Lowenstein successfully represented ChowNow in the case. The Hon. Roger Thomas Benitez of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California found that ChowNow properly removed a patent dispute case, originally filed against it in California state court by Ameranth, Inc., to the Southern District of California. Finding that the court had federal …
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This restaurant tech is actually helping independent eateries survive
Last year, when indoor dining shut down across the country, ChowNow, a digital ordering platform for restaurants, became a lifeline in multiple ways. First, “every restaurant in the country was like, we need online ordering and we need it this afternoon,” says Chris Webb, CEO and cofounder. To meet the demand, he hired 200 laid-off workers …
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Restaurant software meets the pandemic moment
Food delivery companies have predictably done well during the pandemic. But restaurant software providers are also having a moment as eateries race to handle the avalanche of online orders resulting from severe in-person dining restrictions. Driving the news: Olo filed last week for an IPO and Toast is rumored to be preparing to do the same very soon. Toast’s …
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Minnesota Restaurateur Leans into Off-Prem to Grow Empire
Gerard Klass, co-founder of Soul Bowl in Minneapolis, is arguably sitting on more big ideas than any other chef in town, and he’s well versed in how trends toward off-premises dining can fuel his plans to grow a multi-concept empire. Having just launched a delivery- and takeout-only wings concept, Klass is taxiing the runway before …
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Lyft vs. DoorDash
We knew a DoorDash IPO was on the way, and it arrived this past week packaged with news that the company turned a profit in Q2 and has enough cash stockpiled to float along for quite some time. Throw on top of that DoorDash’s recent win on Prop 22 and its popularity among U.S. consumers, and it seems as if …
On the menu: Are you overpaying when ordering online?
DENVER — Ordering takeout was great before our world was turned upside down by the pandemic. Now, it seems downright patriotic. But as it turns out, our local restaurants aren’t necessarily receiving all of the money you’re spending, and in some cases, they’re not even setting the menu prices. When Paula Atkinson is craving Thai …
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ChowNow, Instagram launch commission-free online food ordering
Online ordering platform ChowNow has launched a free feature enabling restaurants to add “Order Food” buttons to their Instagram profiles and “Order Food” stickers in their Stories, according to a press release emailed to Restaurant Dive. Restaurants that partner with ChowNow can now encourage people to order food via Instagram, which links directly to ChowNow …
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Instagram partners with LA’s ChowNow to make food pics and stories shoppable
Instagram is partnering with the Los Angeles-based restaurant ordering platform ChowNow to make pictures and stories from local restaurants shoppable by adding “Order Food” buttons and stickers to their images and videos. The buttons and stickers will link directly to ChowNow to complete order flow, the companies said. Followers can also re-share stickers on their own Instagram Stories to drive awareness. Local …
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The Power Of Purpose: How ChowNow Is Helping Restaurants Pivot And Succeed In A Time Of Crisis
With restaurants in freefall across the country, there has never been a more important time to innovate to help them make it through the crisis. ChowNow powers branded online ordering systems for over 14,000 independently-owned restaurants across the U.S. and Canada—via restaurants’ own websites, on Facebook and Google, through ChowNow-created apps, and via ChowNow’s website and …
No time for high fives: Grateful ChowNow sees somber sales surge as restaurants pushed to online ordering for survival
Takeout, curbside, no matter the name, nearly 50 Kansas City area restaurants are now serving it up to customers with support from food ordering app ChowNow. “We’re grateful that we’re in position to help, but it is also very scary for a lot of people out there and we need to recognize that,” Chris Webb, …