by Nicholas Upton | Mar 20, 2019 | Best Practices, News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Checkers and Rally’s is taking on delivery in a big way, going all in with every provider it can get and maybe changing the delivery game along the way. Checkers has around 900 locations, with about 300 of those corporate locations. So it’s not as large as the big QSR...
by Tom Kaiser | Mar 13, 2019 | Best Practices, Research, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Move over, e-scooters! Takeout and delivery packaging bans are the hot new topic in cities as a growing number of municipalities address the increase in packaging that our hyper-convenient, food-on-demand lifestyles now require. The packaging industry has some...
by Nicholas Upton | Mar 13, 2019 | Automation, News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
Eatsa, a technology provider in the restaurant space known for its novel “automat-like” digital cubbies for food pickup, has moved into the virtual restaurant space. In a partnership with Deliveroo, a UK-based food delivery company, the firm will now power a virtual...
by fodnews | Mar 13, 2019 | Best Practices, News, Research
As part of its third-annual Delivery Index, digital ordering solutions firm Tillster surveyed 2,000 quick-service and fast-casual restaurant customers to learn more about their delivery preferences and habits. It’s likely no surprise that customers indicated they’d...
by fodnews | Mar 6, 2019 | Automation, News, Research, Top Stories
Delivery logistics giant FedEx announced what it calls the SameDay Bot, an autonomous delivery robot aimed at retailers wanting to make same-day and last-mile deliveries. With the bot, which resembles a trash compactor-Opportunity rover hybrid, retailers can accept...
by Tom Kaiser | Feb 19, 2019 | Best Practices, Research, Top Stories
Elizabeth Tomlinson worked her way up at Potbelly as an assistant manager, GM, part of the corporate operations team and then district manager. Now she’s director of ops for urbanbelly, Chicago’s hip Asian fusion concept owned by the Cornerstone Restaurant Group. Over...
