Takeaway.com Acquires Just Eat to form Largest U.K. Delivery Firm
In a potential hint at what the U.S. delivery market might look like in a couple years, Takeaway has acquired Just Eat for $7.8 billion in an all-stock deal. Amsterdam-based Takeaway.com is at the final step before integrating operations with the U.K. operator. As of...
Grubhub Reports Mixed Fourth Quarter Results
Grubhub announced fourth-quarter results, and ultimately delivered a mixed bag, missing analyst estimates for earnings, but growing revenue slightly faster than expected. Revenues came in at $341 million, a 19 percent year-over-year increase from $288 in the fourth...
Grubhub Unveils ‘Ultimate’ POS Hardware
Grubhub is making a move into hardware, and it’s well beyond another tablet. The company unveiled a new point of sale (POS) system dubbed Ultimate in an attempt to help restaurants become more sophisticated around takeout. It will also help ease some headaches with...
Zuul Buys Ontray as it Plans to Grow
New York City-based Zuul Kitchens acquired an online ordering platform in an effort to bolster the company’s technical and sales expertise as it looks to expand beyond its single nine-bay facility in Manhattan. Philadelphia-based Ontray’s CEO and co-founder Tyler...
Instacart Brings Grocery-Made Meals to Publix
Grocery delivery service Instacart has introduced its new Instacart Meals program that allows consumers to order made-to-order food from grocery stores that can be delivered or picked up within an hour. The Florida-based Publix supermarket chain is the first grocery...
Uber Eats Expands Starbucks Delivery to 49 Cities
Starbucks has upsized its delivery program with Uber Eats, rolling out the service to 33 additional U.S. cities for a grand total of 49 within 33 states. The partnership first began in 2018 with an initial debut in Miami, then an expansion to a total of 16 metro areas...
Low ABV Drink Maker and Membership Club Snags $4.5 Million
If you love cocktails, but don’t like to get drunk or go outside, there’s a new multi-million-dollar startup looking to plug you into a low-alcohol cocktail membership. With the promise of reviving “aperitif culture,” Haus secured $4.5 million in seed funding from a...
Jam-packed Agenda for Not-to-be-missed FOD Conference 2020
The third-annual Food On Demand Conference is going all in on ghost kitchens and virtual restaurants, customer attraction through loyalty and direct marketing, helping restaurant operators know where to dedicate finite resources with more channels than ever and...
Soup’s On: FOD Tests ‘Self-delivery’
The term “self delivery”—which, of course, means customer pickup—never fails to solicit a laugh here at FOD, but nothing’s funny for restaurants looking to convert delivery customers to takeout customers willing to grab their meals in person. To evaluate the changing...
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