Instacart battles restaurant aggregators, while grocery shoppers grow frustrated with empty shelves. Plus, investors back solutions that allow restaurants to take their digital presences into their own hands. Investors Bet Restaurant Apps Beat the Aggregators Today, technologies that can offer restaurants the tools they need to hold their own in the digital ordering space against third-party aggre...
Husband and wife, Emre Uzundag and Yonca Cubuk, say they are now "living their small dream", all thanks to a food delivery app. The Turkish couple moved to New York in 2020, and due to coronavirus they found themselves stuck in their small apartment in Brooklyn. Homesick, they started to cook more and more Turkish food, to help them cope with the stresses of lockdown. "Which was a mental necessity...
Delivery aggregators boomed in popularity during the COVID pandemic and have continued to pick up steam. Recent research found that 11 million consumers in the U.S. used these services in 2020, a 16 million user increase from the previous year. That comes out to 42% of Americans who say they’ve used at least one delivery aggregator app since the pandemic began. Aggregators have allowed restaurants...
For the second year in a row, Uber Eats is headed to the Super Bowl, this time asking the question: “Just because you can get anything delivered with Uber Eats, does that mean you can Eats it?” The past few years have seen the company invest heavily in expanding its delivery service to offerings beyond just food, including groceries, alcohol, convenience, flowers and retail. “In fact, nearly three...
Indonesia will have another big player in its saturated food delivery service market, coming from none other than Malaysia’s Capital A — formerly known as AirAsia Group. Airasia Food is slated to arrive this year in the archipelago, going up against food delivery giants such as GoFood, Grabfood, and some newer players such as ShopeeFood. Since it was launched in May 2020, Airasia Food has partnere...
A home delivery program from United Way of Greater McHenry County will be bring food and essential items to children in need – and eventually to seniors, people with health issues, people in food deserts and people affected economically by COVID-19. The program is called Ride United: Last Mile Delivery and is operated through a partnership with DoorDash, which uses its couriers to deliver the supp...
DoorDash the food ordering and food delivery platform is to start penalizing McDonald’s restaurants for slow service and order mistakes, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. DoorDash Pressures McDonald’s to Get Orders Right In a bid to ensure that customers know when their orders will be delivered and that they receive their orders on time DoorDash will start penalizing eateries by ra...
The pizza industry is in the midst of a technological revolution. Technology has already made a big difference for operators, and it’s only going to get better from here. The first major change came with the introduction of automation in the kitchen, which allowed operators to cut down on labor costs and improve consistency through uniformity. Now, automation is making its way into the dining expe...
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