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Empower Delivery Encourages Restaurants to Go All-in on Delivery

By Tom Kaiser | September 22, 2022

Two big names in delivery teamed up to bring independent restaurants and ghost kitchens better delivery economics.

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Apex Debuts Exterior-facing Smart Food Lockers

By Tom Kaiser | September 22, 2022

Apex launched its OrderHQ Exterior lockers that are designed to provide customer or pickup through the exterior wall of a restaurant.

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Former Reef President, Michael Beacham, Joins Earl Enterprises

By Tom Kaiser | September 22, 2022

Michael Beacham, previously the president of Reef Kitchens, was hired by Earl Enterprises, the parent company of Virtual Dining Concepts.

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Vromo Officially Integrates with Toast

By Tom Kaiser | September 22, 2022

Vromo, a delivery management system for restaurants, announced its integration on Toast.

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DoorDash Adds More Grocers, Retail Chains to its Platform

By Tom Kaiser | September 22, 2022

DoorDash expanded its merchant mix with new grocers and retailers including Dick’s Sporting Goods and Big Lots.

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Bikky Founder Details Data-Driven Mission After Seed Round

By Tom Kaiser | September 15, 2022

Food On Demand spoke with Bikky co-founder and CEO Abhinav Kapur shortly before announcing its recent, $5.25-million seed round.

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France Moves to Restrict Delivery ‘Dark Stores’

By Tom Kaiser | September 15, 2022

France is reportedly taking steps to restrict where delivery “dark stores” can locate within cities.

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GoTab Rolls Out In-Venue Ordering Suite

By Nicholas Upton | September 13, 2022

In another technology play designed for the return to venues, GoTab has launched a suite of tools to help multi-operator locations to lean into digital payments. With the new functionality, venues like food halls and stadiums—as well as pop-up event operators that host festivals and concerts—can bring a slew of tools to in-person customers. GoTab cofounder and CEO Tim McLaughlin said there was a lot included in the latest update. “As guests flood back to food halls, stadiums and other entertainment venues, they’ve come to expect the convenience of digital—fast, […]

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ItsaCheckmate Goes Live as On-Google Ordering Option

By Nicholas Upton | September 13, 2022

Under a new partnership between Google and order-integrator and digital service provider ItsaCheckmate, customers can order directly from their search results. The partnership is one part of Google’s further push into the digital ordering space across commerce, and represents another service for restaurant partners, said ItsaCheckmate founder and CEO Vishal Agarwal. “We are very excited to offer our Order with Google integration to SMB restaurants,” said Agarwal. “This will help them generate new digital orders at minimal costs, fully integrated with their POS system.” He was quick to point out […]

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Two Charts Show Ongoing Third-Party Evolution

By Nicholas Upton | September 13, 2022

Taking stock of the third-party delivery market in the second quarter of 2022 largely continues long-term trends, but there are some notable nuggets. In data from YipitData, a research and analysis firm with a focus on the delivery market, the big market share numbers continue to move in the same direction. DoorDash remains the No. 1 delivery player by far, reaching 60 percent of the total market through the second quarter. Grubhub makes up 9 percent and has continued to tick down in market share. According to Yipit researchers, the […]

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