Daily news and analysis about the food tech revolution
A brief history lesson: When Walmart first became successful enough to expand outside its home state of Arkansas in the 1960s, the company didn’t immediately barrel into heavily populated coastal […]
In case you’ve been hiding in a bunker these last few years, delivery is becoming the new norm where restaurants are concerned. A recent survey noted 86 percent of consumers […]
Once a simple POS system for restaurants, Toast has over the years morphed into the Swiss Army Knife of restaurant tech platforms, offering everything from payment processing hardware to back-of-house […]
Cuboh, which helps restaurants integrate and streamline orders from third-party delivery services, announced this week that it has raised $1.6 million CAD (~$1.2M USD) in seed funding. The Victoria, Canada-based […]
Grubhub has hired financial advisors and is “considering strategic options including a possible sale” according to a report published by the Wall Street Journal yesterday. The news comes on the […]
Restaurant food delivery from third-party services like DoorDash and Grubhub will account for 70 percent of all delivery orders by 2022, according to a new report from CBRE Group. It’s […]
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Dutch third party delivery service Takeaway.com announced this morning it has reached a preliminary agreement to merge with UK-based Just Eat, which operates a similar food delivery service, in a […]
Restaurants and customers in Baton Rouge, LA are currently holding a weeklong boycott of restaurant delivery platform Waitr. The protests are in response to the company’s recent adjustments to its […]
Today, New York City will hold its first-ever oversight hearing for third-party food delivery apps and the effect they have on local restaurants. The hearing, set to take place this […]
When Postmates started delivering Starbucks back in 2015, the deal came with a glaring drawback: Postmates’ $5.99 delivery fee applied to any order, even if it was a single beverage. […]
According to a new report just published by researcher Bricks Meets Click, U.S. online grocery sales are expected to hit $120 billion by 2028. The report forecasts that the e-grocery […]
