Gopuff Extolls the Power of First-Party Operations
When the food-on-demand space exploded into the mainstream, it was initially a software play. Aggregators and delivery providers sought to have the fewest hard assets as possible, even eschewing employees in favor of the burgeoning gig-work industry. Gopuff SVP of...
Flipdish Nabs $100M in Funding
Flipdish, an online ordering and digital experience platform for the hospitality space, received a $100 million investment led by Tencent raising its valuation to more than $1.25 billion. This comes after the Dublin-based company received a $48.5 million investment...
Delivery Hero Acquires Majority Stake in Glovo
Another global acquisition gives a little insight into the complicated world of international food delivery companies as Berlin-based Delivery Hero announced it was buying additional shares in Glovo, which is headquartered in Barcelona. Delivery Hero is set to acquire...
Moody’s Downgrades Grubhub
Moody’s Investors Services, the highly visible bond credit rating business, downgraded its outlook for Grubhub while maintaining a stable outlook for the third-largest U.S. restaurant delivery provider. The ratings firm cited erosion in Grubhub’s liquidity, sustained...
Dispatch Goods Raises $3.7M to Expand Reusable Food Packaging
Food delivery has a packaging problem, and it’s not just sad fries. For nearly every single order, there is at least one single-use container heading to the landfill or out into the environment. To address that issue, Dispatch Goods has been working on...
May 4-6 2022
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