Instacart Takes Aim at Meal Delivery, Catering
Instacart is growing in the direction of meal delivery. On October 7, the company announced it would acquire catering software company FoodStorm, extending its reach into the prepared food aisle of many grocery stores. And at the beginning of the month, meal delivery...
FoodStorm Launches Grocery Store Catering Kiosks
Catering software provider FoodStorm has launched a self-self kiosk for in-store grocery customers to place orders for catering, prepared food, deli and bakery items with one digitally managed backend platform. The company says the new tool will help grocers attract...
Sharebite Lands $15 Million to Scale
Sharebite, a mission-driven, food-ordering platform built for workplaces, announced it completed a $15 million Series A funding round to drive what it called “exponential growth” and further expand into the corporate food-ordering space. Lafayette Square led this...
Indy Operator Spotlight: Michael Kudrna of Frato’s Culinary Kitchen
Michael Kudrna, owner of Frato’s Culinary Kitchen in suburban Chicago, isn’t just experimenting with direct sales and virtual concepts to survive the pandemic. He’s also working with culinary students to provide real-world experience that’s not part of most culinary...
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