“Whiteboard” Method Ensured Quality Third-Party Partnerships at Portillo’s
Negotiating with a unicorn company out of Silicon Valley, even for an established restaurant brand, can be nerve-wracking. Portillo’s, the Chicago hot-dog institution rapidly expanding into new markets, had one key tactic for getting everything they wanted from its...
Waitr Revenue Grows, but Loses $220 Million in Q3
Louisiana-based Waitr Holdings, which also owns Bite Squad, is the latest publicly traded national delivery provider to post a significant loss in recent weeks, bleeding a total of $220.1 million during Q3 2019. Diving into the numbers, Waitr’s quarterly revenue...
Uber Paints Picture of Future Drone-Driver Hybrid Model
Aerial drones may represent an incredible leap in foodservice technology, but there is still plenty of work to be done before we collectively get there. Uber’s Elevate division recently painted a picture of what that future model might look like as it announced its...
Ghost Truck Kitchen Elevating Takeout, Delivery
Andrew Martino bootstrapped his way to opening a ghost truck-themed, multi-concept, delivery-only kitchen in New Jersey that offers a more refined delivery and takeout experience with nine in-house concepts operating out of a tiny space. Six months in, Ghost Truck...
Uber Posts Huge Loss, Cramer Recommends Selling Eats to Grub
A new week has brought yet another major financial blow to the third-party delivery landscape with Uber posting a $1.2 billion loss during the third quarter on the heels of the mobility giant’s epic $5.2 billion loss during the second quarter. Its stock price fell...
DoorDash Completes Caviar Transaction, Has Consolidation Begun?
The first day of November marked the completion of DoorDash’s acquisition of Caviar, the largest in the spate of DoorDash acquisitions the company took on last year. DoorDash and Square, which previously owned Caviar, first announced the $410 million deal in August of...
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...
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