Wow Bao Spurs Major Retail Growth via Walmart Partnership
Wow, Bao, a fast-casual Asian concept, is ramping up further national expansion after inking a new deal with retail giant Walmart. The partnership more than doubles the CPG (consumer packaged goods) vertical of Wow Bao’s business, from 1,000 grocery stores to more...
Deliverect Looks to Propel Growth with New CFO
Deliverect, a global online order integrator for restaurants and food businesses, has appointed Johan Albrecht as its new chief financial officer. The expansion of the executive leadership team aims to accelerate Deliverect’s mission to “revolutionize the food...
Empower Delivery Getting OOMI’s Ducks in a Row
OOMI, a single-location delivery kitchen in downtown Dallas, has begun using Empower Delivery to optimize its kitchen management in-house delivery program. The software startup was recently spun off of ClusterTruck, and is designed to help delivery-centric operations...
Clean Eatz Partners with U.S. Military to Supply Meal-Kits
Clean Eatz, a U.S.-based meal prep franchise in the health food landscape, has partnered with the United States Department of Defense to supply meal kits to military bases. The goal is to provide bases access to reliable, nutritionist-approved, chef-inspired meal...
Toast Partners with Cartwheel on Hybrid Delivery
POS giant Toast has partnered with Cartwheel, an on-demand delivery management platform, to provide new options for restaurants looking to implement a hybrid delivery system. This will benefit using Cartwheel’s fleet-management capabilities, allowing them to manage...
Grubhub Partners with Sonesta for Hotel Delivery
Through a new partnership with Grubhub, guests staying at more than 120 Sonesta Extended Stay Suites and Simply Suites hotels in the U.S. can now access mobile ordering and delivery while on the go. With this partnership, guests at Sonesta ES Suites and Sonesta...
In Complex Deal, Serve Robotics Nabs $30M, Goes Public
Serve Robotics has raised $30 million in new financing to continue growing, while simultaneously announcing a complex merger that effectively makes the San Francisco-based company a public entity. With participation from Uber Technologies and NVIDIA, the latest...
Brita Rosenheim at the Center of Restaurant Tech
Brita Rosenheim is an early-stage investor at Vita Vera Ventures, which she and Beatriz Franco founded in early 2023. After two years at Culterra Capital, Rosenheim is building a highly visible platform to connect with founders across the industries and show fellow...
Paytronix Integrates with DoorDash’s Storefront, Bbot
DoorDash announced that Storefront, its commission-free online ordering system, and Bbot, its pay-at-the-table platform, are now integrated with Paytronix. The partnership is designed to help restaurants develop loyalty programs and support gift card payments. ...
Outstanding Operators
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