by Nicholas Upton | Dec 8, 2021 | Finance, News
Ordering dinner at a brewery, hotel or venue from Reef ghost kitchen is not exactly hard. You head to a delivery platform, order your meal and wait for the driver. But the acquisition of 2ndKitchen promises to make it even easier. 2ndKitchen was founded three years...
by Tom Kaiser | Oct 28, 2021 | Finance, News
Olo is flashing some cash as the newly public on-demand commerce platform announced it is acquiring Wisely, a customer intelligence and engagement platform based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in a $187 million dollar deal. The deal will allow Olo’s customer base to better...
by Tom Kaiser | Oct 7, 2021 | Finance, News, Top Stories
Kitchen United has acquired Zuul, the New York-based ghost kitchen and technology provider to bolster its batched-ordering support and establish a beachhead in the largest delivery market in the United States. The deal is Kitchen United’s first acquisition and,...
by Nicholas Upton | Oct 9, 2020 | Finance, News
The shareholders of Just Eat Takeaway.com (Just Eat) have formally approved the monster acquisition of Grubhub that would deliver the company a U.S. foothold. The shareholder vote approved much of the $6.9 billion proposal. Grubhub’s founder and CEO Matt Maloney will...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 18, 2020 | COVID-19, News, Third-Party Delivery
Ryan Palmer is a Minneapolis-based attorney and partner at Lathrop GPM (formerly Gray Plant Mooty) who is a long-standing expert on independent and franchised restaurant operations. He is the chair of his firm’s restaurant, food and hospitality group. Food On Demand...