Nommi Robotic Kitchen Gears Up with Big Partnerships
There’s another new robot kid on the block: Nommi, a fully autonomous robotic kitchen designed to make Michelin-star-quality meals for a fraction of the cost. The promise has grabbed some big attention from Michelin star- and James Beard-winning chef Masaharu...
Black & Mobile Founder Stands Out Among Alternative Delivery Services
“Attention is great. We have to be sure to be ready for that attention,” said Black & Mobile co-founder David Cabello, right, with Tom Kaiser, Editor of Food On Demand. David Cabello is co-founder with his twin brother of Black & Mobile, the first...
New Citizens Food Hall Touted by C3 on Culinary Panel at FODC
Citizens New York food hall is the creation of C3 and described as “a flagship shopping center of all our brands,” said C3’s Joey Simons at the Food On Demand Conference. C3 showed off its new Citizens New York food hall, which combines...
Grubhub and Foodsby Talk Corporate Delivery During the Pandemic
While COVID-19 was a boon for the meal delivery business, office deliveries were hit hard. “When the pandemic hit we thought, ‘okay, this will just shift to the home,’” said Zak Edgington, head of corporate sales-western region at Grubhub. But that didn’t happen...
Maximizing Efficiency With Virtual Restaurants is FODC Topic
“Virtual restaurants are all about search engine optimization,” said Aaron Noveshen, CEO of Starbird, and founder and chairman of The Culinary Edge, a leading restaurant consulting company. Nowhere is that more evident than in Starbird’s virtual branding. “Our brand...
Data Answers 7 Big Third-Party Delivery Questions
As third-party delivery continues to grow and evolve, many big questions remain and many more have emerged as business-critical topics the industry struggles to understand. Seeking to answer some of those questions, a Food On Demand conference panel tapped into the...
Drone Delivery from Flytrex and El Pollo Loco Wows Crowd at FODC
“If I may say, we’re here to disrupt the food delivery industry,” said Ben Thein, left, of Flytrex, which makes food delivery drones. Andy Rebhun, El Pollo Loco, is one of Flytrex’s first customers in the United States. “Food delivery has...
How to Succeed in Virtual Restaurants is Hot Topic at FODC
Michael Beacham of REEF Technology, Corey Manicone of Kitchen United and Alex Canter of Nextbite discussed the future of virtual and ghost kitchens with moderator Tom Kaiser at the Food On Demand Conference. The young virtual restaurant and ghost kitchen business is...
Real Estate Brings Virtual Brands to Life, Says C3’s Sam Nazarian at FODC
Speaking on opening day of the Food On Demand Conference, Sam Nazarian, CEO of global food tech platform C3, says one of his goals is to have a complete ecosystem that helps facilitate direct communication with customers. C3 counts hundreds of “digital brand...
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