by Tom Kaiser | Apr 28, 2022 | News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
According to the latest market share update from Bloomberg Second Measure, DoorDash extended its dominance to 59 percent of the U.S. meal delivery market. In addition, sales from meal delivery apps grew another 6 percent year-over-year, with 51 percent of U.S....
by Tom Kaiser | Apr 28, 2022 | Finance, News, Third-Party Delivery
Food Rocket, a San Francisco-based 15-minute grocery delivery service, announced a $25 million Series A investment that will be used to expand the service in Chicago and other cities throughout the U.S., as well as reinforce its AI-enabled software and enhance the...
by fodnews | Apr 26, 2022 | Conference Speakers
Felipe Chávez Cortés Co-Founder | CEO, Kiwibot Felipe Chávez Cortés is the CEO and co-founder at Kiwibot. His career in tech and entrepreneurship goes a long way back to his first startup Lulo, a delivery service for university students back in his home country,...
by Nicholas Upton | Apr 26, 2022 | Automation, News, Top Stories
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,...
by Nicholas Upton | Apr 21, 2022 | Finance, News
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....
by Nicholas Upton | Apr 21, 2022 | Best Practices, News
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...
by Tom Kaiser | Apr 21, 2022 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
Advanced online ordering and in-store pickup technology that’s been proven in the restaurant industry is moving deeper into the convenience store realm as Swipeby begins deploying its technology in the C-store industry. First deployed through a partnership with...
by Tom Kaiser | Apr 21, 2022 | COVID-19, News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
Using anonymized data provided by DoorDash, Instacart and Uber Eats, a new study by UC Riverside found app-based delivery services provided a $19 billion economic lifeline for California restaurants, grocers and other merchants during the height of the pandemic. While...
by Tom Kaiser | Apr 21, 2022 | Briefs, News
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,...
by Tom Kaiser | Apr 20, 2022 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Following months of speculation and activist investor tumult, Amsterdam-based Just Eat Takeaway.com announced its intent to sell Grubhub or explore introducing a strategic partner less than a year after completing its $7.3 billion acquisition of the third-largest U.S....