Raj Beri | VP, Grocery & New Verticals, Uber Eats
Raj Beri VP, Grocery & New Verticals, Uber Eats Raj Beri is Uber’s VP of Global Grocery and New Verticals. Raj’s team oversees all non-restaurant delivery businesses for Uber globally. Previously, he led the Uber Eats business in Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East...Andrew Custage, Head of Insights-Medallia Market Research, Medallia
Andrew Custage Head of Research Insights, Medallia Andrew Custage is the Head of Research Insights for Medallia. He leads a function using both behavioral and survey-based research datasets to deliver groundbreaking analysis to the food service industry and beyond,...
Three Restaurants Lean into Delivery and Pickup to Rebuild their Businesses
*This is content sponsored by DoorDash. There has been nothing easy about being a restaurant operator during this last year and a half. Through shutdowns, changing customer habits and relentless uncertainty, three self-made owner-operators leaned into delivery and...
Omnivore Connect Opens API, Speeds Up Tech Tasks
*This is content sponsored by Omnivore. Omnivore is alleviating the headache of testing and implementing restaurant software by opening access to its core API. CEO Dan Singer said, “the updated application programming interface (API), available through the Omnivore...
Exclusive: Two CEOs on the Kitchen United-Zuul Acquisition
Kitchen United has acquired Zuul, the New York-based ghost kitchen and technology provider to bolster its batched-ordering support and establish a beachhead in the largest delivery market in the United States. The deal is Kitchen United’s first acquisition and,...
Business Models at Odds in the Digital Grocery Business
Like restaurants, grocers are struggling to find a happy medium with third-party delivery providers as more of the North American grocery market moves online. While grocery stores encourage more profitable native ordering and customer pickup, new entrants are testing...
Buyk Wheeled Grocery Delivery Launches in NYC
Buyk is the fourth rapid grocery delivery company to launch in New York City in the last 12 months. As the name suggests—pronounced bike—the company’s couriers will use bicycles to deliver groceries within 15 minutes or less and will employ the same dark-store model...
All Day Kitchens Raises $65M Series C
After recently rebranding and raising $20 million, “distributed restaurant” platform All Day Kitchens raised $65 million in a Series C round bringing its total fundraising to $102.5 million. The San Francisco-based company said the new cash is being used for R&D,...
Uber Eats Adds Searchable Pickup Maps, Airport Order-Ahead Functionality
Uber Eats is looking to improve the airport dining experience and customer pickup experience for customers at home or on the ground wherever they’re staying. The new airport features are designed to give travelers the option to order from restaurants and pay in Uber...
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.