Paul Barron, CEO, Rever Networks
Paul Barron CEO, Rever Networks Paul is a technologist and futurist that has forecasted various major market shifts in the past 25 years, from a 100 billion impact on the fast-casual restaurant business to the effects of social media on our society in 2007. As the...Josh Halpern, CEO, Big Chicken
Josh Halpern CEO, Big Chicken Josh Halpern is the Chief Executive Officer for Big Chicken. Josh is a dynamic, partnership-focused, thought leader with a robust career in streamlining efficiency, driving innovation, building diverse engaged teams, and growing economic...Mahmoud Ghulman, CEO & Co-Founder, Nash
Mahmoud Ghulman CEO & Co-Founder, Nash Mahmoud Ghulman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nash, the delivery platform built for brands, marketplaces, and platforms to give teams the infrastructure they need to optimize, manage, and scale their last-mile logistics. After...Perse Faily, CEO, Tilster
Perse Faily CEO, Tillster Perse Faily is the CEO of Tillster, a leading unified commerce platform for multi-unit chain restaurants globally that enables restaurant brands to drive sales across all ordering and delivery touchpoints, deliver personalized experiences and...
Chipotle Founder Steve Ells Wants to Change the Way Restaurants Operate with Kernel
Chipotle founder Steve Ells is out to fix the biggest pain points for restaurants while also saving the planet with his new concept Kernel, a robotics-run restaurant in New York City. Kernel, which opened in mid-February for lunch only, uses modified off the shelf...
Auntie Anne’s, Jamba Parent Announces Rebrand to GoTo Foods
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in Franchise Times, a sibling publication to Food On Demand. Focus Brands is rebranding as GoTo Foods, CEO Jim Holthouser announced Tuesday at the Focus Brands No Limits Conference in Las Vegas to a crowd of the...
The Evolving Global Dynamics of Rapid Grocery Delivery
Contributing editor, Peter Backman is a long-term foodservice sector guru and founder of theDelivery.World, a platform that connects the delivery sector and makes sense of the myriad changes and challenges that affect the sector across the globe. The transformation of...
Uber Eats Expands Robotic Delivery to Japan
Autonomous sidewalk robots will soon provide food deliveries in Japan thanks to a new partnership between Uber Eats Japan, Mitsubishi Electric and Cartken. Deliveries are expected to begin in part of Tokyo by the end of March 2024, via Cartken’s “Model C” robot....Jenn Saunders-Haynes, Director of Global Catering, Subway
Jenn Saunders-Haynes Director of Global Catering, Subway Jenn Saunders-Haynes is the Director of Global Catering for Subway. She manages strategic growth initiatives for catering operations across 20k+ locations in the United States and Canada. Before joining Subway,...
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.