Daily news and analysis about the food tech revolution
A quality off-premises restaurant experience is no longer just about food arriving on time and fries not being soggy. According to restaurant tech company Toast’s latest report, attention to cleanliness […]
In further proof that you can’t solve the current restaurant industry crisis by flipping a switch, Upserve released new data this week that shows many restaurants are still struggling with […]
Denny’s announced on its Q2 earnings call this week that average weekly sales for off-premises orders have almost doubled since the start of the pandemic, from $4,000/week in February to […]
Ghost kitchens. You’ve heard about them nonstop since the pandemic overturned the foodservice industry and forced almost every restaurant in the country to go off-premises. And with the fate of […]
When 2020 began, the ghost kitchen topic poised to be one of the “it” trends to watch over the coming 12 months. Venture capital was pouring into the space, virtual […]
Today, Uber Eats launched a pilot program that lets its restaurant parters accept pickup and delivery orders directly through their own websites with no added commission fee for the rest […]
There has been pretty much nothing but bad news for the restaurant industry since the COVID pandemic went global. In-store dining widely shut down (then re-shut down), third-party delivery services […]
Today Instacart sued Cornershop, which Uber bought a majority stake in last year, alleging that Cornershop stole product images and other intellectual property. The Information was first to report on […]
Robots are storming White Castle! The pop culturally iconic restaurant chain just announced a partnership with Miso Robotics today to bring Flippy the robot on board as a fry cook […]
UPDATE 07/09 at 6:03 EST: A representative from DoorDash sent the following statement to The Spoon: “We have corrected a separate error affecting fewer than 10 out of over a […]
Uber has agreed to acquire Postmates in a roughly $2.65 billion all-stock transaction, according to a press release from Uber. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter […]
U.K.-based food delivery service Deliveroo launched a new feature this week that sounds convenient on the surface but could cause some problems for more than one party in the restaurant […]
