Flybuy, Apex Announce Predictive Pickup Partnership
Flybuy, a location technology that predicts customer arrival times, has partnered with Apex Order Pickup Solutions to create delivery and takeout lockers with real-time data to help restaurants and retailers maximize food freshness and locker capacity. With Flybuy’s...
Galley Solutions Closes Big Funding Round
Amid ongoing challenges in foodservice supply chains, San Diego-based Galley Solutions raised $14.2 million through a Series A to help the cloud-based inventory, ingredient and food costing platform expand its sales and engineering teams. This latest funding round was...
Wow Bao Launches Virtual-Restaurant Rewards, A First
Wow Bao, the mostly virtual steamed bun chain, launched the first virtual restaurant rewards program. The program, dubbed Bao Bucks, awards customers with in-program cash to spend on food. The points accumulate only with direct orders, much like other brand loyalty...
5 Off-Premises Tips from Independent Restaurant Gurus
Ask two independent operators how to approach third-party delivery and digital off-premises operations and you’re bound to get five answers. That rang true during a Food On Demand Conference panel titled Case Studies from Independent Operators. Moderated by...
Instacart Files Confidential IPO Registration
Grocery delivery giant Instacart has filed with a confidential notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the first legal step toward an initial public offering. The statement from the company was terse: Instacart today announced that it has confidentially...
‘That’s So Cool Man’—When Robots Join the Kitchen
Building the Automated Kitchen was a fascinating panel at the Food On Demand Conference, and not just because Flippy, Sippy and other neato robots are taking over unpleasant tasks while allowing human former fry cooks to be redeployed. Pizza chains using Perfect...
Building the Right Tech Stack—FODC Panelists Share Advice
Integration is the name of the game for point of sale or POS systems, as one restaurant client of Toast described via video at the Food On Demand Conference. “So prior to Toast we trialed another POS system for a year, but they didn’t have the same...
Restaurant Tech Investors Open Their Playbooks at FODC
For the first time, this year’s Food On Demand Conference included a panel of high-profile restaurant tech investors who opened their playbooks to share what they’re watching at this pivotal convergence of automation, innovation, convenience and challenges driven by...
New Verticals Topic Du Jour for Big Third-Party Platforms
The third-party networks continue to evolve, expanding into new verticals as growth continues. Two third-party leaders talked with Editor Tom Kaiser during the 2022 Food On Demand Conference, touching on some of the big trends in a panel discussion titled Diversifying...
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.