Olo Announces Olo Pay During Solid 2021 Earnings
Olo has a tendency to announce new moves during the company earnings calls, and Olo’s fourth quarter and full-year 2021 earnings came with two interesting announcements. The company announced it would acquire digital integration company Omnivore and said it...
Operators Bring Digital Off-Premises Mindset Indoors
As diners return to indoor dining they’re bringing with their newfound desire for the digital restaurant. Similarly, operators who embraced digital with a sliver of desperation early on have seen the value and are now eagerly bringing new digital tools inside....
Big Brand Management Talks Ghost Kitchens and Geographic Shifts
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...
Jason Morgan, CEO, Original ChopShop
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...
Chris Demery, Chief Technology Officer, Blaze Pizza
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...
Ghazi Atallah, COO, Club Feast
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...
Olo to Acquire Omnivore
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...
Grubhub Going Big in Ultra-fast Grocery with Buyk Partnership
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...
Delivery Is An ‘Extension’ of a Restaurant’s Brand
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...
Outstanding Operators
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