Daily news and analysis about the food tech revolution
In response to a nation increasingly sheltering in place and socially distant, Walgreens announced this week that it is expanding its delivery program with Postmates to 7,000 stores nationwide. To […]
Chicago-based Wow Bao is expanding its presence across the U.S. by opening ghost kitchens inside other restaurant brands’ stores. The fast-casual chain just launched an off-premises platform that allows other […]
DoorDash announced today that it is expanding its food delivery operations into the convenience store category. The delivery service has partnered with regional and national convenience stores such as 7-Eleven, […]
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 […]
I’d hoped this week to write a post rounding up the moves third-party delivery services are making to help restaurants as the COVID-19 crisis escalates and businesses are forced to […]
It’s way too soon to know exactly how badly restaurants will be impacted by the mandatory dining room shutdowns happening due to the spread of coronavirus. In a letter to […]
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 […]
The list of cities and states now mandating that restaurants close their dining rooms and switch to delivery- and takeout-only models continues to grow as governments and businesses work to […]
Look. I don’t want to write about COVID-19 again, and you probably want to give your brain something else to think about. But given the impact it is having across […]
Food delivery service Postmates today announced what it’s calling Dropoff Options, a function that lets customers choose how they want to receive their deliveries. According to a company blog post, […]
We’d all be forgiven for feeling a little nervous going into the weekend, given the ongoing concerns around rising coronavirus cases. As you’ll read below, restaurants, too, are now responding […]
Meal delivery by drone is coming to the outskirts of Dublin, Ireland at the end of March, courtesy of the Irish startup, Manna, reports Bloomberg. Manna will run hundreds of […]
