Delivery, Rising Rents Shrinking Restaurant Footprints
Restaurants new and old have been shrinking their footprints for years due to a variety of reasons that nearly always include lukewarm customer counts and dog-eat-dog competition for prime real estate. Now, thanks to the still-fast-growing popularity of third-party...
Uber Prepares Food-Delivery Drones
Hot meals being delivered from the sky are the natural end-game of this on-demand food delivery phenomenon. With this week’s news from The Wall Street Journal that UberEats plans to launch foody drones by 2021, and our own Nick Upton’s story on unmanned drone...
Grubhub Announces Record Third Quarter, Stock Tanks
Grubhub, the first public company in the third-party delivery space, announced its third-quarter earnings today. The company announced earnings of 45 cents per share, beating consensus from Wall Street of 41 cents per share, a 10 percent beat. Topline revenues rose by...
Amazon, Supermarkets Neck and Neck in Online Grocery Race
No other grocery provider even comes close to Amazon’s dominant position relative to online grocery retailing, according to a new report from Brick Meets Click’s latest consumer survey. The survey’s 4,855 respondents who participate in grocery shopping for the...
Uber Launches Safety Toolkit for Riders, Drivers & Delivery
With a new safety-focused program rolling out to millions of riders, drivers and delivery partners, Uber is using technology to raise the bar on safety in its European, Middle Eastern and African markets. With the introduction of new safety features, the company aims...
GH Lab Store a Convincing Take on Retail’s Future
The new GH Lab store at the Mall of America is a partnership between Good Housekeeping and Amazon—and it’s a convincing look at the future of retail by offering a better experience both for the retailer itself and the customers who browse this carefully curated store....
‘Fajitas Delivered’ Concept Attracts Investor Group
There are only four tables inside a Fajita Pete’s. That’s not a setup that could work for a lot of restaurants, but when dine-in orders account for less than 10 percent of sales, a handful of seats is plenty. “We don’t just sell fajitas, we sell convenience,” says...
Caviar Aims to Bring Zesty Catering Nationwide
With investor cash continuing to pile into the restaurant and delivery worlds, the biggest players are outlining plans to go their own unique directions. In a recent conversation with Caviar’s Anjarae Washington, head of Caviar For Teams and its new catering-focused...
BVLOS Drone Test a Step Toward ‘Railway in the Sky’
The holy grail of drone delivery has always been fully automated or Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations where a restaurant, a retailer or even a medical practitioner can load a delivery drone without a pilot. While the technology is largely ready for BVLOS...
Outstanding Operators
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