When food is delivered to an off-premises location, a key way to represent the brand of a restaurant is through the packaging.
Two big names in delivery teamed up to bring independent restaurants and ghost kitchens better delivery economics.
Apex launched its OrderHQ Exterior lockers that are designed to provide customer or pickup through the exterior wall of a restaurant.
Michael Beacham, previously the president of Reef Kitchens, was hired by Earl Enterprises, the parent company of Virtual Dining Concepts.
Vromo, a delivery management system for restaurants, announced its integration on Toast.
DoorDash expanded its merchant mix with new grocers and retailers including Dick’s Sporting Goods and Big Lots.
Food On Demand spoke with Bikky co-founder and CEO Abhinav Kapur shortly before announcing its recent, $5.25-million seed round.
France is reportedly taking steps to restrict where delivery “dark stores” can locate within cities.
In another technology play designed for the return to venues, GoTab has launched a suite of tools to help multi-operator locations to lean into digital payments. With the new functionality, venues like food halls and stadiums—as well as pop-up event operators that host festivals and concerts—can bring a slew of tools to in-person customers. GoTab cofounder and CEO Tim McLaughlin said there was a lot included in the latest update. “As guests flood back to food halls, stadiums and other entertainment venues, they’ve come to expect the convenience of digital—fast, […]
Under a new partnership between Google and order-integrator and digital service provider ItsaCheckmate, customers can order directly from their search results. The partnership is one part of Google’s further push into the digital ordering space across commerce, and represents another service for restaurant partners, said ItsaCheckmate founder and CEO Vishal Agarwal. “We are very excited to offer our Order with Google integration to SMB restaurants,” said Agarwal. “This will help them generate new digital orders at minimal costs, fully integrated with their POS system.” He was quick to point out […]
