Even as the restaurant world reopens, consumers are sticking with their higher portion of delivery. That’s what keeps Park Tavern Executive Chef Colin Kohl boiling a big pot of water all day for delivery-only ramen even as the patio outside is “just bananas.” Kohl joined Park Tavern, a restaurant, bar and bowling alley in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, in the middle of 2020 just before the second shutdown. He came into an operation open to evolution, and ended up changing a lot of the recipes. The menu is now mostly […]
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The endless scroll, it’s endemic on Netflix, Spotify and the delivery platforms. One app wants to get you off the thumb treadmill and back to your life, even if it’s just scrolling on Netflix again. Gimmie Food has a simple premise: you pay them $22 and they send you some food. What kind of food? Who’s bringing it? Don’t busy yourself with such trivialities. Just plug in your name, number, address, a credit card and get on with your day. The app works in Europe and the U.S. via Bolt […]
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Square announced a new standalone subscription to its kitchen display system, signaling an expanding need for better in-kitchen delivery tools.
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Virtual Kitchen Co., a company offering restaurants a network of satellite kitchens to reach takeout and delivery customers with minimal upfront investment, rebranded itself as All Day Kitchens after announcing a $20 million investment.
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NASCAR Refuel, a new virtual restaurant from Virtual Dining Concepts, is bringing trackside favorites to the home while courting a new demographic for this fast-growing part of the industry.
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Instacart has expanded its collaboration with 7-Eleven, the world’s largest convenience retailer, to nearly 4,000 new stores across the U.S.
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Sharebite, a mission-driven, food-ordering platform built for workplaces completed a $15 million Series A funding round to drive what it called “exponential growth.”
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Grubhub and The Greg Hill Foundation’s Restaurant Strong Fund announced the latest phase in their commitment to supporting restaurants: the Restaurant Stronger program, a new initiative to provide $5,000 grants to independent restaurants.
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The chicken-sandwich juggernaut, Chick-fil-A, is rolling out its first virtual restaurant brand.
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Investors celebrated as DoorDash released its first quarter 2021 financial results showing the leader in the U.S. delivery scene nearly tripled its quarterly revenue to $1.08 billion.
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