survey from SMG shows native delivery making inroads as 23 percent of U.S. consumers ordered food directly from restaurants with their own delivery platforms.

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Zume Partners for Open-Source PFA-Free Food Packaging

By Tom Kaiser | August 19, 2021

Zume has created a substitute for single-use plastics it is open sourcing in partnership with Solenis for food packaging and consumer packaged goods.

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JustKitchen Adds to Exec Team, Ghost Kitchen Lineup

By Tom Kaiser | August 19, 2021

JustKitchen added three new restaurants to its lineup of “app-to-door” brands and appointed a former Deliveroo executive as its new executive vice president of operations.

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WoodSpoon Raises $14M, Raise Led by Restaurant Brands International

By Nicholas Upton | August 19, 2021

WoodSpoon announced another fundraise of $14 million with some interesting investors in the mix. The platform, on which home chefs can sell their food for delivery, just announced its latest raise and teased further expansion of the community-centric, two-sided marketplace. Founded in New York by co-founders, Oren Saar and Merav Rozengarten, who were missing their Israeli delicacies, Saar is now CEO and Rozengarten is now the company’s CMO. The pair launched the company in 2019 and it now caters to more than 8,000 users buying food from more than 100 […]

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ONE Group Delivery Guru Shares Two Key Rules

By Nicholas Upton | August 12, 2021

The new director of takeout and delivery at The ONE Group (NASDAQ: STKS) has made a lot of changes in her first five months at the company. Known for the upscale STK Steakhouse, Kona Grill and a handful of elegant one- and two-location restaurants, off-premises operations were never a major focus. Few people order a $20 Caesar salad and $50 filet via DoorDash, and the brands are tailored for what STK calls “vibe dining.” The task for that director, Ariel Lofland, was to figure out how to pack up those […]

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Olo Announces Growth in Earnings, Deeper Partnership with Grubhub

By Nicholas Upton | August 12, 2021

The sole public order integration and logistics company, Olo, announced substantial growth in its latest earnings and a deeper partnership with delivery platform Grubhub. Overall, the company (NYSE: OLO) beat analyst estimates on earnings and revenue in the second quarter, which the company announced on August 10. Total revenue was up 48 percent compared to the second quarter last year, landing at $35.9 million. Gross profit was near there at $28.5 million, up 42 percent. Operating income, however, dipped 7 percent to a loss of $2.4 million. In all, earnings […]

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FOD Delivery Price Inflation Test

By Tom Kaiser | August 12, 2021

Food On Demand set out to quantify the cost difference between delivery and dine in at five independent restaurants.

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DoorDash DoubleDash Allows Multiple Stores in One Order

By Tom Kaiser | August 12, 2021

DoorDash has unveiled DoubleDash, new functionality that allows customers to order from multiple restaurants or retailers in a single order.

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Domino’s Takes on Delivery Apps with $50M Giveaway

By Tom Kaiser | August 12, 2021

Domino’s Pizza is targeting third-party delivery with a $50 million giveaway aimed at luring customers away from DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats.

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