by Arthur Robert | Mar 3, 2022 | News
When COVID-19 hit, it was clear that things in the restaurant industry were going to change. Many of those changes, such as the rise of delivery, were obvious. But other changes and their knock-on effects would have been harder to predict. “I never thought I’d see the...
by fodnews | Mar 3, 2022 | Conference Speakers
Jason Morgan CEO, Original ChopShop Throughout his career, Jason has built and led successful growth companies across various industries. Currently as chief executive officer at Original ChopShop, he has increased unit count from three units to 17 units in the past...
by fodnews | Mar 3, 2022 | Conference Speakers
Chris Demery Chief Technology Officer, Blaze Pizza Chris is an innovative and resourceful restaurant & technology executive with demonstrated expertise in all aspects of restaurant technology, off-premises dining, digital customer experience, application...
by fodnews | Mar 3, 2022 | Conference Speakers
Ghazi Atallah COO, Club Feast Prior to founding Club Feast in mid-2020 and serving as COO, Ghazi Atallah was an executive director at Goldman Sachs. He also held portfolio management roles at Brahman Capital and Millennium Capital. A native of Jordan, Ghazi has also...
by Nicholas Upton | Feb 24, 2022 | Finance, News
Enterprise digital order logistics firm Olo (NYSE: OLO) announced it would acquire Omnivore, a platform that allows restaurants to plug in a huge variety of technologies into their point of sale. The announcement came midway through Olo’s fourth-quarter earnings...
by Tom Kaiser | Feb 24, 2022 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Grubhub is going deeper into the grocery category through a new partnership with Buyk, the New York-based grocery service promising deliveries within 15 minutes. Through the new deal, Buyk groceries will be available on the Grubhub marketplace in more than 30 initial...
by Arthur Robert | Feb 24, 2022 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Supper London founder Peter Georgiou said he had the idea for high-end food delivery after an unpleasant experience ordering delivery from “a top London restaurant.” In an interview with the U.K. publication The Evening Standard, he said he put together a scheme to...
by Tom Kaiser | Feb 24, 2022 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Another day brings yet another big-name partnership between a major grocer and a national delivery app. DoorDash has introduced express grocery delivery service with Albertsons Companies, unlocking groceries in less than 30 minutes from more than 300 grocery stores in...
by Nicholas Upton | Feb 24, 2022 | Automation, News
Four notable partnerships show continued growth and innovation from across the Food On Demand space. Waitr is expanding a partnership with virtual kitchen and order logistics firm Nextbite; Jamba is rolling out more automated smoothie bars from automation partner...
by Nicholas Upton | Feb 24, 2022 | Best Practices, News
Customers of Kitchen United will have more robust pick-up options thanks to a new partnership with Apex Order Pickup Solutions. Apex, the provider of contactless cubby-based pickup lockers with 5,000 outlets, will expand its partnership with the shared-kitchen...