Grubhub Taps Amazon Key to Simplify Delivery Access in Gated Communties
Grubhub and Amazon are working together to simplify deliveries to access-restricted residential buildings and gated communities. Grubhub couriers can use Amazon Key’s 1-Click Access tech to gain authorized entry to common areas without coordinating with staff or...
DeliverZero Adds Grubhub To Its Reusable Container Community
Lauren Sweeney used to hear the same thing about DeliverZero, the reusable container company she leads, wherever she went in New York. Fabulous. Love it. Only one thing: Can I use it with other marketplaces than yours? The answer used to be no. Which drove her crazy....
The SCV Hub Streamlines Ordering Across Multiple Restaurant Concepts
Santa Clarita Valley Kitchens, or The SCV Hub, is focused on enhancing its delivery and digital ordering experience to drive business growth. The SCV Hub is a 10,000-square-foot virtual food hall featuring various food brands in Southern California. Guests can order...
Perkins Enters Fast Casual Space With New Store Design
Perkins is known for its Mammoth Muffins. But its new store prototype, Griddle & Go, goes in the other direction. It clocks in at a lean 1,500 square feet, with seating for 65 guests and digital-ordering tools for the on-the-move crowd. The brand refers to the new...
Jake Paul Says He’s ‘All In’ With Dog Haus Partnership
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in Franchise Times, a sibling publication to Food On Demand. With a social media audience of 32 million, multiple business ventures and a much-anticipated fight with Mike Tyson coming up, Jake Paul has a lot going...
Chipotle Invests in Mediterranean Fast-Casual Concept and AI Supply Chain Platform
Chipotle announced a minority investment in Brassica, a Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant concept and Lumachain, an artificial intelligence supply chain platform, as part of its $100 million Cultivate Next venture fund. Lumachain is an Australian-based, minority,...
Drones Set to Transform Restaurant Delivery
Picture this: your meal delivery arrives within minutes, descending from the sky right into your backyard. Thanks, flying delivery person! Just kidding—it’s just a drone. What once seemed like a futuristic dream is now a reality, and it’s poised to grow even more,...
Toast Unveils a Branded Mobile App and Text Marketing Capabilities
Toast, the do-it-all technology platform, aspires to have an Adam Smith influence on restaurants. It provides the tech, it stays in the background, it guides with an invisible hand. With its new fall product release, which includes a branded-mobile app and...
DoorDash Teams With Popeyes for Wing Truck Promotion for College Football Fans
Vanderbilt may have defeated top-ranked Alabama but the biggest college-football news of the last week might be that DoorDash and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen are suiting up to bring Popeyes wings to fans with a traveling wing truck. Pigskin enthusiasts can enter for a...
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