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Bite Squad Plans Test of Tesla Model 3s for Delivery Fleet

By Laura Michaels | March 14, 2018

In its first step to transitioning the company’s existing hybrid-electric fleet to fully electric vehicles in the coming years, Bite Squad will test the Tesla Model 3 as part of its food delivery vehicle fleet. The initial test will be in Bite Squad’s home market of Minneapolis; the restaurant delivery service operates in more than 30 markets across the country. “On an average day, we have delivery drivers navigating thousands of food deliveries through the streets of 30 metropolitan markets across the country,” said Bite Squad co-founder and CEO Kian […]

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The Logic Behind Snap Kitchen’s Pivot

By Nicholas Upton | March 14, 2018

Meal kits is a tough business, just look at the recent news around Blue Apron, the stock is tanking and one stock watcher says there’s “no surviving” the crowded market which now counts Walmart and Weight Watchers as new entrants. That may be overblown, especially in this red-hot consolidation cycle, but there’s no denying that meal kits are walled in by some tricky competition and more than 100 years of consumer grocery-shopping habits. To build out its niche and avoid looking like Blue Apron—and hopefully avoiding its same fate—Snap Kitchen […]

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Food On Demand – News Briefs – March 2018

By fodnews | March 14, 2018

Bulkbox Aims for Affordable Bulk Food Delivery Seeking to make organic, healthy foods accessible and affordable to more households, Bulkbox Foods launched this month, working directly with farmers to provide organic produce and grass-fed meats straight to the consumer. To offer what it says in the most cost-effective price, Bulkbox Foods doesn’t further process any of its products and is not a meal kit service. The Los Angeles-based company, co-founded by Bridgette and Tyson Blackney, also uses 100% recyclable packaging. Bulkbox customers choose one 3.5-5.5 pound whole piece of meat […]

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Amazon delivers a treasure trove in a Treasure Truck

By Nancy Monroe | February 13, 2018

Amazon is going low-tech and a bit retro with its Treasure Truck, the online retailers’ version of deals on wheels, that is now coming to a Whole Foods parking lot near you. The first Treasure Truck deal was the hot-selling Instant Pot, according to the Tech Crunch website.

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Why You Should Register for FOD’s Conference

By Tom Kaiser | February 13, 2018

We’re ready to take it to the streets.

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A Miniature Walmart In Your Home

By Nicholas Upton | February 12, 2018

From the department of zany patents…

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Mobile Access Drives New Capriotti’s Model

By Laura Michaels | February 12, 2018

Convenience continues to prevail.

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Wendy’s, Doordash Emphasize ‘Restaurant Quality’ in Delivery Partnership

By Nicholas Upton | February 12, 2018

Delivery dinners are pretty forgiving. When the fries come a little soggy or the salad has been a little wilted by warm toppings, it’s generally OK. But Wendy’s didn’t want its meals to be “good for delivery,” they wanted them as good as they were in the restaurant.

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High-tech Solutions Leads to Too Many Five-finger Discounts

By Nancy Monroe | February 12, 2018

Gone are the days when a thief had to walk out the grocery store doors with a 16-ounce steak in his pants. Now he can just pull the ole banana trick at the self-service checkout and take it home free.

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Food On Demand – February Briefs

By fodnews | February 12, 2018

DoorDash Helps feed the Homeless Delivery giant DoorDash is using its delivery algorithm to help feed the homeless along with Feeding America.  In a new program dubbed DASH (DoorDash Acts for Sustainability and Hunger), restaurants can easily get the food to homeless shelters. Something that has been tricky to do for restaurants who want to help but either can’t get the food to shelters efficiently or are barred from doing so by local food safety rules.  “Project DASH is treated like a DoorDash Drive delivery,” said a DoorDash spokesperson. “Dashers […]

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