Pizza Hut Boosting Beer Delivery Ahead of Super Bowl
Getting inebriated at home is about to become even easier with news that Pizza Hut is boosting its beer delivery pilot to a second round of states equating to nearly 300 restaurants across Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina and Ohio—with additional locations...
Online Grocery Sales Forecasted to Grow in ‘19
U.S. consumers are predicted to continue migrating online for grocery shopping, with a new study suggesting online grocery sales will expand an additional 15% during 2019, increasing the overall share captured online in 2019 to 6.3%; however, providers that offer...
Testing Target’s Drive-Up Delivery
It’s been a few months since Target launched its Drive Up service where orders are delivered free of charge to motorists dwelling in designated spaces in the parking lot. Even though I wasn’t hungover on New Year’s Day, it was below zero in Minneapolis so I might as...
Grubhub Names Most Popular Delivery Food of 2018
Grubhub has unveiled its annual most-popular food rankings, and there have been some big shifts in what people want to order. Among the top 10, bean burritos have unseated the king of delivery last year: poke. In 2017, the raw fish and rice dish show up 643 percent....
Indian Delivery Startup Swiggy Raises Incredible $1 Billion
Swiggy has just earned the title of most-raised in a single round for the food-delivery industry. The app-powered food-delivery service based in India just completed a series H round, bringing in $1 billion. Naspers, a South African investment giant, led the round and...
Tough Restaurant Climate Bodes Well for Delivery
It isn’t easy going in the restaurant world these days, especially for some of the largest chains whose efforts to adapt to a new world is more like turning around a cargo ship than deftly changing course in a speedboat. Put simply, as big brands continue to struggle,...
Hoping for Everything On Demand
Outside of the earliest adopters, I don’t think the general public realizes how many things are now available via on-demand delivery. I should know, because my inbox fills with delivery-enabled business pitches every single day. New delivery options like snow plowing,...
Olo CEO Says Delivery’s Incrementality Is Waning
As more restaurants offer delivery and advertising of delivery options continues to increase, Olo CEO Noah Glass said restaurants should expect deteriorating levels of incrementality, meaning that fewer truly new customers will be up for grabs in the coming year. The...
Waitr, Bite Squad to ‘Move Side-by-Side’ After Acquisition
It’s been a big year for Chris Meaux, the founder and CEO of Waitr. The Louisiana-based company focused on restaurant delivery in underserved cities went public, and now has essentially doubled in size with the acquisition of Minnesota-based Bite Squad for $321...
Outstanding Operators
Food On Demand Outstanding Operators features restaurant brands with innovative operations that are taking creative paths to success with delivery and all things off-premises.