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Search Results for: Pivot

Less Robots, More Meat: Chipotle Founder’s Big Pivot

March 19, 2025 Michael Wolf

Just over a year ago, Steve Ells, the founder of Chipotle, opened Kernel in New York City—a vegan restaurant concept featuring a large robotic arm in the kitchen to assist […]

Wonder Pulls a Zume, Drops Futuristic Food Trucks as it Pivots to Lower Cost Operating Model

January 10, 2023 Michael Wolf

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 Shuts Down as COVID Crushed its B2B Pivot

September 23, 2020 Chris Albrecht

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 Pivots to Drive-Thru, Adds Direct Delivery

July 31, 2020 Jennifer Marston

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 Pivots to Offer Livestreamed Cooking Classes from Your Local Restaurant

April 17, 2020 Chris Albrecht

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 […]

‘Building the Plane as We Fly’: How Torchy’s Tacos Is Pivoting to Survive a Pandemic

April 15, 2020 Jennifer Marston

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 […]

Food Tech News: Grubmarket Acquires Boston Organics, Surplus Food App Karma Pivots to Delivery

April 4, 2020 Catherine Lamb

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, […]

Pepper Groceries Pivots to Help B2B Food Suppliers Sell Direct to Consumer

March 30, 2020 Chris Albrecht

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 […]

Do You Have Enough Demand? Kitchen United CEO Discusses Pivoting To Ghost Kitchens Too Soon

March 26, 2020 Jennifer Marston

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 […]

Ox Verte Pivoted from Office Catering to Home Office Meal Delivery in Three Days

March 20, 2020 Chris Albrecht

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 […]

Foodservice Companies Pivot to Feed Hospital Workers

March 18, 2020 Catherine Lamb

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 […]

Chowly Offering “No-Cost” Starter Package to Help Restaurants Pivot to Delivery

March 17, 2020 Chris Albrecht

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 […]

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