Figure 8, Zuul Kitchens Team up on Restaurant Recovery Consulting
Embracing non-traditional operations as the new normal, the consultants at Figure 8 Logistics have teamed up with Zuul Kitchens, a New York City-based ghost kitchen operator, to advise restaurants on the full buffet of non-traditional restaurant models that are...
DoorDash Expands Pickup Feature, Releases User Survey
As more restaurants continue to do takeout, DoorDash is expanding its two-year-old customer pickup feature that shares customer location data so merchants can be alerted to them approaching the store to ease back-of-the-house operations. The company, which is the...
ParTech, Revolution Team Up On Table Service
ParTech, a restaurant and retail point-of-sale provider, has partnered with Restaurant Revolution Technologies and its Order One Maverick digital ordering product to help restaurants grow their off-premises business by offering more ways to order for delivery,...
Reservation Platform Tock Nabs $10 Million after COVID Pivot
Reservation and booking platform Tock secured a $10-million investment round as it pivoted from in-person operations to off-premises enabler to help restaurants provide takeout and curbside meals. When COVID-19 hit, the restaurant industry came to a screeching halt,...
Slice Announces $43 Million Round as COVID Accelerates Adoption
Slice, a technology provider for independent pizza restaurants, secured a significant round of funding as it helps client businesses power through the pandemic. Pizza has been a big winner during the COVID-19 pandemic, Domino’s reported a 7.1 percent increase in...
Uber Reportedly Angles to Gobble Up Grubhub
After hiring an advisor and considering a sale of the company back in January, Grubhub, the second-largest U.S. restaurant delivery provider, is said to be in talks with Uber, which has reportedly offered to acquire the Chicago-based company in an all-stock...
Grocery Stores Struggle with Too Many Online Orders
Mercatus, a digital engagement provider that builds mobile apps and websites for grocery retailers, says the near-instant move to curbside and delivery at grocery stores has created major challenges for the industry that mirror the restaurant delivery space: limited...
ChowNow Rolls Out Its Loyalty
ChowNow, one of several companies helping restaurants generate and fulfill their own in-house delivery orders, has rolled out a loyalty membership program that it says can help independent restaurants remain profitable as takeout and delivery remains the mainstay of...
Automation Heavyweight Joins Ono Food Co.
Ono Foods Co., the “full-stack food automation platform,” has signed on an industry heavy hitter to help drive new automated restaurant solutions. The company announced that Derek Pietz has joined as vice president of automation. While he might not be a household...
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