Hold the Phone. Soon it Will Be Your Restaurant’s Menu
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DoorDash Will Use Location Data to Make Pickup Orders Speedier and More Socially Distanced
DoorDash announced a new feature today that’s meant to speed up the process for pickup orders and make it more appropriate for these socially distanced times. One catch: the new […]
Fee Caps Can’t Save Restaurants
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Zomato Cuts 13 Percent of Its Workforce
Zomato, one of India’s largest third-party food delivery services, is cutting 13 percent of its workforce and requiring the rest of its employees to take a pay cut, according to […]
Welcome to Burger King. Did You Have a Reservation?
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Starship Angling to Make its Robot Food Deliveries in Frisco, TX. Notice the Pattern?
Starship’s small, autonomous food delivery robots could soon be rolling around Frisco, TX. The Community Impact Newspaper in Frisco reports that earlier this week Starship pitched its robotic plans to […]
Deliveroo Lowers Restaurant Commission Fees to 5 Percent, but There’s a Catch
Deliveroo this week said it would lower the commission fees it charges restaurants to just 5 percent — but only on orders where the restaurant provides its own delivery drivers. […]
Is the DoorDash-Pennsylvania AG Partnership a Red Herring or the Start of a New Era for Gig Workers?
DoorDash has entered into a public-private partnership with the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General to further expand financial, healthcare, and childcare assistance to couriers (called “Dashers”) working for the […]
Uber Eats Is Exiting Eight Markets
Uber Eats Is exiting the Czech Republic, Egypt, Honduras, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay, and Ukraine, according to a regulatory filing from today flagged by TechCrunch. The company’s ride-hailing business will not […]
ChowNow Launches a Loyalty Program Designed to Get Struggling Restaurants Paid
Digital restaurant ordering platform ChowNow unveiled its Loyal Local Membership program this week. The restaurant-to-diner service gives customers ongoing discounts on their orders while simultaneously funneling a little extra money […]
Deliveroo Cuts 15% of Staff in Response to Coronavirus
UK-based food delivery service Deliveroo confirmed that it is cutting roughly 15 percent of its staff — a little over 350 people — and furloughing others, according to a report […]
Paytronix Raises $10M for Its Restaurant Guest Management Platform
Restaurant guest management platform Paytronix Systems announced today it had raised a $10 million round of fresh funding. The round was led by Great Hill Partners and Paytronix cofounders Matt […]
