by Nicholas Upton | Feb 24, 2022 | Finance, News
Enterprise digital order logistics firm Olo (NYSE: OLO) announced it would acquire Omnivore, a platform that allows restaurants to plug in a huge variety of technologies into their point of sale. The announcement came midway through Olo’s fourth-quarter earnings...
by Tom Kaiser | Feb 24, 2022 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Grubhub is going deeper into the grocery category through a new partnership with Buyk, the New York-based grocery service promising deliveries within 15 minutes. Through the new deal, Buyk groceries will be available on the Grubhub marketplace in more than 30 initial...
by Arthur Robert | Feb 24, 2022 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Supper London founder Peter Georgiou said he had the idea for high-end food delivery after an unpleasant experience ordering delivery from “a top London restaurant.” In an interview with the U.K. publication The Evening Standard, he said he put together a scheme to...
by Tom Kaiser | Feb 24, 2022 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Another day brings yet another big-name partnership between a major grocer and a national delivery app. DoorDash has introduced express grocery delivery service with Albertsons Companies, unlocking groceries in less than 30 minutes from more than 300 grocery stores in...
by Nicholas Upton | Feb 24, 2022 | Automation, News
Four notable partnerships show continued growth and innovation from across the Food On Demand space. Waitr is expanding a partnership with virtual kitchen and order logistics firm Nextbite; Jamba is rolling out more automated smoothie bars from automation partner...
by Nicholas Upton | Feb 24, 2022 | Best Practices, News
Customers of Kitchen United will have more robust pick-up options thanks to a new partnership with Apex Order Pickup Solutions. Apex, the provider of contactless cubby-based pickup lockers with 5,000 outlets, will expand its partnership with the shared-kitchen...
by fodnews | Feb 22, 2022 | Conference Speakers
Alex Vasilkin Co-Founder & CEO, Cartwheel As a business leader and entrepreneur with over ten years in the delivery space, Alex has a passion for transformative technology that fuels business success. As co-founder and CEO at Cartwheel, providers of the leading...
by fodnews | Feb 22, 2022 | Conference Speakers
Hanson Li CEO, Lazy Susan Hanson Li is the co-founder and CEO of Lazy Susan, a contemporary concept of Chinese American take-out and he is also the founder and managing partner of Salt Partners, a F&B holding company. Salt’s current portfolio includes national...
by fodnews | Feb 22, 2022 | Conference Speakers
Mark Leavitt Managing Partner, Enlightened Hospitality Investments Mark is co-founder and managing partner of Enlightened Hospitality Investments. Mark is actively involved in all of EHI’s portfolio companies, and serves on the boards of Joe Coffee, Salt & Straw,...
by fodnews | Feb 22, 2022 | Conference Speakers
Buck Jordan Co-founder & CEO, Wavemaker Labs Buck is the co-founder and CEO of Wavemaker Labs—a next-gen corporate innovation venture fund that incubates and scales disruptive technology startups in partnership with the world’s most forward-thinking companies....