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