Belgium-based Deliverect Plots North American Growth
Fresh off a recent $65 million funding round, Belgium-based Deliverect is moving into the North American hospitality market with expectations that delivery volumes still have significant growth ahead, partially fueled by the explosion of ghost kitchens and virtual...
Making the Economics of Ghost Kitchens and Virtual Restaurants Pay Off
Sales pitches for virtual restaurants and ghost kitchens are certainly promising, but a panel of diverse restaurateurs and category experts shed some much-needed light on the real-world economics restaurant operators are seeing in these still-new industry channels....
DoorDash, Albertsons Partner on Grocery Delivery
In the latest move of third-party delivery providers muscling into grocery, DoorDash has partnered with Albertsons, one of the nation’s largest grocers, to offer grocery delivery within an hour from nearly 2,000 grocery stores across the country including Safeway,...
C3 Partners with Lunchbox on Citizens Go App
C3’s newest culinary community now comes with an app focused on generating first-party orders. The operator of more than 200 ghost kitchens and brick-and-mortar restaurants partnered with Lunchbox to create the Citizens Go mobile app, allowing customers to order food...
Miso Robotics Partners to bring Automated Drink Dispenser to Market
Miso Robotics is bringing another automated tool to the kitchen, an automated beverage dispenser. The maker of the automated Flippy robotic arm, which can make burgers or operate a fryer, has partnered with Lancer Worldwide, a manufacturer in the beverage space....
Self-Delivery Gets a Fresh Look
Self-delivery at any meaningful scale tends to get written off as too complicated or too expensive. Restaurants need to figure out insurance, the technology to route drivers, more technology to make sense of the in-restaurant operations, and then they have to hire...
What to Consider When Growing Your Brand via Ghost and Virtual
Whether you’re a local growth brand or an established franchise restaurant looking to enter a new market, ghost kitchens and virtual restaurants offer enticing channels to reach new customers and different regions while spending less capital than building new...
Delivery Analysts Project Pandemic Habits Are Hanging On
What was once a pandemic necessity may be becoming habit. In a report issued by Wells Fargo, analysts including Brian Fitzgerald and Jon Tower project that delivery will hold onto its intra-pandemic market share or even grow as restaurant sales rebound during the...
Red Robin, Donatos Pizza Scale Up a Non-Traditional Partnership
Years after delivery has dominated the conversation, restaurants are once again getting creative with non-traditional real estate opportunities, including partnering with unaffiliated brands to unlock new territories and rope in the best attributes of ghost kitchens...
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