P.F. Chang’s Selects Cartwheel as Self-Delivery Partner
After conducting an in-depth case study comparing various delivery options, P.F. Chang’s selected Cartwheel as its on-demand self-delivery partner. Following a pilot program, the service is now rolling out to more than 100 of the Asian chain’s restaurant locations....
Toby Espinosa | Vice President, DoorDash Ads, DoorDash
Toby Espinosa Vice President, DoorDash Ads, DoorDash Toby Espinosa is the Vice President of Ads at DoorDash. In this capacity, he leads DoorDash’s ads and promotions business unit responsible for building digital solutions to help advertisers reach all of DoorDash’s...
Jay Scherger | Head of Innovation, Kroger
Jay Scherger Head of Innovation, Kroger Jay Scherger is the director of Kroger’s Accelerator Pillar, leading both the Ecommerce Accelerator and Product Experience for Kroger’s R&D organization. Being on the leading edge of Kroger’s technology and digital...
Mark McNamee | Chief Administrative Officer, Grant Thornton
Mark McNamee Chief Administrative Officer, Grant Thornton Mark has over 30 years of experience leading difficult assignments and delivering superior performance on-time and on-budget. His areas of expertise include business operations, risk management, and compliance....
Dilip Rao | CEO and Co-Founder, Sharebite
Dilip Rao CEO | Co-Founder, Sharebite Dilip Rao is CEO and co-founder of Sharebite, a mission-driven food ordering platform built exclusively for companies. Dilip began his career at Goldman Sachs and joined Credit Suisse in 2008, where he specialized in advising and...
Gorillas Raises “Close to” $1 Billion, Led by Delivery Hero
Gorillas, the German delivery startup promising groceries in ten minutes or less, announced it closed its Series C funding round on Tuesday. The company raised “close to” $1 billion at a valuation of $2.1 billion. The news comes just seven months after the company...
Clover Parent, Fiserv, Buys BentoBox
Fiserv, a Wisconsin-based payment and financial services company that created the Clover point-of-sale platform, has signed an agreement to acquire BentoBox, a digital marketing and commerce platform that’s largely focused on small and medium-sized restaurants. The...
Instacart Takes Aim at Meal Delivery, Catering
Instacart is growing in the direction of meal delivery. On October 7, the company announced it would acquire catering software company FoodStorm, extending its reach into the prepared food aisle of many grocery stores. And at the beginning of the month, meal delivery...
Slice Adds Barstool Sports Founder, Dave Portnoy, as Equity Partner
Slice, a pickup and self-delivery provider for independent pizza restaurants, announced a partnership with Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports and creator of One Bite, the digital series in which Portnoy tastes and scores pizza in what he describes as...
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.