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...
BurgerFI Develops Tamper-Proof Delivery Packaging
In the wake of food safety scandals, such as Chipotle’s, new ideas are materializing out of hindsight afterglow. To avoid risk, restaurants are putting their take-out and delivery operations under the microscope to do all they can to prevent food-borne illness...
Survey Says… Consumers Answer Key Delivery Questions
One of the biggest questions from restaurateurs is how the various third-party delivery providers stack up. According to new data from mystery shopping and survey firm SeeLevel HX, things are fairly even in an ever-changing segment. In a research project...
Advice for Driving Delivery Revenue and Demand
By Laura Michaels Grubhub processes 305,000 delivery orders per day, and COO Stan Chia says that number is only going to increase as consumers and restaurants alike adjust to the new normal that revolves around convenience. The COO of Grubhub, which provides...
Food on Demand Briefs – December 2017
TPG Capital Acquires Mendocino Farms TPG Capital, a private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in the 16-unit Southern Californian fast-casual chain, Mendocino Farms from Greenwich, Connecticut private equity firm, L Catterton, according to a press release....
FOD At A Glance
Only in an app-happy society does this make sense: UGottaEat is a free app for ioS and Android devices for friends and family who want to share already or soon-to-be prepared food. Food startups based in the Cleveland area are also potential candidates. Users post...
McDonald’s Puts More Muscle into Delivery Expansion with UberEats
By Laura Michaels Instead of devouring those McNuggets and fries while trying to adjust the radio in your car, soon more McDonald’s customers will be able to binge on cheap eats while simultaneously binge-watching Netflix’s “Stranger Things” from the comfort of their...
Bite Squad Completes Massive, 17-Company Acquisition
By Thomas Kaiser Bite Squad, a five-year-old, third-party restaurant delivery service based in Minneapolis, announced a massive 17-company acquisition that expands its footprint to more than 30 U.S. metro areas and vaults the company into one of the category’s largest...
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.