Amid “Strategic” Reshuffling, Olo Lays off 81 Employees
Leading restaurant tech company Olo is laying off 11 percent of its workforce, or 81 people, as part of a “strategic reorganization” the company stated Wednesday. In a message sent to employees, CEO Noah Glass said the move was “not made lightly” and came as a result...
Clover Unveils New Kitchen Display System
Clover, the restaurant point-of-sale and software provider owned by Fiserv Inc., announced the release of the new Clover Kitchen Display that aims to provide a real-time look at tickets and key metrics for kitchen staff. Clover says its new KDS provides seamless order...
Grubhub Partners with Homewood Suites on Hotel Meal Delivery
As DoorDash and Uber Eats continue grocery and retail expansions, Grubhub continues charting a different course by focusing on college campuses and, with its latest announcement, direct-to-guest meal delivery in hotels. The Chicago-based delivery provider owned by...
Nextbite Sells Ordermark to Indian Software Company UrbanPiper
Leading virtual brand company Nextbite has sold its order-management technology platform, Ordermark, to UrbanPiper, a restaurant industry software platform in India. The news comes amid recent layoffs and just ahead of the official sale of Nextbite to Sam Nazarian,...
SBE Hospitality, C3 Founder Sam Nazarian Acquires Nextbite
Sam Nazarian, founder and CEO of the sbe hospitality group and virtual restaurant platform C3, announced the sole acquisition of Nextbite, one of the leading virtual brand providers created by Ordermark founder Alex Canter. Nextbite’s brand name will live on as...
Grubhub Lays Off 400 Corporate Employees
Three months after succeeding Adam DeWitt as Grubhub’s CEO, Howard Migdal announced the third-largest U.S. meal delivery provider has laid off 15 percent of its corporate team, which equates to approximately 400 employees. Migdal posted a message on Grubhub’s media...
“Jukebox” Robotic Bartender Mixes Up Industry with Speedy Service
Inspiration from the ’60s and ’70s era paired with distaste for waiting in long lines are among reasons behind a Los Angeles-based startup’s retro, robotic bartender. Resembling a jukebox, Rotender is a robotic bartender that pours shots and cocktails in less than 30...
Uber Eats to End “Unnecessary” Plastic Waste From Deliveries
Uber Eats has pledged to make 100% of its food delivery trips emission-free globally in 2040 and to eliminate “unnecessary” plastic waste from deliveries by 2030. The announcement follows Uber’s ride-hailing service 2020 commitment of $800 million invested in zero...
Looking to Scale, RobotLab Enters Franchise Space
With more than 10,000 robots deployed worldwide, RobotLab’s products can almost be everywhere at once, but the same can’t be said about its physical locations. To change that, the California-based robotics provider has launched a franchise system, meant to give more...
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