Restaurant Expert Q&A: COVID-19 Bigger than Great Recession
Ryan Palmer is a Minneapolis-based attorney and partner at Lathrop GPM (formerly Gray Plant Mooty) who is a long-standing expert on independent and franchised restaurant operations. He is the chair of his firm’s restaurant, food and hospitality group. Food On Demand...
Delivery Providers Roll Out Restaurant Relief
With many states and local municipalities closing bars and restaurants or restricting service to off-premises channels only, the four largest U.S.-based national delivery providers have rolled out a wave of ways to help their restaurant partners. So far, those...
Restaurant Analysts React to COVID-19 Closures
Nobody knows how the current social distancing and mandated bar and restaurant restrictions will impact the wider foodservice industry as many restaurants pivot to off-premises-only operations or close down, but the leading restaurant analysts are zeroing in on what...
Nextbite Offers Virtual Restaurants in a Box
The appeal of virtual restaurant concepts for existing restaurateurs looking to monetize excess kitchen capacity is straightforward, but getting new online-only virtual brands up and running still takes work like negotiating new contracts, securing prime placement on...
Postmates Expands Walgreens Delivery Partnership
After testing Postmates on-demand delivery services from Walgreens stores in New York City last fall, the second-largest U.S. pharmacy chain announced it is expanding its Postmates partnership to bring delivery service to an additional 13 cities across the country. ...
COVID-19 Prompts Varied Delivery Responses
The World Health Organization announced that that the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 is officially a pandemic. That scary news marks the first official pandemic since the 2009 Swine Flu (H1N1). The response from the delivery industry has been swift and many key...
Postmates Expands Walgreens Delivery Partnership
After testing Postmates on-demand delivery from Walgreens stores in New York City last fall, the second-largest U.S. pharmacy chain announced it is expanding its Postmates with partnership to bring delivery service to an additional 13 cities across the country. ...
Guest Q&A: Ordermark on Coronavirus and Restaurants
This article was originally published by Alex Canter, founder and CEO of Ordermark, on LinkedIn. It is republished in full here with permission. Thank you to Alex and the Ordermark team for their insights. As concerns about coronavirus grow, Ordermark sat down with...
Head of Uber Eats Steps Down
Jason Droege, who has led Uber Eats, the ride-sharing company’s meal delivery arm since it first launched as UberFRESH in 2014, is stepping down. Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, Uber’s current VP, international rides, is taking over as the top executive for the Eats...
Outstanding Operators
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