Emily Williams-Knight, Texas Restaurant Association
President & CEO, Texas Restaurant Association Dr. Emily Williams Knight, Ed.D., assumed the role as president and CEO of the Texas Restaurant Association and the Texas Restaurant Foundation in August of 2019. She is nationally known for her steadfast,...Yaofei Feng, Fantuan Delivery
Co-Founder, Fantuan Delivery Yaofei Feng is the Co-Founder of Fantuan, a leading Asian food delivery and life service app serving communities across North America, the U.K., and Australia. Prior to joining Fantuan, Yaofei worked as a Software Engineer at Amazon in...Tony Bandanza, Uber Technologies
Head of US&C Restaurant Advertising, Uber Technologies Tony Bandanza is Head of the US&C Restaurants Advertising business for Uber. He is responsible for setting strategy and day-to-day execution for one of Uber’s fastest-growing lines of business, supporting...Tyler Schack, Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux
VP Technology & Guest Insights, Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux Tyler Schack is Vice President of Technology & Guest Insights for Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux, where he oversees enterprise technology strategy and guest intelligence initiatives that drive brand...
Apex Lockers Start Winning Big in Casino Market
Apex Order Pickup Solutions, the tech company behind self-serve pickup lockers like Little Caesars Pizza Portals and similar systems at a variety of venues, is starting to cash in on the casino market following promising results from the first live deployments at a...
Can Robots Help Pizza Franchises Stay Competitive?
This article was originally published in Franchise Times, a sibling publication to Food On Demand Most pizza franchises emphasize three operational aspects: ordering, food preparation in the kitchen and delivery. In all three phases of the pizza game, brands large and...
Olo Chooses Linked Eats as 3PD Profitability Partner
Restaurant technology platform Olo opted for Linked Eats as its preferred partner regarding third-party delivery service profitability. Linked Eats manages more than 40,000 storefronts and delivers near real-time data for off-premises, finance, and marketing leaders,...
Outstanding Operator: Bushfire Kitchen
A solid and diverse foundation of tech partners is at the center of Bushfire Kitchen’s approach to streamlining operations and, ultimately, expanding the family-owned brand’s footprint. A 2026 Food On Demand Outstanding Operator, the restaurant chain surpassed the...
London Fintech Startup Alpa Secures $3.5M in Pre-Seed Funding
Alpa, a London-based financial technology platform co-founded by a previous leader for Taster and Deliveroo, announced Thursday morning, having raised $3.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by venture capital firm Daphni. Alpa aims to provide real-time...
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.