by Nicholas Upton | Dec 21, 2020 | News, Third-Party Delivery
The National Restaurant Association (NRA) and a group of third-party delivery providers came together on seven principles when it comes to public policy. While restaurants and third-party delivery have some natural tension in the relationship, they could agree on...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 21, 2020 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Restaurant merchants on the Square platform can now dispatch DoorDash delivery drivers for orders placed directly on their own websites through DoorDash Drive. This latest announcement comes after Square first announced on-demand delivery this past June. Given...
by Nicholas Upton | Dec 16, 2020 | News, Third-Party Delivery
The new partnership between Jimmy John’s and DoorDash demonstrates that even with a “freaky fast” in-house delivery fleet that’s not going anywhere, there is immense power in the platform marketplace. Jimmy John’s and DoorDash announced the two...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 16, 2020 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Before publishing his second long-form article on the future of restaurants and delivery, Thanx CEO Zach Goldstein had become one of the most visible thought leaders in the space. One year after his “The Four Horsemen of the Delivery Apocalypse” lit up industry...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 10, 2020 | News, Third-Party Delivery
DoorDash announced the winners of the winterization grants provided through its Main Street Strong effort. These grants are the first to be provided through the winterization program, which allocated $5,000 grants to 360 restaurants in Chicago, Denver, New York City,...