Postmates Expands Walgreens Delivery Partnership
After testing Postmates on-demand delivery from Walgreens stores in New York City last fall, the second-largest U.S. pharmacy chain announced it is expanding its Postmates with partnership to bring delivery service to an additional 13 cities across the country. ...
Guest Q&A: Ordermark on Coronavirus and Restaurants
This article was originally published by Alex Canter, founder and CEO of Ordermark, on LinkedIn. It is republished in full here with permission. Thank you to Alex and the Ordermark team for their insights. As concerns about coronavirus grow, Ordermark sat down with...
Head of Uber Eats Steps Down
Jason Droege, who has led Uber Eats, the ride-sharing company’s meal delivery arm since it first launched as UberFRESH in 2014, is stepping down. Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, Uber’s current VP, international rides, is taking over as the top executive for the Eats...
Omnivore Ditches Talent-Poaching Silicon Valley
Restaurant software brand Omnivore is busting out of its Silicon Valley birthplace, where co-founder and CEO Mike Wior says the culture changed from a “renaissance of ideas” to an environment where top talent is frequently lured away by the Googles, Salesforces and...
Grubhub Unveils Membership Program
Grubhub announced Grubhub+, a new membership program to expand its rewards program and keep customers locked into the system. Founder and CEO Matt Maloney said it expands the company’s robust reward programs even further, a key strategy the executive team emphasized...
Your Fare Raises ‘All Angel’ Round of $2.4 Million
Your Fare, one of the handful of service companies helping restaurant operators make sense of digital delivery, announced a successful venture funding round of $2.4 million. Founder and CEO Chris Monk said the company, which started as a basic accounting tool for...
Domino’s Carryout Approaches 50% As Investments Pay Off
As pizza delivery giant Domino’s delivers faster and faster, it continues to invest heavily in carryout. According to CEO Ritch Allison, nearly half of the brand’s customers now come to Domino’s locations to pick up their orders. “Our carryout business in the U.S. is...
Figure Eight Launches Delivery-Focused Consulting
Seeing the unstoppable rise of delivery and catering, a New York City-based entrepreneur with a background in farming, engineering and philosophy is turning his attention to helping restaurants streamline their third-party delivery programs and avoid worst-practices...
Blue Apron Seeking ‘Strategic Alternatives’
The once-disruptive meal kit leader, Blue Apron, announced that it was looking at a “range of strategic alternatives” as it reported its final quarterly earnings for 2019. In all, the fourth-quarter results were not great. The company missed earnings per share...
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