Starship Robots on a Roll: Orders up 72 Percent at George Mason University
George Mason University, the first U.S. college campus to offer autonomous food delivery, and Starship Technologies are celebrating four years of service and over 330,000 orders placed. The company launched the service in 2019 with a fleet of 25 robots, which has...
Huey Magoo’s Integrates with Tech Platform Qu to Achieve Aggressive Growth
Fast-casual chain Huey Magoo’s announced its integration with restaurant tech company Qu for its POS systems, ordering, delivery, and kitchen platform needs. Huey Magoo’s dubs itself “The Filet Mignon of Chicken” offering its signature hand-breaded or “sauced”...
Portillo’s Bets on Southern States, Hero Dads
Portillo’s CEO Michael Osanloo says his fast-casual brand is sitting pretty in a tenuous economy thanks to a three-part strategy exploiting the efficiency of multi-lane drive-thrus, luring “hero dads” inside the restaurants and doubling down on its most concentrated...
Online Grocery Sales Hit $9.1 Billion, Up 2.4 Percent
The U.S. online grocery market finished December with $9.1 billion in sales, up 2.4 percent from a year ago and only 2 percent lower than the record high of $9.3 billion seen last Q1 of 2021, according to the monthly survey from Brick Meets Click and Mercatus. Driving...
Rising Restaurant Costs Reveal Generational Divide in Spending
As economic headwinds persist, consumers across generations are adjusting their restaurant purchasing behaviors amid rising prices. A December study by PYMTS surveyed over 2,300 consumers who regularly purchase food from restaurants. It found that 88 percent of...Ashwin Kamlani
Ashwin Kamlani Co-Founder | CEOJUICER Ashwin Kamlani is the Co-Founder & CEO of JUICER. A serial hospitality tech entrepreneur, he has combined his passions for travel, technology, language and culture throughout his career over the last 25 years. Ashwin led...Bernadette Heier
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Grubhub, Topanga.io Bringing Zero-Waste Takeout to Campus
Diners placing takeout orders from on-campus dining locations will now have the option for zero-waste packaging thanks to a partnership between Topanga.io and Grubhub. Reusable packaging is already available at Ohio State University and Colorado State, with more...
Southeast Asia food delivery market slows to 5 percent
Food delivery growth in Southeast Asia appears to be normalizing to pre-pandemic levels, after two years of supercharged growth from the pandemic. Online food delivery spending rose 5 percent to $16.3 billion in 2022, according to a report by venture builder Momentum...
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