by Tom Kaiser | Mar 4, 2021 | Best Practices, COVID-19, Meal Kits, News, Top Stories
Michael Kudrna, owner of Frato’s Culinary Kitchen in suburban Chicago, isn’t just experimenting with direct sales and virtual concepts to survive the pandemic. He’s also working with culinary students to provide real-world experience that’s not part of most culinary...
by Tom Kaiser | Feb 24, 2021 | Meal Kits, News
Just Salad, a fast-casual franchised restaurant brand, has launched its Housemade meal kit brand that it’s billing as a “no-commitment” meal kit and grocery brand with a focus on less waste and unnecessary packaging compared with other meal kit providers. The new...
by Nicholas Upton | Feb 11, 2021 | Finance, News, Third-Party Delivery
Grubhub announced fourth quarter and full-year earnings in potentially its last full year report before merging with Just Eat Takeaway.com. The earnings from the Chicago-based company were somewhat mixed. Grubhub’s overall revenue was up significantly, in line with...
by Tom Kaiser | Feb 11, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery
DoorDash is leading the online convenience category by a country mile, according to new transaction data analyzed by Edison Trends. After 2020, in which consumer spending at online C-stores grew by 346 percent, DoorDash ended last month with 58 percent share over...
by Tom Kaiser | Feb 3, 2021 | Best Practices, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
If you believe the hype, virtual restaurants are a savior for existing restaurants struggling to turn a profit or looking to monetize excess kitchen capacity. For the countless operators now buying into virtual concepts from existing restaurant players,...