After patent drawings illustrating beehive-like drone skyscrapers leaked, Amazon appears closer than ever to building the distribution infrastructure necessary to allow delivery drones to crisscross the skies above major cities.
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No news on whether Walmart still plans to ask its employees to deliver orders to neighbors on their way home, but just in case it’s still in the works… Related posts: Restaurant Analysts React to COVID-19 Closures The Economics of Virtual Restaurants Delivery Providers Roll Out Restaurant Relief P.F. Chang’s Inks Catering Agreement with ezCater, Cartwheel
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By Laura Michaels Delivery used to be more of a “casual hobby” for Union Square Hospitality Group and its Blue Smoke eatery, but that was before the Danny Meyer-led restaurant group recognized the needs of its guests were changing. “In the old days we were basically competing with the restaurants in our neighborhood for the same mouths in our neighborhood,” explained Sabato Sagaria, Union Square’s chief restaurant officer. Now, with a commitment to using delivery to drive additional revenue, “we have the opportunity to reach mouths all over the city […]
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Is delivery faster and more convenient than ordering McDonald’s at a drive-thru? We tested McDonald’s new delivery partnership with Uber Eats to see how the fast-food giant’s sandwiches, fries, Happy Meals and “artisan” burgers weathered the journey to our office with a delivery service, rather than just driving down the road to get it ourselves.
Read MoreA round up of the most interesting food on demand related stories from around the web for July 2017
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By Thomas Kaiser We use it to announce the best and worst news of our lives, to stalk exes and find new love, to read the news and complain about current events—so why shouldn’t Facebook just feed us, already? Fear not, California-based Facebook has announced plans to add meal delivery to its all-encompassing function set. While Facebook hasn’t made a major announcement about its new service as yet, clicking on the hamburger icon or “Order Food” from its menu brings users to a page that lets them choose from nearby […]
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By Nancy Weingartner Monroe After Kendra Rasmusson and her husband Paul moved back to her hometown of New Prague, a rural community about 45 miles south of Minneapolis, they discovered the nearest co-op was 25 miles away. This might not have been a big deal for most people, but the couple’s 2-year old had just been diagnosed with epilepsy and a clean diet was one of the ways to help control the seizures. Paul kept his day job in finance, making the daily commute to the Twin Cities, and Kendra […]
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By Nancy Weingartner Monroe We caught up with Michael Wior, CEO of Omnivore Tech in Hayward, California, at the National Restaurant Show in Chicago not that long ago, and asked him what he sees as the future of restaurant technology. Since his company’s software integrates all the different technologies, apps and bells and whistles for restaurants, we figured he’d have something worth quoting. And we were right. It’s all about what customers are demanding, he says, which right now is to pay with their phone. Restaurant employees, on the other […]
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By Nancy Weingartner Monroe What makes the food-on-demand market so enticing is that in addition to the large, national players like Blue Apron and Hello Fresh, there are individuals cooking for their neighbors within the boundaries of a reasonable delivery area. Aleksandra Till calls herself a home cook. She was raised by a “health-nut vegetarian mom” who tried to limit her exposure to sugar. Fortunately for Till, she was a latch-key kid with the time and skill to make cookie dough before her parents arrived home from work. From there […]
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Hey grocery, here comes the “AMZN” Amazon with a frontal assault in the form of a 13.7 billion deal to acquire Whole Foods Market.
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