Food on Demand Briefs – November 2017
Order Food Without Leaving Facebook Facebook announced it has partnered with third-party delivery services such as EatStreet, Delivery.com, DoorDash and ChowNow so users can order food without ever leaving the social media site. Facebook is also working directly with...
The Future of Halloween
Is this the future of trick or treating?
Domino’s and Ford Begin Autonomous Pizza Deliveries
By Tom Kaiser It’s here, mass-market pizzas delivered by a fully autonomous car thanks to a home-state partnership between Domino’s and Ford. While it’s only up and running with one car in Ann Arbor, Michigan, it’s a significant mile marker for both the automotive and...
How to do Mail Order Right
By Nick Upton After reading up on research, it might be easy to write off mail-order food completely as an expensive way to get sick. But while the industry as a whole has some work to do, the industry is completely safe when consumers and companies take a thoughtful...
Study Uncovers ‘Shocking’ Problems With Mail-Order Meat
By Nick Upton Every few weeks during my summers growing up in Rochester, Minnesota, a beat-up red truck would idle down the street. The driver was looking for people out enjoying the weather. He would nod or wave and crunch onto the gravel driveway with a big smile....
WEBINAR: Mendocino Farms, Omnivore Offer Delivery Logistics Insights
Editor’s note: This is a synopsis of Food on Demand’s second webinar. To download the webinar, go to www.foodondemandnews.com/webinar. By Laura Michaels If someone asked Mario Del Pero if third-party restaurant delivery is here to stay, the co-founder and CEO of the...
Why Subscription Meal-kits Can’t Keep Mixing It Up
By Nancy Weingartner Monroe This is a short story because I have a short attention span — and although I am not a millennial, I like to love new products and leave them. I fell in love with Daily Harvest’s cute website and offer of health. I liked that unlike Green...
Retailers Scramble to Break into Meal Kit Industry
By Alex Van Abbema In an effort to compete with Amazon, which is prepped to become a fierce competitor in the meal kit industry after its acquisition of Whole Foods in August, retailers are scrambling to add their own offerings through acquisitions and new product...Food On Demand Briefs – October 2017
Here Comes the Wal-Mart Drone Ship Patent sleuths at CB Insights have found a series of intriguing patents that show Walmart’s idea of the on-demand future of retail. A whole slew of in-store technology are to increase the efficiency of stocking and tracking products,...
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.