Chipotle has invested in Nuro, a California-based autonomous vehicle manufacturer that’s been making news ever since its founding in 2016. Known for delivery vehicles that are similar to Smart cars, it has tested deliveries with Domino’s, grocery stores and others, and it’s also among the few road-based autonomous vehicle companies with regulatory approval to operate on roads and, in some cases, on bike lanes in the United States Nuro’s vehicles typically drive right up to the customer’s curb, alert them upon arrival and make their goods available by opening a […]
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Self-delivery remains a tricky concept for the majority of restaurant operators. Many, especially independents, are reluctant to hire drivers, deal with the overhead and manage the technology layer necessary to give consumers what they’re used to from ecommerce. It was something we admittedly glossed over in our February exploration of the delivery balance sheet. For much of the industry, a true in-house delivery program can be more headache than it’s worth. Even after the pandemic surge, there’s not enough delivery to support it. Blum pointed to a lot of new […]
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As the parent company of Famous Dave’s gradually transitions away from table service and large-format restaurants, BBQ Holdings is distilling what it’s learned from years of delivery-focused experiments to come out of the pandemic swinging as it shifts into growth mode.
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During the final session of FOD’s Building Your Off-Premises Tech Stack event, Grubhub’s Liz Bosone joined OrderB4’s Randy Murphy and Leah Willis, digital systems and technology manager at Flour Bakery + Cafe, to discuss whether restaurants should go it alone or outsource their delivery programs.
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During its annual Make Conference, Slice unveiled a proprietary point-of-sale system called Slice Register for the more than 15,000 independent pizzerias on its platform.
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Woflow, a data infrastructure company behind some of the highest growth online ordering and food delivery platforms, has raised $3.5M in seed funding to launch what it calls the world’s first Merchant Data Platform.
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Pizza Hut President Kevin Hochman said the brand is reclaiming its reputation for culinary innovation and retooling its business for a permanently larger percentage of off-premises sales.
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Ordermark CEO Alex Canter and Lunchbox CTO Andrew Boryk joined Tom Kaiser for an update on digital ordering after years of massive changes in the restaurant scene.
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DoorDash announced that it will begin facilitating same-day delivery of COVID-19 PCR test collection kits across the U.S through partnerships with Vault Health and Everlywell, two digital health companies.
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Restaurant Revolution Technologies has added direct ordering capability through Google Search and Google Maps. Through the Washington-based company’s digital ordering platform, Order One, its supported restaurants will soon see an “Order Online” button appear on their business profile on Google.
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