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Here’s a concept that seems stupidly simple but is actually a technologically complex feat: letting customers order from multiple virtual restaurants with a single digital transaction. As ghost kitchens multiply, […]
“Ordering was becoming something of a commodity,” Adam Brotman, CEO of Brightloom, told me over a recent video chat. Data, he said, is “a bigger, more interesting opportunity than just […]
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Ahead of Deliveroo’s initial public offering next week, six major investors in the U.K. say they will not buy shares of the third-party delivery service, citing concerns over the way […]
Gorillas, which operates a chain of dark grocery stores that offer fast delivery, has raised a $290 million Series B round of funding, according to TechCrunch. The round was led […]
Neither dine-in restaurants nor drive-thrus are commonly associated with the name 7-Eleven, but that many not be the case for long. The convenience store chain announced this week that its […]
GoPuff, the service that delivers food and other goods in under a half hour any time of day, announced today that it has raised $1.5 billion in new funding. Investors […]
For the majority of restaurants around the U.S., last week marked the one-year anniversary since stay-at-home mandates initially forced dining rooms to close down. What’s followed has been 12 months […]
Among the things in the restaurant industry COVID-19 changed forever, businesses’ relationship to technology is a big one. Historically, many restaurants have been slow to adopt much, if any, technology […]
Dubai-based Grubtech announced today it has raised $3.4 million in pre-Series A funding for its software platform that powers ghost kitchens and delivery-only restaurants. Investors in the round are unnamed […]
Third-party delivery service Waitr announced today it has entered into an agreement to buy Delray Beach, Florida-based company Delivery Dudes for $23 million. The stock-and-cash deal is expected to close […]
