Rich Daniels, EVP Marketing & Custom, Anchor Packaging
Rich Daniels EVP Marketing & Custom, Anchor Packaging Rich is the EVP of marketing and custom for Anchor Packaging, a leading supplier of sustainable food packaging to the foodservice industry. A corporate entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in...
Vipin Jain, Co-Founder | CEO, Blendid
Vipin Jain Co-Founder | CEO, Blendid As the driving force behind Blendid, a state-of-the-art fully autonomous food robotics kiosk that combines advanced technology with healthy smoothies known as Blends, Vipin Jain leads the company while ensuring every decision...
Bryan Solar, GM of Restaurants, Block
Bryan Solar GM of Restaurants, Block (Square) Bryan grew up surrounded by those in the restaurant industry, with multiple grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins all owning restaurants. Like 1 in 3 Americans, Bryan’s first job was in F&B. After college and an...
Christopher Sebes, CEO, NovaDine
Christopher Sebes CEO, NovaDine Christopher is a widely respected restaurant technology entrepreneur, CEO, advisor and board member. He has dedicated his career to hospitality management and technology. He graduated from Portsmouth University School of Hotel...
Ghost Kitchen or QSR?
You start a diner. Then, you notice that you’re missing out on delivery orders during the night, so you leave the kitchen open 24/7 to fill delivery orders. That business works out, so you launch a bunch of different brands and start opening up delivery-only...
Uber Eats Relaunches Group Ordering, Adds Bill-Splitting Feature
As pandemic restrictions lift and people gather in greater numbers, Uber Eats is relaunching its Group Ordering with new features that allow friends, family and coworkers to split the bill and make it easier for hosts to herd hungry cats to submit their orders and pay...
Grubhub Ends Robot Delivery Partnership with Russia’s Yandex
Just eight months after announcing a robotic delivery partnership with Yandex Self-Driving Group, a division of the Russian multinational tech group, Grubhub has severed its ties in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. First announced last July, Grubhub signed a...
Branch Closes $75M Series C, Launches New Payment Tools
Branch, a workforce payments platform that allows restaurants to go cashless and enable instant digital tips, raised $75 million through a Series C to extend its momentum in trucking, logistics, last-mile delivery in restaurants, while also expanding into the...
Jim Collins, President, Perfect Company
Jim Collins President, Perfect Company Jim is a tech industry vet turned restaurant industry innovator whose varied career has one consistent thread: finding ways to maximize revenues for small businesses. He previously served as CEO of Kitchen United, the ghost...
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.