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PepsiCo to invest $175 million in Instacart as Grocery Delivery Hub Goes Public

By Bernadette Heier | August 30, 2023

Instacart discloses a major investment from PepsiCo, as the grocery delivery service makes public its filing for a long-awaited stock market launch. 

Starship Delivery Robots Roll out to more Campuses with Updated Tech

By Bernadette Heier | August 30, 2023

Starship Technologies adds new campuses, wireless charging and voice customization to delivery bots ahead of new school year.

FOD Interview: Kitchen United CEO Montagano Departs for Dog Haus

By Tom Kaiser | August 30, 2023

Kitchen United’s long-time CEO, Michael Montagano, is stepping down from the ghost kitchen pioneer and is taking the reins at Dog Haus.

Grubhub Brings Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ Tech to Campus Partners

By Bernadette Heier | August 29, 2023

Students can save time by skipping the check out line, as items are automatically charged through their synced campus payment method in the Grubhub app.

DoorDash Developing AI-Powered Voice Ordering for Restaurants

By Tom Kaiser | August 28, 2023

DoorDash is developing an AI-powered system to help restaurants take orders over the phone without using any dedicated merchant manpower.

Evergreens Selects Bikky for Data Analytics, Marketing

By Tom Kaiser | August 25, 2023

Evergreens has selected Bikky as its customer data and analytics partner.

Restaurant Delivery in Europe: Navigating the Culinary Frontier

By Peter Backman | August 24, 2023

Kicking off the first FOD International, Peter Backman of theDelivery.World examines the key differences between meal delivery in Europe versus in North America.

Toronto Surplus Food Delivery App Feeds Thousands

By Bernadette Heier | August 23, 2023

Knowing first-hand what it’s like to be food insecure, Tony Colley launched B12Give, a delivery system that diverts food waste and has fed over 25,000.

ItsaCheckmate Founder: In Turbulent Times, ‘We’re the plane that has landed’

By Tom Kaiser | August 23, 2023

ItsaCheckmate founder and CEO Vishal Agarwal wants the industry to see the success stories beyond the layoffs and acquisitions garnering recent headlines.

Marqii, MarketMan Partner on BOH Simplification

By Tom Kaiser | August 23, 2023

Managed review provider Marqii announced a new partnership with MarketMan’s restaurant management system.