by Tom Kaiser | Mar 25, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
After consecutive same-store sales gains, interim Pizza Hut President Kevin Hochman said the second-largest pizza brand is reclaiming its reputation for culinary innovation and retooling its business for a permanently larger percentage of off-premises sales. With...
by fodnews | Mar 25, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
During the second session of Food On Demand’s Building Your Off-Premises Tech Stack event, Ordermark CEO Alex Canter and Lunchbox CTO Andrew Boryk joined FOD Editor Tom Kaiser for an update on digital ordering after years of massive changes in the restaurant scene....
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 25, 2021 | COVID-19, News, Third-Party Delivery
DoorDash announced that it will begin facilitating same-day delivery of COVID-19 PCR test collection kits across the U.S through partnerships with Vault Health and Everlywell, two digital health companies. Consumers will now be able to access two COVID-19 home...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 25, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Restaurant Revolution Technologies has added direct ordering capability through Google Search and Google Maps. Through the Washington-based company’s digital ordering platform, Order One, its supported restaurants will soon see an “Order Online” button appear on their...
by Nicholas Upton | Mar 25, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery
For a lot of casual-dining brands, virtual brands have a temporary air. The dozens of wing concepts seem likely to fade away as soon as dine-in traffic resumes. Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings, however, is just getting started. One of the first big-name virtual...
by Nicholas Upton | Mar 25, 2021 | Automation, News
When everything shut down, Boston College had to quickly rethink foodservice to ensure a safe way to provide staff and students with food. They looked to an automated food locker and jumped headfirst into the tricky process of off-premises technology innovation. The...
by Nicholas Upton | Mar 18, 2021 | Finance, News, Top Stories
Olo, the multifaceted ordering and logistics platform for enterprise restaurants, reached a new milestone on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The company went public with an 18 million-share offering. The stock began trading at $32, a more than 20-percent...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 18, 2021 | Best Practices, News
Through partnerships with Chicagoland chefs Fabio Viviani and Rick Tramonto, Foodhaul is a new company that’s looking to bring upscale food to underutilized restaurant and hospitality kitchens across the Upper Midwest and beyond with a new spin on the virtual...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 18, 2021 | News, Research
The ongoing growth streak in online grocery orders hit a bump in the aisle during February with sales dropping 14 percent compared to the previous month according to a joint consumer survey by Brick Meets Click and Mercatus. The total U.S. online grocery market posted...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 18, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery
DoorDash announced a new digital platform designed to highlight women-owned businesses on its platform, called Made by Women, along with a new partnership with ESPN commentator and two-time WNBA All-Star and Los Angeles Sparks forward Chiney Ogwumike. In celebration...