When It Comes to the Environment, Is Delivery a Solution or a Detriment?
By Tom Kaiser Blue Apron portrays an altruistic vision of its future—and our collective futures—in a world where individual meals arrive at our front doors, rather than spending weeks traveling through the established grocery-store system. In a wholesome video titled,...
In Third-party Delivery, Where Does Loyalty Lie?
By Laura Michaels Many restaurant owners get into the delivery game with the goal of expanding their brand’s reach, citing increased exposure to customers over expectations of greatly increasing revenue. They justify possible concerns over quality control and menu...
Facial recognition scans speeds up delivery of food in fast-casual setting
By Nancy Weingartner At one time we were all content to just have “everybody know our name” at hospitality locales, now we want them to remember our face. UFood Grill, a fast-casual healthy restaurant chain where every menu item is under 700 calories, is introducing...
Amazon’s High-Tech Grocery Foray
By Tom Kaiser Low margins, enormous overhead, perishable inventory, cutthroat competition and crabby customers are just a few reasons the grocery business isn’t easy. But that’s not deterring Amazon’s most recent example of relentless expansion in its hometown of...
Delivery Space could See Major M&A Activity in 2017
By Nick Upton Caviar’s late 2016 acquisition of Philadelphia food-delivery startup Main Line Delivery put an end cap on the M&A activities in the food-on-demand realm. And deals like it could make 2017 a banner year for M&A in the space. Caviar, which itself...
Delivery practices in Asia
By Nancy Weingartner When it comes to food on demand, the U.S. is behind the developing world, but with the plethora of new companies jumping on the bandwagon, we’re doing our best to catch up. In Dubai, for instance, “you can get a single item delivered to you,...
Snackdash mitigates employee migration — at least during work hours
By Nancy Weingartner Want to get more productivity out of your employees? Then let them eat cake — or sliced Fuji apples or drink Red Bull. Just don’t make them leave the workplace on company hours to forage for themselves. “The idea behind it,” says Snackdash CEO...Food On Demand News Briefs – January 2017
Alexa, remember that sushi restaurant I like so much? Order a spicy tuna roll Amazon Prime members in 20 cities can use their Echo or Echo dot to voice-order their next meal from one of the restaurants on Amazon Restaurants, but only from restaurants they’ve already...
Finding the Goldilocks of delivery packaging
By Nicholas Upton We’ve all been there. You order delivery or carryout and eagerly open the bag to find not the beautiful restaurant presentation, but a soggy mess. If you’re on the receiving end, you don’t want a soggy mess, but even more important, no restaurant...
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.