Cartwheel, a platform that enables hybrid delivery, raised $3 million in seed capital to enhance its offering, build more integrations and expand the company. The company, which has powered deliveries for P.F. Chang’s, Taco Del Mar and Portillo’s, has now raised $4 million across two rounds. The initial round included partner Portillo’s, which used the platform to roll out native delivery. Nick Scarpino, SVP of marketing and off-premises at Portillo’s, said it’s become a key system for the company’s delivery efforts. “Cartwheel powers our in-house delivery program, and its software […]
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Hungry House launched “Season 02” of its offering, and also announced its second location and a city-wide partnership with Jokr.
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Delivery sales are still growing, and DoorDash’s U.S. market share is now up to 59 percent according to Bloomberg Second Measure.
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Food Rocket announced a $25 million Series A investment that will be used to expand the service in Chicago and other cities throughout the U.S.
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Miso, best known for Flippy the burger-flipping and fry-frying robot, is coming to Jack in the Box. It’s the latest announcement in what Miso CEO Mike Bell calls a “drumbeat” of new pilots and partnerships. In the mix, Chipotle’s Chippy test, Panera’s test of Miso’s CookRight Coffee monitoring platform and most recently, Jack in the Box is testing the updated wall-mounted Flippy 2 and Sippy, Miso’s fountain-drink automation tool. White Castle was the first major brand to commit to a big push, the company announced it would roll out 100 […]
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McDonald’s is looking to push delivery further all around the world, as is clear in a new partnership with Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET). The global burger enterprise and the Amsterdam-based European delivery consolidator announced the deal without many details. The companies announced the new long-term partnership would mean “evolving their existing local agreements to provide McDonald’s customers and franchisees with the convenience and value of McDelivery in markets across the world,” according to a press release. In short, McDonald’s is inking a competitive deal with JET like it previously did […]
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Payments aren’t the most exciting end of the restaurant industry, it’s largely a commodity. Whoever charges the least fees typically wins the contract. That has led to a wildly fragmented industry when it comes to payment. Across franchised brands especially, there are variations across the brand, across markets and even across individual operator’s locations. For instance, if a franchise operator in a brand acquired 10 locations, they might not switch payment processing. When Olo launched Olo Pay in parallel with quarterly earnings back in February, it may have sounded like […]
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Online ordering and pickup technology is moving deeper into the convenience store realm as Swipeby deploys its technology in the C-store industry.
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A new study by UC Riverside found delivery services provided a $19B economic lifeline for California restaurants, grocers and other merchants during the height of the pandemic.
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Partnerships remain the watchword in the restaurant tech space, with Olo announcing a deal with marketing platform SOCi to integrate with the Olo API and centralize local data management and digital menu management for restaurants. Through this strategic partnership, Olo data will pass through to the SOCi platform and its localized listings management offering to improve the experience for restaurant brands by providing a single place to update critical location data across hundreds of directories. Customers of SOCi and Olo will now be able to update name, address, phone number, […]
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