Uber Eats, Visa Announce Small Business Grants
Uber Eats and Visa have teamed up on a $1 million grant program that will target small businesses that are currently active on Uber Eats in 10 U.S. cities. The program will be administered by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and focused on restaurant...
Flipdish Nabs $100M in Funding
Flipdish, an online ordering and digital experience platform for the hospitality space, received a $100 million investment led by Tencent raising its valuation to more than $1.25 billion. This comes after the Dublin-based company received a $48.5 million investment...
Checkers, Presto Embark on Major AI Voice Rollout
AI voice ordering is rolling out in a big way under a new partnership between the fast-food giant Checkers and tech partner Presto. The pair announced a plan to roll out an automated voice ordering assistant to all of the fast-food giant’s 267 company-operated...
Online Grocery Sales Neared $100B in 2021
Total online grocery sales were $97.7 billion in 2021, according to a report from analytics firm Brick Meets Click. Total sales were spurred on by a strong showing in December when online sales neared $9 billion. Online grew its share of the market two points during...
Olo CEO Noah Glass: Three Predictions for 2022
Olo CEO Noah Glass shared his three top predictions for 2022 as the company embarks on its first full year as a public company. Aside from going public, Glass and Olo (NYSE: OLO) had a pretty good year as one of the go-to enterprise solutions for omnichannel...
Three Ways Omnivore Connects Restaurants with Digital
*This is content sponsored by Omnivore. The pace of digital transformation in the restaurant industry is only accelerating. Omnivore CEO Dan Singer said keeping up in that marathon requires more open, efficient ways of connecting to digital tools. “Just start...
Delivery Hero Acquires Majority Stake in Glovo
Another global acquisition gives a little insight into the complicated world of international food delivery companies as Berlin-based Delivery Hero announced it was buying additional shares in Glovo, which is headquartered in Barcelona. Delivery Hero is set to acquire...
JET Subsidiary SkipTheDishes To Launch Grocery Delivery Across Canada
SkipTheDishes, the Canadian subsidiary of JustEatTakeaway.com, Europe’s largest meal delivery provider, launched Skip Express Lane, a grocery delivery service. According to a press release, the service has three fulfillment centers operational in Ontario and plans to...
Andrew Chen Examines the ‘Cold Start Problem’ for Platforms like Uber, Snackpass
How a smart idea gets initial traction is one of the most important moments in any business. It’s a confusing, inventive, fascinating period, and one Andrew Chen spends a lot of time thinking about. Chen is a partner at the exceptionally busy and successful...
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