Reservation Platform Tock Nabs $10 Million after COVID Pivot
Reservation and booking platform Tock secured a $10-million investment round as it pivoted from in-person operations to off-premises enabler to help restaurants provide takeout and curbside meals. When COVID-19 hit, the restaurant industry came to a screeching halt,...
Slice Announces $43 Million Round as COVID Accelerates Adoption
Slice, a technology provider for independent pizza restaurants, secured a significant round of funding as it helps client businesses power through the pandemic. Pizza has been a big winner during the COVID-19 pandemic, Domino’s reported a 7.1 percent increase in...
Uber Reportedly Angles to Gobble Up Grubhub
After hiring an advisor and considering a sale of the company back in January, Grubhub, the second-largest U.S. restaurant delivery provider, is said to be in talks with Uber, which has reportedly offered to acquire the Chicago-based company in an all-stock...
Grocery Stores Struggle with Too Many Online Orders
Mercatus, a digital engagement provider that builds mobile apps and websites for grocery retailers, says the near-instant move to curbside and delivery at grocery stores has created major challenges for the industry that mirror the restaurant delivery space: limited...
ChowNow Rolls Out Its Loyalty
ChowNow, one of several companies helping restaurants generate and fulfill their own in-house delivery orders, has rolled out a loyalty membership program that it says can help independent restaurants remain profitable as takeout and delivery remains the mainstay of...
Automation Heavyweight Joins Ono Food Co.
Ono Foods Co., the “full-stack food automation platform,” has signed on an industry heavy hitter to help drive new automated restaurant solutions. The company announced that Derek Pietz has joined as vice president of automation. While he might not be a household...
Market Share Data Gives COVID-Era Look at Third-Party Delivery
New market share data gives a little insight into who’s winning during the global COVID-19 pandemic. It may come as no surprise that U.S. delivery leader DoorDash is, so far, coming out on top. In a new look at more than 190,000 transactions through April, Edison...
Papa John’s Posts Biggest Sales Gains Since Schnatter Era
Less than nine months after appointing former Arby’s President Rob Lynch as its new president and CEO, Papa John’s posted system-wide sales growth of 5.3 percent during the first quarter of 2020, the brand’s best results since company founder John Schnatter resigned...
Bikky Helps Restaurants Sell Native Delivery to Third-Party Users
A delivery-focused upstart out of New York City claims it has cracked the code to get restaurants the details of who is ordering their food via third-party delivery services, and it’s building a business on helping restaurants market directly to Grubhub, DoorDash,...
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