Last year when Coca-Cola led a $10 million investment into delivery software brand Omnivore it marked the biggest, flashiest big-food brand jumping into the delivery landscape to date. Months after the big news, California-based Omnivore is positioning itself as an agnostic asset to restaurant operators trying to decide whether to deliver and cater, how many brands to work with if they do, and how to connect it all in a way that doesn’t cause headaches in the back of the house.
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New York’s Burger & Lobster restaurant is launching what it calls the “first-ever hot, full-size” lobster delivery in the big city. Announcing the news on Valentine’s Day, the British-born restaurant brand is hoping fresh Atlantic lobsters become a tempting fixture at its two NYC locations. In its own words, promoting the new service, Burger & Lobster says the promotion is bringing New Yorkers “something they’ve not yet had the luxury of experiencing” from the comfort of their own homes. “The decadent dining hotspot has taken the best of its offering—fresh […]
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With San Francisco-based Postmates filing to go public later this year, the cohort of publicly traded delivery providers is swelling to three, a boon for anyone tracking the behind-the-scenes financials of this still-growing, not-always-profitable segment of the restaurant industry.
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As many chain restaurants face flat or declining traffic, Firehouse Subs bucked industry trends last year with gains in average unit volumes and overall traffic, which CEO Don Fox attributed exclusively to a thriving off-premises business. With a phalanx of headwinds blowing into the restaurant world, Fox predicted a coming shakeout between restaurant brands and their delivery partners because of financial arrangements he termed unsustainable. Firehouse Subs, the 116th largest U.S.-based franchise system by sales, grew its traffic 4 percent in 2018, which Fox said is a “5 percent spread” […]
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Anchor’s line of Crisp Food Technologies containers feature raised air flow channels on the bottom to promote cross-flow ventilation and clear anti-fog vented dome lids.
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Jimmy likes delivery, but Jimmy doesn’t like third-party delivery. In fact, Jimmy won’t ever be using third-party delivery no matter what. This is the message from Jimmy John’s, the inescapable sandwich franchise that has its own in-house delivery team. In a strange press release, the Illinois-based franchise announced it will “never authorize” third-party companies like UberEats or DoorDash to deliver its sandwiches.
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Europe’s seventh-most valuable company and global food giant Unilever announced it has acquired the holding company of Graze, the UK-based healthy snack subscription provider. Founded in 2008, Graze ships its customers a range of nuts, seeds, trail mixes and snack bars—all without artificial ingredients. In recent years, the company has expanded its offerings, including selling some of its goods via retail stores and online directly to consumers. According to the press release announcing the news, Unilever said the acquisition will accelerate its presence in the “fast-growing healthy snacking and out-of-home […]
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Jyve is ready to leave “stealth mode” and is making strides to get closer to grocery enterprises with it’s unique “skill-economy” platform with e-commerce fulfillment.
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Grubhub disappointed Wall Street investors with its fourth-quarter earnings that showed solid order growth and positive projections for 2019, but failed to meet analyst forecasts for both its revenue and earnings per share.
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Peapod, a Chicago-based grocery delivery service that’s a subsidiary of Ahold Delhaize USA, signed a deal with crowdsourced logistics company Deliv to provide same-day grocery delivery service in certain markets under the Giant/Martin’s brands that are also part of Ahold Delhaize.
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