Amid Turmoil, Waitr Lays off Minneapolis Bite Squad Employees
Minneapolis’ StarTribune newspaper reports that Louisiana-based Waitr Holdings laid off the majority of employees at Bite Squad’s downtown Minneapolis headquarters. Waitr acquired Bite Squad in late 2018 for $321 million. The move is the latest shakeup for Waitr,...![Grubhub: [Trust Us,] We’re Going to Make a lot of $$ Next Year](https://foodondemand.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Grubhub-Logo.png){kind=logo}
Grubhub: [Trust Us,] We’re Going to Make a lot of $$ Next Year
Grubhub CEO Matt Maloney and President Adam DeWitt were clear the company’s third-quarter financial results were a disappointment—putting it lightly—but the execs of the one-time top U.S. delivery brand kept returning to the mantra that nobody should focus too much on...
Uber Eats Launches E-Bike Food-Hopping
To shine more light on its recently introduced pickup feature where customers pre-order meals that they collect at the restaurant or then eat inside the dining room, Uber Eats has launched Pickup Guides Powered by Jump, a discount to allow its Jump-branded e-bike...
Amazon Starts Free Grocery Deliveries for Primers
Previously a $15/month fee, Amazon Fresh has now been recast as a free benefit for the e-commerce giant’s Prime subscription members, meaning even more U.S. consumers now have access to one- and two-hour grocery delivery in more than 2,000 cities and towns. “Grocery...
Fountain Nabs $23 Million Series B to Keep Hiring Fast
The world of food delivery gets a lot of attention for being a flexible way for people to find work without much effort. It might seem to most people that a potential driver just signs up and starts driving, but there is still a lot of recruitment happening for the...
Lyft, &pizza Pair Up on Late-Night Employee Rides
Lyft and &pizza, the tech-savvy fast-casual East Coat pizza brand, announced a new partnership to bring &pizza employees in Washington, D.C. a reliable late-night transit option. This isn’t exactly news in the off-premises world, but is another step forward in...
Pressure Builds Before Grub’s Quarterly Results
In the wake of WeWork’s near implosion and fresh memories of Uber’s $5.2 billion quarterly loss earlier this year, a range of business pubs are claiming that the era of growth-before-profits companies is coming to an end, including third-party restaurant delivery...
Two Years On, DoorDash Kitchens Hit the Scene
It was October of 2017 when DoorDash first announced plans to open DoorDash-branded delivery-only ghost kitchens, and two years later its first example has opened in Redwood City, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The facility’s first restaurant tenants...
Grubhub, Just Salad Partner on Virtual Restaurant
Another week brings yet another example of a third-party delivery company partnering with a restaurant to launch a new virtual restaurant. This latest is New York City-based Just Salad partnering with Grubhub to launch Health Tribes, a digital-only concept that...
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