After Mega-Investment, ezCater Shifts Strategy, Plans IPO
ezCater closed out 2021 with a $100-million investment that might seem unexpected as omicron axes return-to-office plans across the globe. By focusing on jobs that have to be done inside the workplace, shrinking its own headcount and debuting a marketing campaign...
Uber Eats’ Head of Dark Kitchens Joins C3
Pasha Mehran, formerly Uber Eats’ head of dark kitchens and, before that, its head of national partnerships in the western U.S., has joined C3 as its chief strategy officer. He will oversee joint ventures with celebrity chef-driven restaurants, digital creators,...
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...
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