Payments aren’t the most exciting end of the restaurant industry, it’s largely a commodity. Whoever charges the least fees typically wins the contract. That has led to a wildly fragmented industry when it comes to payment. Across franchised brands especially, there are variations across the brand, across markets and even across individual operator’s locations. For instance, if a franchise operator in a brand acquired 10 locations, they might not switch payment processing. When Olo launched Olo Pay in parallel with quarterly earnings back in February, it may have sounded like […]
Online ordering and pickup technology is moving deeper into the convenience store realm as Swipeby deploys its technology in the C-store industry.
A new study by UC Riverside found delivery services provided a $19B economic lifeline for California restaurants, grocers and other merchants during the height of the pandemic.
Partnerships remain the watchword in the restaurant tech space, with Olo announcing a deal with marketing platform SOCi to integrate with the Olo API and centralize local data management and digital menu management for restaurants. Through this strategic partnership, Olo data will pass through to the SOCi platform and its localized listings management offering to improve the experience for restaurant brands by providing a single place to update critical location data across hundreds of directories. Customers of SOCi and Olo will now be able to update name, address, phone number, […]
Just Eat Takeaway.com announced plans to sell Grubhub or explore introducing a strategic partner less than a year after completing its $7.3B acquisition.
Brinker has partnered with Flytrex and Serve Robotics to test drone and robot deliveries in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Ahead of his keynote address at the Food on Demand Conference, we sat down with Olo CEO Noah Glass to get a preview and some insight into the key things to watch in the restaurant technology space this year. Noah Glass is all in on the concept of digital hospitality. The founder and CEO of Olo said he’s seen his segment of the industry transform dramatically over the last 17 years, especially in the last two years, but he’s especially excited about what’s on the horizon. What started as a […]
An accelerated partnership from Zume and Solenis aims to replace plastic and styrofoam foodservice packaging with PFAS-free products.
Ghost Financial is emerging from stealth mode to provide a “comprehensive financing and business services platform” for ghost kitchens and other restaurant startups.
Flybuy, a curbside, in-store and pickup platform, added new functionality allowing delivery driver location tracking.
