Instacart’s Gig Shoppers Strike to Protest Pay Structure
The gig economy so far seems to be great for companies that want to scale but lousy for workers that want to make any money. As such, gig economy workers […]
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The Week in Restaurants: Grubhub vs. NYC (Again), Choco Reinvents Ingredient Sourcing
Between trick-or-treat excursions, earnings calls galore, and the fact that AI is going to take over the restaurant industry, it’s been a busy week. While you battle the comedown from […]
Future Food: Solving The Texture Problem
This is the web version of our weekly Future Food newsletter. Subscribe to get the most important news about alternate and plant-based foods directly in your inbox! My dad is an extremely […]
Colombian Food Tech Startup Muy Raises $15M to Build More Ghost Kitchens
Just in time for Halloween, Colombian food tech company Muy announced a $15 million Series B round today to expand its ghost kitchen operation to other parts of Latin America. […]
AI, Voice Tech, and a $4B Delivery Business Are Turning McDonald’s Into a Tech Company
Traffic may have been sluggish and continued growth a challenge during the last few months, but, McDonald’s shows no signs of slowing when it comes to technology initiatives. On the […]
With Delivery and Drive-Thru, Chipotle Is Aiming to Make Digital a $1 Billion Business
Chipotle’s is “knocking on the door of digital becoming $1 billion business,” CEO Brian Niccol said on a the company’s Q3 2019 earnings call today. Digital sales for the fast-casual […]
Uber Eats Makes Pickup Feature Available Nationwide, Launches Food Guides
Today, Uber Eats announced that the Pickup feature on its on-demand restaurant food app is now available to customers nationwide. According to an article this morning in USA Today, the […]
Sorry TechCrunch, Cloud Kitchens Aren’t an Oxymoron
With its hot take-y headline, the TechCrunch blog post “Cloud kitchens is an oxymoron,” buzzed around my Twitter timeline yesterday. In the article, author Danny Crichton sets out to burst […]
Royal Caribbean Wants to be King of the World for Cruise Ship Food Delivery
By now, food delivery has made its way into college campuses, baseball stadiums, and traffic jams. It’s been only ever a matter of time before cruise ships followed, and this […]
Newsletter: Are Ghost Kitchens Now Mandatory for Restaurant Chains?
“To-go or not to-go.” That used to be the question. Then food delivery became commonplace, and with 60 percent of restaurant orders now off-premises, it’s pretty much mandatory for restaurants […]
Amid Layoffs, Uber Eats Partners with Burger King
It’s been a bit of an up and down week for meal delivery service Uber Eats. On the upside, Burger King just announced it was partnering with Uber Eats for nationwide […]
Wendy’s Ramps Up Its Digital Order and Delivery Strategy
Wendy’s is intensifying its efforts around digital order and delivery, announcing at an Investor Day call last Friday that it is aiming to make digital sales 10 percent of all […]
