Chef Robotics Prepares To Wheel Into Ghost Kitchens
The usual trajectory for a company is to start small before going big. Chef Robotics is doing the opposite. Starting in 2022, it placed its AI-powered robots in high-volume, high-mix environments: large industrial kitchens that handle hundreds of SKUs in producing...
Meet the Robots Serving Students at the University of Minnesota
At Food On Demand, we’ve been covering the rise of autonomous delivery robots for quite some time. So, when we heard that these robots had officially launched in Minneapolis—right in our backyard—we were eager to check them out. The University of Minnesota (U of M)...
LAUNCH Incubator Opens Doors in Cloud Kitchen Space
Cloud kitchens were all the rage after the pandemic. Then momentum slowed. Jason Calacanis never lost faith. Calacanis is the founder of LAUNCH, an early-stage investment firm. Through the LAUNCH Accelerator, LAUNCH Fund Syndicate, and LAUNCH CloudKitchens Incubator,...
Paytronix Acquired By a British Software Company
Guest engagement company Paytronix has helped process more than 40 billion consumer transactions. It is now processing its sale to The Access Group, a leading provider of business management software to mid-market organizations in Europe, the U.S. and Asia Pacific....
DoorDash Partners With Lyft On Discounts and Upgrades
Lyft has been poking around the lucrative food-delivery business for a while now. In 2020, it rolled out a program with Grubhub for Lyft Pink members. In 2021, it partnered with digital-ordering platform Olo to serve as a last-mile delivery provider for restaurant...
7-Eleven Ramps Up Fast Casual Strategy with 600 Food-Focused Stores
C-stores continue to make plays in the fast-casual space. 7-Eleven, the largest C-store chain in the U.S., plans to open 600 large-format, food-focused convenience stores in North America, by the end of 2027. Highlighted by CEO Joe DePinto in a recent investor...
Richtech Robotics Becomes a Franchisee Inside 20 Walmart Stores
Have you ever wondered what would happen if a robot met a ghost? No, this isn’t a description of the latest Marvel movie. It’s the latest announcement from Richtech Robotics, which has agreed to become a franchisee of Ghost Kitchens America, which operates in-store...
Delivery.com Teams with Cartwheel to Boost Delivery Game
Delivery.com has introduced a new hybrid delivery model for its clients by collaborating with Cartwheel. The delivery platform serves over three million customers who order from more than 12,000 businesses across 2,000 cities in the U.S., including Chicago, Boston,...
Toast Survey Shows Operator Commitment to Off-Premises
Toast is out today with its third Voice of the Restaurant Industry Survey and the results show that operators know that off-premises may be where their bread is buttered. From May 17 through June 2, Toast asked 755 restaurant decision-makers a series of questions...
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