by Tom Kaiser | Feb 10, 2022 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
Decades beyond the national dominance of FTD and 1-800-Flowers, DoorDash has moved deeper into flowers-on-demand with same-day floral deliveries through partnerships with more than 3,000 local and national florists. This news follows a multi-year journey of fulfilling...
by Tom Kaiser | Feb 3, 2022 | Briefs, Finance, News
Lunchbox closed a $50 million Series B investment that will allow the New York-based platform offering online ordering, integrations and marketing for restaurants and ghost kitchens to accelerate its research and development efforts. The eight-figure investment round...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 6, 2022 | News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
Restaurant meal delivery in the U.S. hit a key milestone before the holidays, as 50 percent of American consumers have now ordered from one of the major meal delivery services, up from 44 percent a year ago, according to the latest figures from Bloomberg Second...
by Arthur Robert | Dec 30, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery
You may remember promises of imminent self-driving from the mid-2010s when futurists claimed fleets of robotaxis would soon fill the streets and urban planners got high on the idea of tearing down parking garages. We now know this future isn’t right around the corner,...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 29, 2021 | Briefs, Third-Party Delivery
Residents of the southeastern states have new on-demand grocery options, as DoorDash has partnered with Southeastern Grocers Inc., parent of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie stores. Customers in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana can...