Scott Landers
Scott Landers Co-Founder & CEO, Figure 8 Scott Landers began his lifelong fascination with food and water on the sixth-generation Landers Family Farm. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering from MIT, and has worked as a civil engineer,...Ryan Dilello
Ryan Dilello Content Specialist, Paytronix Ryan provides industry insights and best practices to improve your guest engagement...
PepsiCo to invest $175 million in Instacart as Grocery Delivery Hub Goes Public
Instacart disclosed a major investment from PepsiCo, as the grocery delivery service made public its filing for a long-awaited stock market launch. The San Francisco-based last-mile delivery company filed a registration statement with U.S. Securities and Exchange...
Starship Delivery Robots Roll out to more Campuses with Updated Tech
As the school year approaches and students ramp up to head back to campus, so are delivery bots. Starship Technologies has announced it added additional schools to its roster, now serving 50 college campuses across the U.S Added schools include Wichita State...
FOD Interview: Kitchen United CEO Montagano Departs for Dog Haus
Kitchen United’s long-time CEO, Michael Montagano, is stepping down from the ghost kitchen pioneer and is taking the reins of Dog Haus after working together as a corporate partner and serving on the fast-growing restaurant’s board of directors for the last three...
Grubhub Brings Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ Tech to Campus Partners
Grubhub is helping students save time by skipping the checkout line via a new partnership with Amazon. Amazon’s Just Walk Out Technology is now available at Loyola University Maryland, the first Grubhub-partnered campus to deploy the automation. The technology allows...
DoorDash Developing AI-Powered Voice Ordering for Restaurants
DoorDash is developing an AI-powered system to help restaurants take orders over the phone without any dedicated merchant manpower. The delivery giant said this optional new tool is a response to 1 in 5 delivery customers preferring to order takeout over the phone,...
Evergreens Selects Bikky for Data Analytics, Marketing
Bikky, a customer data platform built for multi-unit restaurants, announced that Evergreens, the Northwest’s destination for salads, wraps and warm bowls, selected Bikky as its customer data and analytics partner. Evergreens’ leadership team previously relied on...Scott Gierach
Scott Gierach Vice President, Customer ExperienceApex Order Pickup Solutions Scott and his team are responsible for solution design and delivery, as well as customer success, technical support, and professional services. Scott’s focus is on creating the optimal order...
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.