DoorDash Continues Expansion Beyond Food Delivery with New Retail Partners
DoorDash has added new retail partners to its Marketplace platform. These retail partners are camping products supplier Camping World, golf specialty provider Golf Galaxy, sports fashion stores JD Sports and Finish Line, and health and wellness solutions provider The...
Outstanding Operator: Costa Vida
Costa Vida Fresh Mexican Grill is the next Food On Demand Outstanding Operator. Based in Utah and growing quickly, Costa Vida received more nominations than any other brand—for many good reasons. Allen Beck, director of off-premises and catering at Costa Vida,...
Chowly Buys Digital Marketing Provider Targetable
Delivery integration provider Chowly announced Thursday it has acquired Targetable, an automated digital marketing solutions provider. The move is part of a strategy to offer small and medium-sized businesses tools for digital channels and off-premises avenues to...
Great Greek Mediterranean Grill Unveils Trio of Non-Traditional Formats
Editor’s Note—A version of this story originally appeared in Franchise Times, a sibling publication to Food On Demand. Over the past year, Great Greek Mediterranean Grill’s leadership team noticed increasing challenges to development, with rising construction...
Outstanding Operator: Salad and Go
Salad and Go is the next Food On Demand Outstanding Operator. As a new generation of weight loss drugs send shivers throughout the foodservice, agriculture and snacks worlds, Salad and Go is uniquely positioned to capitalize on this societal shift—and it dovetails...
DoorDash Looks to Expand Grocery in 2024
DoorDash reportedly plans to expand further into retail and grocery in 2024, as the company looks to diversify beyond its core restaurant delivery services, CEO Tony Xu said in a recent Financial Times article. “The two largest areas of investment are expansion...
Miso Robotics Opens Autonomous Burger Joint
Hungry consumers in downtown Pasadena, Calif., can now get their next quick bite to eat cooked by robots. Miso Robotics has teamed with Cali Group and PopID to recently launch CaliExpress, an autonomous burger restaurant. The eatery uses Miso’s propriety technology to...
Outstanding Operator: OOMI Digital Kitchen
Dallas-based OOMI Digital Kitchen is the next Food On Demand Outstanding Operator. Seas have been choppy for most players in the multi-brand, delivery-only kitchen space, but one independent operator in the Dallas metro is breaking the mold with raving fans,...
California Fish Grill Joins Industry Move Towards Voice AI
Yet another fast-casual is axing traditional phone ordering and leaning on artificial intelligence (AI). California Fish Grill, a seafood chain, is tapping Kea’s voice-ordering system in an effort to boost revenue and free up staff time so they can focus on the...
Outstanding Operators
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