Food Rocket Bets Faster Groceries Can Topple Instacart, Amazon Fresh
If same-day shipping was the last, great frontier in ecommerce, getting those goods to customers within the hour or even just a half hour is becoming the next battleground for delivered groceries, convenience goods and retail items. Startups like San Francisco’s Food...
U.K-Based Camile Thai Uses Ghost Kitchens for U.S. Expansion
Camile Thai, a Dublin-based franchised-fast casual restaurant chain, announced an agreement with Kitchen United to use its ghost kitchen facilities as the exclusive means for it to expand into the United States before building any brick-and-mortar restaurants. The...
DoorDash Appoints a Chief Restaurant Advisor
Continuing its efforts to engage in open conversations with restaurant partners, DoorDash has appointed Stephanie Izard, chef and owner of Girl and the Goat, as its first chief restaurant advisor. She will work in an integrated advisory role for a period of one year,...
A Drawer, A Shelf and a Virtual Ramen Restaurant
Even as the restaurant world reopens, consumers are sticking with their higher portion of delivery. That’s what keeps Park Tavern Executive Chef Colin Kohl boiling a big pot of water all day for delivery-only ramen even as the patio outside is “just...
Gimmie Food Asks, Are You Ready for Dinner Roulette?
The endless scroll, it’s endemic on Netflix, Spotify and the delivery platforms. One app wants to get you off the thumb treadmill and back to your life, even if it’s just scrolling on Netflix again. Gimmie Food has a simple premise: you pay them $22 and...
Square’s Standalone KDS Signals Strength in Delivery-Only Sector
Square announced a new standalone subscription to its kitchen display system, signaling an expanding need for better in-kitchen delivery tools. Previously, the product was only available as part of the company’s much larger Square for Restaurants Plus POS product....
Virtual Kitchen Co. Rebrands as All Day Kitchens, Raises $20 Million
Virtual Kitchen Co., a San Francisco-based company offering restaurants a network of closely located satellite kitchens to reach takeout and delivery customers with minimal upfront investment, has rebranded itself as All Day Kitchens after announcing a $20 million...
VDC Launches NASCAR Refuel Virtual Brand
NASCAR Refuel, a new virtual restaurant from Virtual Dining Concepts, is bringing trackside favorites to the home while courting a new demographic for this fast-growing part of the industry. Virtual Dining Concepts CEO Robert Earl described the brand’s food as an...
Instacart, 7-Eleven Expand Delivery Partnership
Instacart announced the expansion of its collaboration with 7-Eleven, the world’s largest convenience retailer, to nearly 4,000 new stores across the U.S. Instacart now delivers from nearly 6,000 7-Eleven stores, reaching nearly 60 million U.S. households across...
Outstanding Operators
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