by Nicholas Upton | Apr 18, 2019 | News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
The Uber IPO documents are finally here, and the much anticipated tech giant’s emergence into the public sphere shows just how competitive the delivery industry is for the third-party delivery firms —and for restaurants and retailers. Ahead of the ride-sharing and...
by Laura Michaels | Apr 10, 2019 | News, Research, Top Stories
Much is made of the perceived leverage third-party services have over the restaurants whose food they deliver, but in reality, “Operators have the real leverage because the third-party apps need you as much as you need them.” That was the conclusion from Eli Portnoy,...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 25, 2019 | News, Third-Party Delivery
The delivery wars are real, and spilling across corporate borders with the latest announcement that DoorDash hired away Ryan Sokol, a former director who was with Uber for more than four years. In a DoorDash blog post announcing Sokol’s hire as its new vice president...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 9, 2019 | News, Research, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
With mall and hotel kiosks, packaged goods on store shelves and drive-thrus all over, you might feel like Starbucks is everywhere, but a new delivery partnership with Uber Eats means that coffee call may soon be coming from inside your house. During its 2018 Investor...
by Tom Kaiser | Nov 9, 2018 | News
With five months to go, registration is now open for the Food On Demand Conference that will be held at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile in the heart of the Michigan Avenue dining and retail district April 1-2, 2019. The Food On Demand Conference will...