Brinker Partners with Flytrex and Serve Robotics on Drone, Robot Deliveries
Brinker International has partnered with Flytrex and Serve Robotics to test drone and sidewalk robot deliveries in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. Details are scant, but the Texas-based restaurant giant is including its Chili’s and Maggiano’s Little Italy...
Noah Glass Laser Focused on ‘Digital Hospitality’
Ahead of his keynote address at the Food on Demand Conference, we sat down with Olo CEO Noah Glass to get a preview and some insight into the key things to watch in the restaurant technology space this year. Noah Glass is all in on the concept of digital hospitality....
Zume, Solenis Replacing Plastic, Styrofoam in Food Packaging
An accelerated partnership from Zume and Solenis aims to replace plastic and styrofoam foodservice packaging with a new line of PFAS-free products that the two companies claim is better for the environment. Doubling down on an existing partnership, the two companies...
Ghost Financial Gives Financial Tools to Ghost Kitchens, Restaurants
After completing a $2.5 million pre-seed funding round, Ghost Financial is emerging from stealth mode to provide what it calls a “comprehensive financing and business services platform” for ghost kitchens and other restaurant ventures, including insurance, payroll,...
Flybuy Adds Driver Tracking to Delivery, Pickup Platform
Flybuy, a curbside, in-store and pickup platform, has added new functionality allowing delivery driver location tracking. This comes through new, direct integrations with DoorDash, Uber Eats, Postmates, Point Pickup Technologies and others through Flybuy’s flexible...
DoorDash Unveils New Low-Rate Student DashPass
DoorDash announced a new program for college students and a “flamin’ hot” incentive to get more memberships. Under the newly announced plan, college students would be able to get all the same perks as the full price DashPass for a rate of $4.99 per month...
Ryan Michael, Sr. Director of Product, Slice
Ryan Michael Sr. Director of Product, Slice Ryan leads the product team at Slice focused on building tech solutions for restaurants. He and the team are passionate about working side-by-side with restaurant owners and operators to create solutions that help them solve...
Aaron Newton, Chief Product Officer, Thanx
Aaron Newton Chief Product Officer, Thanx Aaron is a start-up veteran, co-founding Thanx after leaving big-data platform Cloudera where he was employee no. 6; Cloudera completed an IPO in 2017. Aaron currently focuses his passion for data and its potential to impact...
Dan Mosher, CRO, Presto
Dan Mosher President, Presto Dan is a dynamic leader with over two decades of experience in scaling go-to-market organizations. He has led cross-functional teams at Postmates, Yahoo, BrightRoll, VeriSign, and VuMedi. Dan holds a bachelor’s degree in business...
Outstanding Operators
Food On Demand Outstanding Operators features restaurant brands with innovative operations that are taking creative paths to success with delivery and all things off-premises.