The Economics of Virtual Restaurants
If you believe the hype, virtual restaurants are a savior for existing restaurants struggling to turn a profit or looking to monetize excess kitchen capacity. For the countless operators now buying into virtual concepts from existing restaurant players,...
Uber to Acquire Alcohol Delivery Brand Drizly
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wasn’t kidding when he’s recently said ride-sharing will be a comparatively smaller part of the company’s future than it was before the pandemic. Now Uber is bringing alcohol delivery into the fold with the announcement of an agreement...
Bbot Raises $7.3M on Path to be ‘Stripe for Restaurants’
Bbot aims to be a key part of the restaurant technology ecosystem by providing a lot of tools to speed up development across the broader restaurant technology space. After a new $4 million seed round the company is working toward that goal with a total of $7.3 million...
American Airlines Now Delivers Wine
If you’re missing travel amid the pandemic and are especially hankering for that “vin de premium economy” experience, you are in luck. Move your chairs together, break out your noise-canceling headphones and get your plastic cup ready, American...
In All Fairness, Foodsby Revamps Fees for Restaurant Partners
As offices slowly repopulate on the back side of this pandemic, Foodsby has reformatted its commission structure with an eye on fairness—both for its restaurant partners and its own bottom line. After dropping commissions to 3.5 percent during the early days of COVID,...
Slice Rolls Out Pizzeria Scores
Slice, the third-party delivery marketplace exclusively for independent pizzerias, announced a new Pizzeria Score tool to allow consumers to rate the more than 14,000 pizza shops in its network. According to the New York-based company, early tests of the Pizzeria...
Award-Winning Chef Jamie Malone On the Staying Power of Luxury Meal Kits
The advent of pandemic-inspired meal kits from top chefs and restaurants has created an entirely new category of at-home luxury that’s decidedly more upscale than typically delivered meals arriving in paper bags—and it’s a trend that’s likely to last past the current,...
Kitchen United Opens Second Ghost Kitchen in Chicago
Kitchen United has signed its second lease agreement in Chicago, as the company continues to execute its ghost kitchen expansion plans. The fifth and newest Kitchen United MIX location will be at 222 N. Wells Street, a few blocks south of the landmark Merchandise...
Agility Key in Order-to-Kitchen Infrastructure
The software industry built around plugging digital orders and third-party deliveries into a restaurant’s point of sale (POS) could seem a little tenuous. As connections become more open with better access points (APIs) and the industry consolidates...
Outstanding Operators
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