New local option offers alternative service for changed dining habits Sep. 1, 2024 6:00 am CEDAR RAPIDS — It’s not as crazy as it may sound. Loco, a new delivery service for restaurants launching later this year, is attempting to do what other third-party apps have not been able to deliver: local, competent service that’s …
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In May 2019, Nosh began as a humble restaurant co-op with just three people. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, while many businesses shuttered, Nosh experienced explosive growth. Within six weeks, we hired over 60 laid-off restaurant workers as Nosh drivers and onboarded 80 NoCo restaurants to the Nosh platform. We grew so rapidly …
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Chomp, an Iowa-based delivery provider that’s primarily owned by area restaurants, is celebrating its fifth anniversary in its Iowa City, Coralville and North Liberty markets. One of a handful of delivery cooperatives across the country, Chomp Delivery was conceived of in the summer of 2017, a few months after Grubhub bought OrderUp. The company said, …
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NEW HAVEN, CT —Nosh Haven celebrated its official launch as the only local and restaurant-owned food delivery service in the greater New Haven area. Working with 40-plus locally owned restaurants and businesses, Nosh Haven introduced “ethical delivery,” offering restaurants and their guests lower rates and complete transparency across the board, the company said in a news …
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The Grubhub model is here to stay. But community-based delivery services could be lifelines for small restaurants battling huge commission fees. During the pandemic, homebound Americans more than doubled their food delivery orders, largely through third-party apps like Seamless and UberEats. Covid-19 lockdowns may have hastened the apps’ growth, but economists have tracked a dramatic uptick in the use …
Take out services like DoorDash and Postmates will have some new competition next month. Restaurant owners in Las Vegas are coming together to launch their own food service delivery platform. They are challenging big app-based platforms because of growing frustrations over fees during the pandemic and they plan to have it ready in April. “We’re nervous but I think the timing …
The food delivery app gives drivers guaranteed pay and benefits and supports local restaurants. While dashing for door dash, Holly Yessan noticed she wasn’t making a lot of money because orders aren’t guaranteed. She then decided to downloaded Delivery Co-op. Unlike third party delivery services like doordash and uber, drivers can deliver full time with …
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Following the success of its Douglas County Meal Plan, LoCo Omaha will begin regular operations in early February as Omaha’s only locally-owned restaurant delivery service. Established in 2020, LoCo Omaha is the city’s locally-owned and operated restaurant delivery service. Unlike third-party services, LoCo Omaha is owned by local restaurants. In December 2020, LoCo Omaha received $500,000 from …
High delivery costs are eating into the dwindling profits of restaurant and food companies struggling during the pandemic, but one expert says new pricing models could help them survive. Michael von Massow, a professor and food economist with the University of Guelph’s department of food, agricultural and resource economics, believes the entire business model of food …
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The classification of gig workers for companies like Uber, Lyft, Instacart, DoorDash and Postmates has long been a topic of debate. Since California worker-protection bill AB 5 became law, some companies have gone to great lengths to continue classifying workers as independent contractors. Uber and Postmates, for example, unsuccessfully sued to try to prevent the …
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