by Tom Kaiser | Aug 19, 2021 | COVID-19, News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
A new consumer survey from SMG, the latest in an ongoing study of trends in the food delivery market, shows native delivery making inroads as 23 percent of U.S. consumers reported ordering food directly from restaurants with their own delivery platforms compared to 24...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 12, 2021 | Finance, News, Top Stories
Whether it’s headlines, grocery store receipts or your bank account, it’s hard to avoid noticing inflation in the United States has increased, reaching a 13-year-high in July. Personal experience has shown that includes meal delivery, too, as third-party providers...
by Arthur Robert | Aug 5, 2021 | COVID-19, News, Third-Party Delivery
New York City Council passed a raft of bills last week that would significantly alter the relationship between NYC restaurants and third-party delivery services. The bills include: Extending the city’s 20-percent fee cap through February 17, 2022. Previously...
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 | Jul 15, 2021 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
Grubhub is promising its customers their orders will arrive on time and that its prices will be the lowest relative to its competitors through the Grubhub Guarantee, a new feature the company says is the result of asking its customers what matters most when choosing a...