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Domino’s Now Lets Delivery Customers Drop a Pin for Delivery

By Tom Kaiser | June 20, 2023

The new Pinpoint Delivery feature allows Domino’s Pizza customers to receive deliveries nearly anywhere, including parks, baseball fields and beaches.

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Leveraging AI, RestoGPT Builds Restaurants Online Ordering Storefronts in a Flash

By Bernadette Heier | June 15, 2023

Powered by Orderbyte, RestoGPT can generate an online-ordering website for restaurants within two hours or less.

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Amid “Strategic” Reshuffling, Olo Lays off 81 Employees

By Bernadette Heier | June 14, 2023

Leading restaurant tech company Olo is laying off 11 percent of its workforce as part of a “strategic reorganization” the company stated Wednesday.

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Clover Unveils New Kitchen Display System

By Tom Kaiser | June 14, 2023

Clover released its new KDS that aims to provide a real-time look at tickets and key metrics for kitchen staff.

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Grubhub Partners with Homewood Suites on Hotel Meal Delivery

By Tom Kaiser | June 14, 2023

Grubhub has begun offering direct-to-guest meal delivery in Homewood Suites by Hilton hotels.

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Nextbite Sells Ordermark to Indian Software Company UrbanPiper

By Bernadette Heier | June 13, 2023

Amid recent layoffs and ahead the company’s acquisition, virtual brand platform Nextbite sells its technology arm to India-based UrbanPiper.

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SBE Hospitality, C3 Founder Sam Nazarian Acquires Nextbite

By Tom Kaiser | June 12, 2023

FOD EXCLUSIVE: Sam Nazarian of sbe and C3 has acquired Nextbite, a virtual restaurant brand provider.

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Grubhub Lays Off 400 Corporate Employees

By Tom Kaiser | June 12, 2023

Three months after succeeding Adam DeWitt as Grubhub’s CEO, Howard Migdal announced the third-largest U.S. meal delivery provider has laid off 15 percent of its corporate team, which equates to approximately 400 employees.  Migdal posted a message on Grubhub’s media site echoing what was sent to all Grubhub employees on the morning of Monday, June 12th. The message detailed the circumstances behind the layoffs and the company’s strategy going forward.  Before the reduction, Grubhub had 2,800 employees, 850 of whom were based in Chicago. The impact in its U.S. headquarters of […]

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“Jukebox” Robotic Bartender Mixes Up Industry with Speedy Service

By Bernadette Heier | June 8, 2023

Designed to cut long lines at stadiums and high-volume events, the Rotender whips up cocktails and drinks in less than 30 seconds.

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Uber Eats to End “Unnecessary” Plastic Waste From Deliveries

By Bernadette Heier | June 8, 2023

Uber pledges to eliminate carbon emissions and plastic waste from its delivery business by 2040, bringing it in line with goals at its ride-hailing arm.

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