Toast Report Shows Delivery, Takeout Declined 7 Percent YOY
As Toast aggregate sales data shows restaurant sales growth in all regions of the U.S., the latest Restaurant Trends Report shows that on-premises dining sales were up 46 percent during the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021, while takeout and...
Cartwheel Partners Up with Square, RMDA
Cartwheel, an on-demand delivery management platform, acquired some new partners as it looks to expand dramatically across the off-premises space. The company, fresh from a recent $3 million fundraise, announced it was partnering with both Square and the Restaurant...
Wing Zone Commits to Major Robotics Partnership
Miso Robotics’ Flippy will be making a lot of wings under a new partnership with Wing Zone. The Atlanta-based, 61-location wing purveyor announced it would make the latest version of the robot “a part of the chain’s standard build for all future restaurant...
Deliverect Marketplace Helps Operators Find their Ideal Virtual Brand
A new marketplace of virtual brands from Deliverect aims to make finding the ideal virtual concept as easy for operators as finding the right lightbulb at Home Depot. Virtual brands are one of the few megatrends in the restaurant space right now. The ideal setup is...
DoorDash Report Shows Delivery Volumes Staying Strong
DoorDash’s second-annual Restaurant Online Ordering Trends Report shows that volumes are staying strong at the largest U.S. third-party delivery provider. According to the report, 83 percent of consumers are ordering delivery as much or more than they did last year,...
Square Announces Mobile POS, New Integrations
Restaurants using the Square point-of-sale platform have a new suite of tools at their disposal, part of a raft of new solutions aimed at helping restaurants of all kinds improve their bottom line and increase operational efficiency. The company also announced new...
Bringing Hybrid, Native Delivery Options into Focus
As more options proliferate, a growing number of restaurants are employing hybrid and native delivery options to tailor their off-premises strategy to their unique circumstances. This digitization of the delivery process was explored by restaurant and technology...
Flybuy, Apex Announce Predictive Pickup Partnership
Flybuy, a location technology that predicts customer arrival times, has partnered with Apex Order Pickup Solutions to create delivery and takeout lockers with real-time data to help restaurants and retailers maximize food freshness and locker capacity. With Flybuy’s...
Galley Solutions Closes Big Funding Round
Amid ongoing challenges in foodservice supply chains, San Diego-based Galley Solutions raised $14.2 million through a Series A to help the cloud-based inventory, ingredient and food costing platform expand its sales and engineering teams. This latest funding round was...
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