Convenience-Focused Gopuff Adds Prepared Food
Gopuff is pushing beyond convenience items with a growing number of hyper-efficient ghost kitchens. With its latest program focused on prepared foods, the speedy C-store disruptor is becoming the digital equivalent of a corner mart or bodega with a tiny kitchen in the...
Bbot Raises Another $15 Million
Hospitality tech upstart Bbot grabbed another $15 million from investors, reaching more than $22 million raised so far. With this latest tranche, the company said it will “focus on features for food halls and virtual brands,” according to the release announcing the...
DoorDash Kitchens Full Service Lets Restaurants Outsource Everything
DoorDash is going bigger with ghost kitchens as it introduces DoorDash Kitchens Full Service, a new model allowing restaurants to license their brands and outsource many of the tasks associated with opening a new location, including hiring, meal preparation and...
Qu’s Streamlined POS Attracts Genghis Grill Partnership
“We think the POS has gone far beyond what it was originally created to do, and if it hasn’t, it needs to. As consumers—if you think about it—all you want is to be served food when and where we want it,” states Amir Hudda. Hudda, CEO of point-of-sale tech company Qu...
Delivery Hero Begins Sustainable Packaging Initiative
Delivery Hero, the German-based local delivery platform, has partnered with sustainable packaging manufacturer Eco-Products to provide restaurants with Earth-friendly packaging to reduce plastic waste and carbon emissions. The pilot program is debuting in Austria,...
Uber Partners with FTD for Flowers on Demand
With all the buzz around meals, booze and groceries, one might forget flowers were one of the original on-demand products. With a new partnership between Uber and FTD, customers in many of the largest U.S. cities will now be able to order delivered floral arrangements...
Goodcents To-Go Meals Stick post Pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, scores of restaurant companies struggled to be a part of wildly fluctuating consumer desires. Goodcents, known mostly as a fast-casual sub shop, kicked off Goodcents To-Go early in 2020, with the exceptional chance to meet the new...
Zume Building First Renewable-Powered Compostable Packaging Factory
Zume, a tech-focused pizza brand that morphed into a developer of robots and sustainable packaging, secured $122 million to build the world’s first compostable packaging factory powered entirely by renewable energy. After spending years building bespoke packaging...
Savvy Delivery Upstarts Push Onfleet to 100M Orders
Pushed along by companies large and small, last-mile software provider Onfleet has eclipsed 100 million orders of everything from food, wine, car parts and marijuana. That big number has been a long time coming, with small delivery upstarts expanding along with the...
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