The idea of a virtual restaurant powered by a ghost kitchen has been a trendy topic in the food on demand space, but the first company built around the concept is now operating out of Pasadena, California. Kitchen United’s soft opening, friends and family nights and a few other tests are out of the way, and now the 15 concepts all under one roof are ready to start delivering. The company also has been building out its executive team: Meredith Sandland recently joined on as chief operating officer. She previously […]
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Waitr may not have been top of mind just a few weeks ago, but the Lake Charles, Louisiana-based company will soon be in the limelight as the second publicly traded, third-party delivery network. The company has grown to 70 delivery markets offering a unique take on third-party delivery. Instead of attacking major markets, Waitr is going after smaller markets with 50,000 to 70,000 people who have the same smart phones, same restaurants and same desire for convenience as larger markets. Until recently, they were mostly living in the old world […]
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Even though they lack the skyscrapers and classy cachet of big-city downtowns, suburbs are where the bulk of office workers actually reside on a given weekday—and that’s a lot to mouths to feed in the eyes of Foodsby CEO and Founder Ben Cattoor. In the six years since founding the Minneapolis-based lunchtime meal delivery service, Foodsby has expanded to 13 U.S. metros and delivers thousands of meals on any given weekday. Foodsby is designed to be more efficient than the traditional routine of everyone in an office building ordering individually. […]
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Just over a year ago CEO Denny Marie Post made the comment that Red Robin doesn’t intend to fall behind in the digital race for consumers. The company had recently announced a partnership with Olo to bring online ordering to the brand and was a few months into its deal with DoorDash to offer delivery from 70-plus locations, along with testing Grubhub and Amazon.
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Just like it takes a lot of food groups to make a balanced meal, it takes a lot of profit centers to make a profitable restaurant.
For instance, in-store traffic was down for two-unit Dugg Burger in Dallas, but they made some of it up through catering, along with being listed on multiple delivery platforms.
As the only publicly traded third-party restaurant delivery service, Chicago-based Grubhub is one of the largest players and one of the most scrutinized brands in the industry. According to a report from investment firm Canaccord Genuity, its stock price in the low $100s is a buy, with a new target to reach $130.
Read MoreezDispatch Targets Catering-specific Delivery Orders Business catering marketplace ezCater recently launched ezDispatch, a new offering that connects restaurants and caterers to third-party delivery companies in their area. Restaurants can opt to use ezDispatch to book catering delivery on a per-order basis or can automatically rely on ezDispatch for every ezCater order. Those with their own delivery fleet can use ezDispatch to increase capacity when they need it, and for operators without delivery the service enables them to tap into a new channel without investing in a delivery fleet. The service […]
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Last fall we brought you the story of Bite Squad buying 17 regional restaurant delivery providers in one fell swoop. Six months later, the Minneapolis-based third-party delivery service has completed another round of acquisitions that expand its footprint in Mississippi, Florida, Texas and North Carolina. In an interview with Bite Squad co-founder and CEO Kian Salehi last year, he suggested the brand has the financial backing and growth plans to continue growing through mergers and outright acquisitions far into the future. Starting with Florida, Bite Squad acquired Zipit out of […]
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The app allows travelers to order food, pay for it and be automatically reminded to submit their orders once they actually set foot in the airport, whether it’s a connection or final destination. The idea is to skip the line and have the food waiting for you when you arrive.
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It’s not just laggards that are sitting by and seeing how delivery pans out. The adoption rate is slowed by many factors, but the two key things are the expansion of delivery infrastructure and the addition of digital infrastructure.
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