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Virtual Kitchen Co. Rebrands as All Day Kitchens, Raises $20 Million

By Tom Kaiser | May 27, 2021

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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VDC Launches NASCAR Refuel Virtual Brand

By Arthur Robert | May 27, 2021

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, 7-Eleven Expand Delivery Partnership

By Tom Kaiser | May 27, 2021

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 Lands $15 Million to Scale

By Tom Kaiser | May 27, 2021

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, Greg Hill Foundation Expand Restaurant Strong Fund

By Emili Raeder | May 27, 2021

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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Chick-fil-A to Launch First Virtual Restaurant Brand

By Nicholas Upton | May 20, 2021

The chicken-sandwich juggernaut, Chick-fil-A, is rolling out its first virtual restaurant brand.

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DoorDash Neary Triples Revenue, Narrows Q1 Loss

By Tom Kaiser | May 20, 2021

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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Post-Pandemic, Alcohol Delivery Goes Mainstream

By Tom Kaiser | May 20, 2021

Countless states and cities loosened laws to allow delivery of alcohol during the pandemic’s early days, and now many of those bodies are making those changes permanent.

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Pepsi Dives Into Virtual Restaurants with Pep’s Place

By Tom Kaiser | May 20, 2021

Pepsi is getting into the virtual restaurant scene with Pep’s Place, its first virtual restaurant brand that’s part of an initiative highlighting how beverages can become a larger part of the restaurant delivery experience.

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Round Table Pizza Rolls out First Delivery-Only Restaurant

By Nicholas Upton | May 20, 2021

Round Table Pizza has been slinging pizza since 1959 with delivery part of the concept for decades. Now, for the first time, a franchisee is operating with no storefront out of a shared-kitchen facility.

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