Ono Food Co. Races Automated Smoothie Truck to Market
It seems like every day there is a new automated something or another in foodservice, but all the bots, automation and other futuristic stuff generally either takes a long time or it doesn’t work. But Stephen Klein, cofounder and CEO of Ono Food Co. said they’ve built...
Pizza Brand Pivots to Delivery Sustainability
An atypical California-based pizza brand is diversifying itself beyond delivering pizzas into developing mobile delivery kitchens and new packaging to reduce the environmental impact of meal delivery. Originally started as a pizza restaurant that pivoted into mobile...
Uber Eats Adds Allergy-friendly Options, Cuts Cutlery
Uber Eats has added food-allergy filters to its app to make meal ordering easier for customers with restricted diets, and it’s also giving everyone the ability to opt out of single-use utensils that are falling out of favor with customers and some municipalities....
Uber Buys Chilean Online Grocery Provider
Uber is getting into the online grocery business, which is increasingly being bundled into the same ecosystem as third-party restaurant delivery. In acquiring majority ownership of online grocer Cornershop, Uber will now have a toehold in Chile, Mexico, Peru and...
U.S. Online Grocery Could Double by 2023
As part of an unusual but interesting study examining the U.S. retail scene as e-commerce disrupts a range of industries, MetLife Investment Management predicts that U.S. online grocery sales could swell to at least 7 percent of total sales by 2023. This would be a...
DoorDash Extends Lead Over Grubhub
As an early winter blows its way into parts of North America, the delivery winds continue to shift as DoorDash expands its market share lead over Grubhub, which dropped to third place behind UberEats. These findings are according to exclusive research from Edison...
Kitchen Pods Are Somewhere Between Food Trucks and Ghost Kitchens
Kitchen Podular CEO Michael Manion has placed himself at the leading edge of both the off-premises shift in restaurants and the broader desire for social experiences that’s disrupting many industries beyond foodservice. With a background in flashy in-person events and...
Domino’s Throws Shade at Third-Party, but Tweaks to Compete
For a long time, Domino’s management said they didn’t see any negative effects from the explosion in third-party delivery and they continue to criticize the industry. But along with those critiques, Domino’s is significantly changing its business model to compete with...
Famous Dave’s Shrinks Restaurants, Shifts Menu for Delivery
Famous Dave’s has released details of a new, more compact restaurant prototype that’s geared toward increased delivery and catering in its home city of Minneapolis. This smaller store format is part of the BBQ brand’s ongoing, multi-year revival that has included...
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