Chipotle’s First Digital Kitchen One of Many to Come
When Chipotle’s first digital-only restaurant opened last week in Highland Falls, New York, it became the first of what will certainly be many. In a lot of ways, the restaurant is the culmination of a huge amount of work to reformat the restaurant with a focus...
EatStreet Shoots for Midwest Delivery Dominance
As the “big four” delivery brands contract to the “big three,” a vanishingly small number of regional players are thriving below the radar. Started in a dorm room 10 years ago, Madison, Wisconsin-based EatStreet has raked in $50 million in investment funds, which...
Chowly Nabs Grubhub Integration
Two Chicago delivery-focused brands are finally formally integrated now that Chowly has entered into a partnership with Grubhub to bring its menu management and order fulfillment solution to restaurants on the Grubhub marketplace. This new partnership allows Chowly...
Grubhub, Restaurant Strong Fund Roll Out Winter Relief
With this pandemic clearly dragging into the new year, Grubhub and The Greg Hill Foundation’s Restaurant Strong Fund announced the Restaurant Winterization Grant program, a new initiative to provide $10,000 grants to eligible independent restaurants. As indoor...
DoorDash Finally Files to Go Public
Seven years after its founding, DoorDash filed its Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today signaling its imminent intent to become a publicly traded company. This is a significant milestone for the San Francisco-based company and the delivery...
Proposition 22 Passes in Big Win for Platforms
Proposition 22 has passed in California, allowing gig-employment giants like DoorDash, Uber, Lyft and Grubhub exemption from the state’s gig-employment law. The total votes are still being tallied in California, but it appears that the ballot measure won by a...
Lyft Explores ‘Untapped’ Segment of Food Delivery Market
Ride-hailing second chair Lyft said it will soon be entering the food-delivery space. The San Francisco-based ride-sharing operator reported a nearly 50-percent drop in quarterly revenue, falling to $499.7 million. That’s still ahead of analyst expectations, but...
Ghost Kitchen Real Estate: Building New Versus Existing Kitchens
With thousands of new delivery-only restaurants opening in the coming year, a range of opposing business plans are raking in a deluge of investment funds, bringing virtual concepts into existing restaurants and purpose-built ghost kitchen spaces. Whichever model...
Alex Canter Talks Ordermark and Nextbite’s $120M War Chest
As the founder of Ordermark and its Nextbite virtual restaurant platform, Alex Canter has become one of the biggest names in the delivery space. Now that SoftBank has invested $120 million in his vision, Canter’s stature is expanding on expectations that one of its...
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