Domino’s CTO on Microsoft AI Partnership, Future of Autonomous Delivery
As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly seeps into the restaurant industry, pizza giant Domino’s is one of the latest to test out new operational technologies. Via an ongoing partnership with Microsoft, Domino’s will utilize Microsoft Cloud and Azure OpenAI to...
Deadline Approaches for Grubhub + Chicago Hatchery Pitch Competition for F&B Entrepreneurs
The deadline for restaurant entrepreneurs to apply to Grubhub and The Hatchery Chicago’s Private Kitchen Pitch Competition is approaching. This is part of a $300,000 partnership between Grubhub and the Hatchery, a nonprofit incubator dedicated to fostering successful...
C3 Brings its Virtual Brands onto Private Jets
Virtual brand provider C3, which recently acquired Nextbite, is making good on its founder’s promise to bring its portfolio of virtual brands to provide jets through a new partnership with Xo that bills itself as the world’s premier private aviation network. The...
Uber Eats Debuts Multi-Store Ordering
After testing out convenience store-only bundling that made it possible to add items from a second merchant after checkout, Uber Eats has introduced multi-store ordering that allows consumers to order from two restaurants, C-stores or liquor stores at the same time...
Report Predicts Doubling of North American Delivery Market
A new market report from Research and Markets says the North American online food delivery market size that reached $29.8 billion in 2022 could more than double to nearly $65 billion by 2028. Such a lofty prediction would require the industry to grow by nearly 13.7...
Onfleet Names Andra Munteanu as First Chief Product Officer
Onfleet, a San Francisco-based last-mile delivery management platform, has named Andra Munteanu as its first chief product officer. This comes as the company, that helps businesses around the world assign and track local deliveries, communicate with their drivers,...
Clover, BentoBox Deepen Integration Focused on Revenue, Data and Loyalty
Clover’s parent company, Wisconsin-based Fiserv, announced it has added to its integration between its point-of-sale product and BentoBox’s marketing and commerce platform. In addition to an existing online ordering integration, Clover’s platform now integrates with...
Loop Aims to be Co-pilot for Profitable Delivery Strategies
As third-party ordering channels continue to take a significant revenue chunk from restaurants, San Francisco-based startup Loop aims to be the “co-pilot” for operators by simplifying the complexity of delivery data and assisting in deploying profitable off-premises...
Tray Sees Opportunity after Toast Fee Fracas
After some restaurants objected to Toast charging consumers a 99-cent fee for certain online orders, and then recanted just days later, Tray sees an opening for its approach of bringing cloud-based features to legacy hardware systems with no mandated credit card...
Outstanding Operators
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