Category: Data Insights
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Grubhub still leads the third-party food delivery market in terms of sales, and of late, Postmates and Uber Eats have gotten a lot of attention for their respective pre- and post-IPO news. But DoorDash may well be the most important company to watch in the escalating showdown for third-party delivery dominance, according to new data…
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Coresight Research released its “US Online Grocery Survey 2019” this week, finding that 36.8 percent of U.S. consumers bought groceries online over the past year, representing a jump from 23.1 percent in the firm’s 2018 survey. Year over year, Coresight says this is an increase of roughly 35 million more consumers buying groceries online. However,…
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Just about this time last year we asked the question “Are We Entering a Frozen Food Renaissance?” because a wave of startups were transforming frozen foods from just bags of peas and TV dinners into something more high-end and healthy. Looks like people are paying attention to this renaissance and ponying up for frozen food.…
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One of the big reasons we put on our ArticulATE food robotics conference earlier this month, was that we could see the rise in automation throughout the food stack. Now Meticulous Research projects some numbers for that growth, with a report out today saying the size of the global food robotics market will hit $3.1…
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Yesterday, fast-casual chain Just Salad announced it had selected Grubhub as its exclusive partner for third-party delivery. While the news is great for chopped salad enthusiasts, it’s more importantly a look at what Grubhub is planning in terms future technologies and, with that, future growth. Part of that involves LevelUp, which Grubhub acquired for $390…
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Yelp gave a nod to Earth Day this morning by launching a new initiative that rates restaurants’ eco-friendliness factor. With Yelp’s Green Practices initiative, Yelp reviewers can answer questions around a restaurant’s takeout packaging — whether the business offers compostable containers, uses plastic bags, or has discounts for things like bringing your own reusable beverage…
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It’s no secret that drive-thrus have gotten slower in recent years. As the the QSR 2018 drive-thru study reports, major quick-service restaurants (QSRs) like McDonald’s and Wendy’s see about 70 percent of their sales come from the drive-thru window. But the same study also reported that the drive-thru experience for customers has gotten slower over…
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The potential market for meal kits isn’t tapped out, as new research from NPD finds that 93 million adults in the U.S. still haven’t tried meal kits, but want to. NPD said that the move from mail order to retail is attracting new customers, and the research firm lists three reasons why meal kits present…
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Restaurant automation company eatsa announced yesterday a new suite of products aimed specifically at virtual restaurants and delivery-only restaurant concepts. Third-party delivery service Deliveroo is the first to use the technology, at its new food hall in Singapore. This is eatsa’s first foray into virtual restaurants, also called ghost kitchens, which are basically restaurant-grade kitchen…
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Real-time guest feedback is becoming the norm at restaurants, and today, restaurant-tech company Toast unveiled via press release a suite of new features meant to make it easier for customers to rate their meals and for restaurant managers and operators to understand and act on their feedback. Toast Guest Feedback, as the new features suite…
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I’m feeling some deja vu. A record number of robots were shipped in North America last year, according to new stats released yesterday from the Robotics Industry Association (RIA), part of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). The food industry was among the top non-automotive sectors buying. From the press announcement: 35,880 units were shipped in 2018,…
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I’m at an age where I can recognize the things that are for me (khakis), and the things that aren’t (Snapchat, staying out past 10 p.m.). So I always appreciate market research studies that give me insight into what the younger generations are up to. A pair of reports out recently from NPD Group (h/t…
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