by Beth Ewen | Aug 10, 2020 | News, Top Stories
Bastian Lehmann, CEO and co-founder of Postmates, was man of the hour as his keynote address kicked off the third annual Food on Demand Conference today, for the first time in all-virtual format. That’s because Uber is set to buy Postmates, which is a distant...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 23, 2020 | News, Third-Party Delivery
There’s a rush of delivery providers and marketplaces diversifying beyond restaurant delivery and moving into new corners of retail. The latest example is DoorDash, which just announced a new partnership to deliver thousands of items from Walgreens on demand. This...
by Tom Kaiser | May 28, 2020 | COVID-19, News
In an effort to help restaurants navigate the recovery phase of the pandemic, DoorDash announced a new “Main Street Strong” initiative that includes new products, programs and policies to help restaurants survive and grow their businesses. That assistance includes...
by Tom Kaiser | May 21, 2020 | News
As more restaurants continue to do takeout, DoorDash is expanding its two-year-old customer pickup feature that shares customer location data so merchants can be alerted to them approaching the store to ease back-of-the-house operations. The company, which is the...
by Nicholas Upton | May 7, 2020 | Best Practices, COVID-19, Finance, News
Wingstop’s first-quarter results were good, but in the early weeks of the second quarter, the company’s deep commitment to digital operations sent its sales skyward. The company reported a 9.9 percent same-store sales increase through the quarter which ended March 30....