Daily news and analysis about the food tech revolution
According to a report this week in the Wall Street Journal, food delivery startup Wonder is laying off employees and will begin to phase out its signature food delivery trucks […]
Firstchop has a special place in my food tech journalist heart. I was there when the company first launched back in the Fall of 2017, and today, nearly three years […]
Shake Shack said on its earnings call yesterday that it will start opening restaurants with drive-thrus, with the first of them slated to open in 2021. The chain didn’t name […]
FanWide had a pretty good idea for a business. The Seattle-based startup’s platform connected fans of various sports teams to create game watching parties at more than 800 local sports […]
Focus, over-communication, and flexibility. Among other initiatives, those are the things currently driving the decisions of one chain — Austin, TX-based Torchy’s Tacos — as it navigates a pandemic-era restaurant […]
Here are some things that have been making us feel good lately: pancakes on weekdays, video calls with family, and foodtech news. We can’t help you with the first two, […]
There are two consistent stories that we are seeing unfold during this time of global pandemic and massive restaurant closings. First is that the traditional ways of the restaurant business […]
Pre-pandemic, ghost kitchens looked to be the “it” trend of 2020. So you would think a global health crisis that’s forced dining room closures around the world and seemingly increased […]
What a difference a five days can make. A couple of weeks back, NYC-based office meal delivery service Ox Verte had a nice business going. The certified B corp counted […]
In times where the news seems bleaker than ever, it’s encouraging to be able to report on uplifting stories, however small. So I was happy to receive a press release […]
Amid increasing city and state mandates for restaurants to stop any dine-in options, restaurant software company Chowly announced today that it is offering restaurants a “no-cost startup package” to help […]
Famed Silicon Valley entrepreneur and advisor Steve Blank has said that “a startup is an organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.” That’s why it’s not […]
