Everything about long-term illness is stressful, including wanting to help a friend or family member when you’re not geographically close enough to lend an actual helping hand. But there is help. By providing on-demand meal delivery and transportation services, Like Neighbors is seeking national third-party partners that are similarly motivated by a selfless drive to help people in need, whether they’re welcoming a new baby, or dealing with an illness or the loss of a loved one. In a world where many things are one click away, there aren’t enough […]
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Staving off concerns that DoorDash was winning the delivery partnership game with uber-scale restaurants, Grubhub is trumpeting news that it inked a partnership with Dunkin’, the 14th largest U.S.-based franchise, with more than 9,400 restaurants in 41 states and more than 12,800 total locations across the globe. The new Dunkin’ Delivers service was rolled out in 400 locations in the New York City metro area with Seamless, Grubhub’s New York brand. Following the initial launch, Dunkin’ and Grubhub will expand the service to new major metros including Boston, Chicago and […]
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Uber is set to begin its first consumer tests of delivering food by drones as part of a pilot program with the City of San Diego and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). With all the ongoing drone news and updates from Amazon to Domino’s Pizza and many others, this is the closest the industry has come to actual meals being delivered by drone to real customers in high-density urban environments. As part of the FAA’s Integration Pilot Program to test the commercial application of drone-based food deliveries, Uber’s Elevate division […]
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A new benchmark study of food delivery apps showed a lot of leaks between downloading and ordering. The good news is, app usage is growing. Research firm NPD Group announced that six in 10 digital restaurant orders are now done through an app. According to another research firm, Allied Market Research, the global food delivery market is on track to hit $16.6 billion by 2023, a compound annual growth rate of 27.9 percent. And of course, money is still pouring into the space as seen in the landmark deals covered […]
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Sweetgreen, the healthy fast-casual brand that’s widely considered an early adopter of tech in the restaurant space, is also thinking big with its purchase of Galley Foods, a Washington, D.C.-based meal-delivery service that uses organic ingredients in its ready-to-eat meals. This deal marks a new tactic as the entire restaurant industry reacts to a relentless wave of changes spurred by the growth in delivery. The deal is Sweetgreen’s first acquisition since a trio of Georgetown grads founded the salad chain in 2007. A so-called lunchtime powerhouse that’s often said to […]
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This fall Houston consumers could get their pizza delivered by an autonomous vehicle, now that Domino’s has partnered with Nuro in an autonomous delivery test. Domino’s Pizza’s Chief Information Officer Kevin Vasconi said it would be one of the company’s many tests around autonomous vehicles and new ways of delivering pizza. “We are always looking for new ways to innovate and evolve the delivery experience for our customers,” Vasconi said. “Nuro’s vehicles are specially designed to optimize the food-delivery experience, which makes them a valuable partner in our autonomous vehicle […]
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According to a public health organization in Australia, wider availability of online restaurant meal delivery is negatively affecting its residents’ health. LiveLighter, an Australia public health education program, surveyed 2,000 people and found that ordering food delivery resulted in them spending more money and choosing less healthy options than traditional home cooking. In specific, 62 percent of those surveyed chose less healthy options compared to what they would have normally cooked for themselves—which we admit seems rather vague. “We want Aussies to realize convenience eating comes at a price, not […]
Read MoreOrder integration provider ItsaCheckmate announced an official partnership with Allset, a provider that allows customers to pre-pay and pre-order meals in restaurants or for pickup. It covers more than 2,000 restaurants in 11 major U.S. cities. Vishal Agarwal, founder and CEO of ItsaCheckmate, said it’s another benefit for his brand’s restaurant clients and a new source of traffic for Allset. “Our partnership with Allset is significant, considering its reputation for enabling restaurants to provide customers with more options to improve their dining experience,” said Agarwal. “With customer service as the […]
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After leading a $575 million investment into Europe’s Deliveroo last month, Amazon is shutting down its Amazon Restaurants arm later this month and effectively calling it quits on directly competing with the largest U.S. delivery brands including Grubhub, DoorDash, Uber Eats and Postmates. Grubhub shares jumped on the news, and delivery analysts were quick to weigh in with insight, including Cowen’s Tom Champion who said the online giant’s move was “not terribly surprising, given restaurants never appeared to be a major priority for Amazon” and adding that it failed to […]
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Following Google Alerts for delivery-related stories is a delight, including this week’s tale from The Washington Post about middle and high school students doing an end run around lame school cafeterias by ordering food from third-party delivery services. According to the piece, schools from coast to coast are now clamping down on the practice. “If they get it delivered to the school, the main office sends it back,” said science teacher Leslie Blaha of the Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Virginia. The Post story also notes that as […]
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