Grubhub Brings Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ Tech to Campus Partners
Grubhub is helping students save time by skipping the checkout line via a new partnership with Amazon. Amazon’s Just Walk Out Technology is now available at Loyola University Maryland, the first Grubhub-partnered campus to deploy the automation. The technology allows...
DoorDash Developing AI-Powered Voice Ordering for Restaurants
DoorDash is developing an AI-powered system to help restaurants take orders over the phone without any dedicated merchant manpower. The delivery giant said this optional new tool is a response to 1 in 5 delivery customers preferring to order takeout over the phone,...
Evergreens Selects Bikky for Data Analytics, Marketing
Bikky, a customer data platform built for multi-unit restaurants, announced that Evergreens, the Northwest’s destination for salads, wraps and warm bowls, selected Bikky as its customer data and analytics partner. Evergreens’ leadership team previously relied on...Scott Gierach
Scott Gierach Vice President, Customer ExperienceApex Order Pickup Solutions Scott and his team are responsible for solution design and delivery, as well as customer success, technical support, and professional services. Scott’s focus is on creating the optimal order...
Restaurant Delivery in Europe: Navigating the Culinary Frontier
FOD International is a new focus on the international delivery market, and how it differs from North America. Contributing editor Peter Backman is a long-term foodservice sector guru and founder of theDelivery.World, a platform that connects the delivery sector and...
Toronto Surplus Food Delivery App Feeds Thousands
Seven years ago, Tony Colley found himself food insecure. Despite a former, long career in corporate finance, a failed business venture left him with only a few hundred dollars to his name while living in Toronto. Colley eventually landed a part-time job for a local...
ItsaCheckmate Founder: In Turbulent Times, ‘We’re the plane that has landed’
Standing on a patch of solid ground between established tech giants and the startups struggling through this strained investor market, ItsaCheckmate founder and CEO Vishal Agarwal wants the industry to see the success stories beyond the layoffs and acquisitions...
Marqii, MarketMan Partner on BOH Simplification
In a bid to help restaurants simplify their back-of-the-house and digital operations, managed review provider Marqii announced a new partnership with the MarketMan restaurant management system. With this partnership, restaurants can simplify all of their back-of-house...
Minneapolis Nixes Rideshare Wage Bill
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed a proposed ordinance that would have significantly raised the minimum wage for rideshare drivers, and included additional protective measures, after months of debate that led to Uber and Lyft threatening to reduce service or pull...
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