by Nicholas Upton | May 10, 2019 | Finance, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Waitr, one of the few public delivery companies (for now), just released some mixed, but mostly rosy, results from the first quarter of 2019. The big numbers, revenue and active diners, both rocketed skyward. Revenue was up 287 percent over last year and its active...
by Tom Kaiser | Apr 25, 2019 | Finance, News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
The exclusive contract between McDonald’s and UberEats was the biggest deal in the U.S. delivery industry to date, but it’s currently being renegotiated in an effort to lower fees for individual deliveries, according to a report from Bloomberg. Leadership at...
by Beth Ewen | Apr 25, 2019 | Best Practices, Finance, Third-Party Delivery
Just a few weeks into a test of delivery for Wetzel’s Pretzels, new CEO Jennifer Schuler counts two surprises, in a good way. “We all know the average ticket for delivery is higher; ours has been significantly higher,” with the number of items per invoice about 75...
by Nicholas Upton | Mar 6, 2019 | Finance, News
Kitchen United had some big, aggressive goals. Last year, Founder and CEO Jim Collins laid out the path to 15 locations open or under way by the end of 2019. It’s the hallmark in the restaurant industry to over-promise and hope everyone forgets about it, but given a...
by Nicholas Upton | Feb 13, 2019 | Finance, News
Outside the grocery world, few people may have heard of Jyve. The gig labor platform targets specialized grocery tasks like stocking shelves, merchandising, putting up displays, auditing and handing out samples as a brand ambassador for both brands and grocery stores....
by Max Mantey | Jan 31, 2019 | Finance, News, Third-Party Delivery
The food delivery startup, Munchery, left local San Francisco small business owners eating the bill after abruptly shutting their doors. Munchery provided prepared meals to residents in San Francisco, Los Angelas, Seattle and New York. In San Francisco, Munchery...
