Sharebite’s Charitable Focus Targets Workplace Meals
With old-school catering still sidelined and facing an uncertain future due to the pandemic, the workplace meal-delivery scene is heating up with New York-based Sharebite, which recently inked some high-profile corporate partnerships for its lunchtime delivery service...
Ghost Bar Slinging Cocktails Virtually
One of the best things about going out for both consumers and restaurants is a perfectly crafted cocktail. With all the syrups, bitters, juices and expert balance, they’re almost invariably better than one can make at home and carry a great profit margin for the...
Would Uber Let DoorDash Hog Super Bowl Spotlight? ‘Sha Right!’
Uber announced it would be advertising at the biggest television event of the year, just like DoorDash, and pulling on some nostalgic heartstrings. The company announced it bought an ad spot in which Wayne’s World stars Mike Meyers and Dana Carvey embark on a mission...
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...
Outstanding Operators
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