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Jokr Partners with Too Good To Go on Food Waste

By Tom Kaiser | August 12, 2021

Jokr, the New York-based instant grocery delivery startup, has partnered with Too Good To Go to reduce food waste and “save the planet, one delivery at a time.”

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Kroger, Kitchen United Bringing Restaurants, Delivery Inside Grocery Stores

By Tom Kaiser | August 5, 2021

Kitchen United has partnered with Kroger to provide meal pickup and delivery from up to six restaurant brands inside select grocery store locations

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Lunchbox Acquires Spread, Commission-Free Delivery Platform

By Tom Kaiser | August 5, 2021

Lunchbox, the online ordering engine and web-based marketing provider known for its anti-third-party messaging, has acquired Spread, a commission-free delivery and takeout service.

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New York City Set to Solidify Third-Party Delivery Regulations

By Arthur Robert | August 5, 2021

New York City Council passed a raft of bills last week that would significantly alter the relationship between NYC restaurants and third-party delivery services.

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Uber, Costco Pilot Fast Grocery Delivery in Texas

By Tom Kaiser | August 5, 2021

Costco has begun a pilot project at 25 locations across the state of Texas for delivery “within hours, if not minutes” through Uber and Uber Eats.

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Convenience-Focused Gopuff Adds Prepared Food

By Nicholas Upton | August 4, 2021

Gopuff is pushing beyond convenience items with a growing number of hyper-efficient ghost kitchens. With its latest program focused on prepared foods, the speedy C-store disruptor is becoming the digital equivalent of a corner mart or bodega with a tiny kitchen in the corner. Gopuff Kitchen builds on the functionality of Bandit, a ghost coffee shop in Austin, and the company has already served “hundreds of thousands” of meals through the platform in Austin, Miami, Nashville and Philadelphia. “Gopuff acquired Bandit, the first mobile-only coffee shop, late last year,” said […]

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Bbot Raises Another $15 Million

By Nicholas Upton | August 4, 2021

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 Lets Restaurants Outsource Everything

By Tom Kaiser | July 29, 2021

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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Qu’s Streamlined POS Attracts Genghis Grill Partnership

By Emili Raeder | July 29, 2021

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 Begins Sustainable Packaging Initiative

By Tom Kaiser | July 29, 2021

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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