by Adam Wahlberg | Jun 27, 2025 | News
Britney Ziegler had a ghost kitchen ready to go. She had a location picked out in Larkspur, Calif. She had a chef. She was not far away from opening the doors. Then she changed her mind. “It was when I got to the tech stack,” she said in an interview. “I was blown...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 31, 2022 | Best Practices, News
It’s getting easier to picture the next generation of dining experiences, especially as restaurants and tech providers are bringing new features to the loyalty and customer engagement spaces. Whatever kinds of space grains we’ll be eating, the rest of the experience...
by Tom Kaiser | Oct 28, 2021 | Finance, News
Olo is flashing some cash as the newly public on-demand commerce platform announced it is acquiring Wisely, a customer intelligence and engagement platform based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in a $187 million dollar deal. The deal will allow Olo’s customer base to better...
by Tom Kaiser | May 13, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Grubhub is leveling the playing field for smaller, independent restaurants by giving them the same kind of technology that’s long been available to big-name restaurants through its new, self-service Grubhub Direct platform. Aimed at single-unit restaurants up to those...
by Tom Kaiser | Jun 11, 2020 | News, Research
The humble QR code is getting a second act in this newly touchless world, as many tech providers and restaurant brands are using the blocky square codes to send menus or discount codes right to customers’ phones without any employee contact required. One such...