Uber and Avride Are Bringing Delivery Robots and Autonomous Vehicles to City Streets
Austin, Texas, is known for many things: great music, tasty barbecue, bats under bridges. And soon, Uber Eats meals delivered by sidewalk robots. Uber and Austin-based robot and autonomous vehicle manufacturer Avride announced a multiyear partnership for delivery...
Piada Italian Street Food Refocuses Loyalty Program Around Spending
There’s no evidence that the folks at Piada Italian Street Food have anything against Benjamin Franklin but they are saying that its uniform $5 loyalty reward had run its course. “After listening to guests, we decided it made sense to switch to a new points program...
Survey Highlights Impact of Grocery Delivery on SNAP Recipients
DoorDash recently released findings exploring how online grocery is making a big difference for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) recipients in the U.S. According to a survey of over 2,400 SNAP recipients, 78 percent prefer using their benefits for...
HungryPanda Secures $55 Million to Expand Asian Food Delivery Services in U.S.
HungryPanda, an Asian food delivery platform, just snagged $55 million in funding, led by Mars Growth Capital. This will help the company ramp up its presence in the U.S. and explore options to serve more diverse communities across North America. Launched in 2017,...
Another Broken Egg Café Launches Lunch Items and Plans for Catering and Delivery Growth
Another Broken Egg Café is renowned for doing wonders with egg dishes, such as omelets and scramblers. I mean egg is right in its title. But this morning it announced six new lunch offerings, including a chicken-salad sandwich, blackened shrimp salad and Louisiana...
Third-Party Delivery Providers Win Consumer Data Decision In Court
You can assume that restaurant operators in New York City, from the casual-dining Italian trattoria in Midtown to the bodega down the street, all agree on one thing: they want access to personalized customer data from third-party delivery providers. They had high...
DoorDash Tops Intouch Insight Report on Delivery Performance
In the race for top-performing third-party delivery provider, DoorDash is Noah Lyles, according to the Intouch Insight Third-Party Delivery Study. The study, produced in conjunction with Informa Connect, analyzed the performance of DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats...
Olive Garden Delves into Plans for Uber Eats Rollout
Last week, Olive Garden announced its decision to partner with Uber Eats for delivery, marking a significant shift in its service strategy. Historically, the chain has focused on its own catering, takeout, and curbside services, resisting the allure of third-party...
Fooda Gets Bigger and Smaller With Foodsby Acquisition
Fooda CEO Orazio Buzza knows all about the trend of employers using food as an enticement to lure workers back to the office. He’s all for it. He’s just not banking on it. Nor is he saying that it is the reason his company, which brings food from nearby restaurants...
Outstanding Operators
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