by Tom Kaiser | Jul 15, 2021 | Best Practices, COVID-19, News, Top Stories
After soaring through the pandemic, Starbird has dramatically scaled up its small footprint and grown same-store sales 36 percent during the first half of 2021 as it begins to franchise the upscale fast-food brick-and-mortar brand, which also includes four successful...
by Emili Raeder | Jul 15, 2021 | Briefs, COVID-19, News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
Consumers would rather order delivery directly from a restaurant as opposed to a third-party provider. In its recent trend report, polling 1,525 respondents, DoorDash found 43 percent of its customers prefer to order delivery through a restaurant’s website or app,...
by Tom Kaiser | Jun 24, 2021 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
In the latest move of third-party delivery providers muscling into grocery, DoorDash has partnered with Albertsons, one of the nation’s largest grocers, to offer grocery delivery within an hour from nearly 2,000 grocery stores across the country including Safeway,...
by Arthur Robert | Jun 17, 2021 | COVID-19, News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
What was once a pandemic necessity may be becoming habit. In a report issued by Wells Fargo, analysts including Brian Fitzgerald and Jon Tower project that delivery will hold onto its intra-pandemic market share or even grow as restaurant sales rebound during the...
by Tom Kaiser | Jun 3, 2021 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
Continuing its efforts to engage in open conversations with restaurant partners, DoorDash has appointed Stephanie Izard, chef and owner of Girl and the Goat, as its first chief restaurant advisor. She will work in an integrated advisory role for a period of one year,...