DoorDash Cruises into Australia
DoorDash has announced its official launch in Melbourne, Australia, through a post on the company’s blog. It’s the largest U.S.-based delivery brand’s first expansion outside of North America. In preparation for the launch, DoorDash has already added thousands of...
Postmates Launches Group Orders
Postmates has made it much, much easier to order with friends, coworkers and anyone else with its new Group Orders option. In another notable app functionality update this week (along with Grubhub adding “perks”), Postmates created a new way to order as a group. With...
Bringing Amazon-strength Logistics to All
Speaking to Food On Demand from Israel, before jetting back to the U.S. for a whirlwind circuit including New York, Chicago, Dallas and San Francisco, Bringg CEO Guy Bloch is busy leading a company that helps restaurants and other businesses “Uberize” their companies...
Grubhub, Lettuce Partner on Whole30 Delivery-Only Restaurant
Whether it’s Costanza-style worlds colliding or a meme-era “mashup,” a new delivery-only restaurant from Lettuce Entertain You and Grubhub is both the first restaurant solely focused on the restrictive Whole30 diet craze and also the first time a third-party delivery...
DoorDash Continues Building Automation Dream Team
A couple weeks after acquiring Caviar, DoorDash made another acquisition. This time the fast-growth delivery company acquired automation and remote-driving startup, Scotty Labs. Don’t fret if the company’s name doesn’t ring a bell. The young startup was founded in...
Nuro Founder: No ‘Rosie’ Coming Soon
Dave Ferguson, one of the co-founders of Nuro, said there’s no “Rosie” in sight yet, but automation companies like his are the first step toward a massively automated future. Ferguson is one of the cofounders of the automated-delivery vehicle maker that is currently...
Panera Expands Delivery to DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats
With delivery reportedly accounting for 7 percent of Panera Bread’s sales—handled in-house by its own drivers—the fast-casual, soup-and-sandwich chain announced it’s expanding its delivery program to include DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats. Panera’s own employees will...
Omnivore’s Plans for Coca-Cola Partnership
There are a lot of players in the fast-growing delivery software integrator space, and almost all of them are growing quickly. California-based Omnivore is sprinting in lockstep, having tripled the size of the company in the last 12 months. It is forecasting another...
Dunkin’s Delivery Pro on Catering, Grubhub Launch
As Dunkin’s new director of catering and delivery, Brandy Blackwell has her work cut out to improve convenience in a system with close to 9,500 locations in the U.S. With millions of Americans living above or adjacent to a Dunkin’ or, at the least, passing one on...
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