High-tech Solutions Leads to Too Many Five-finger Discounts
In this age of tech-centric retail, maybe we really do need the human touch to keep us honest. According to a recent article in The Atlantic, self-scanning in supermarkets is turning into self-scamming, as shoppers switch barcodes or ring up expensive by-the-pound...Food On Demand – February Briefs
DoorDash Helps feed the Homeless Delivery giant DoorDash is using its delivery algorithm to help feed the homeless along with Feeding America. In a new program dubbed DASH (DoorDash Acts for Sustainability and Hunger), restaurants can easily get the food to homeless...
Restaurant Operators Should Cater to Couch Potatoes in 2018
Back in November when I reported for Food On Demand about McDonald’s planned delivery expansion with UberEats, I wrote, only slightly tongue-in-cheek, that the move would allow more people to get the chain’s cheap eats without interrupting their Netflix binge. Now,...
Robomart Putting C-stores on Wheels
Convenience stores might be about to get a whole lot more convenient with the announcement of Robomart, a c-store on wheels that brings groceries, baked goods and prepared foods right to your front door. As TechCrunch reports, Robomart is the result of 10 years of...
Adding Technology to Grocery Stores Eases Hunting and Gathering
Smart tablets are hitting their stride: replacing laptops for the younger generations, being reconfigured into kitchen appliances (part exhaust hood, part family communication vehicle), advertising the freshness of fast food at fast-casual counters and soon they’ll be...
FOD Briefs – January
Uber and Nvidia Team Up on Self-Driving Cars Uber announced that the ridesharing company has partnered with Nvidia for further development of the AI computing system in its fleet of self-driving vehicles. Speaking at the opening press conference of CES 2018, Nvidia...
Grubhub ranks what we ate in 2017
Grubhub ranks what we ate in 2017 As part of its annual Year In Delivery trends analysis, restaurant delivery service Grubhub uses its order data to share the trendiest delivery dishes of 2017, as well as the foods expected to rise in popularity in 2018. Get more...
Pizza Hut Developing Fully Autonomous Delivery Vehicles with Toyota
By Tom Kaiser Pizza Hut delivered a surprise at this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show with the announcement that the pizza delivery giant has partnered with Toyota on the development of fully autonomous delivery vehicles. Toyota unveiled designs of a...
Patrick Doyle Out as Domino’s CEO
After eight years as Domino’s president and CEO where he oversaw massive sales growth that brought the Michigan-based global pizza giant over the $10 billion mark in annual revenue, Patrick Doyle announced he is leaving the company June 30. Richard Allison, 50, the...
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.