It’s a throwback to the earliest days of delivery: what if restaurants banded together and created their own delivery service to avoid the costs of third-party delivery apps? After a few ups and downs, LoCo Co-Ops is doing exactly that in markets across the country, with plans to enter Chicago in the coming months. LoCo …
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(Bloomberg) — A number of upstart ride-hailing apps are taking on Uber and Lyft with the promise of treating drivers better. Among them are Dallas-based Alto, which hires drivers as employees and gives annual compensation. Empower, based in McLean, Virginia, and Wridz in Austin, Texas give 100% of cab fares to the driver. The Drivers …
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Chomp is terminating its food delivery services in Cedar Rapids on August 15. In a note to restaurants, the locally owned company said its delivery services have been “highly successful” in Iowa City, Coralville and North Liberty, but it has not seen the same success in Cedar Rapids. Chomp was …
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Chris Acker, executive director of U.V.E.R., picks up a delivery order at Boloco Modern Mexican in Hanover, N.H., on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. U.V.E.R., or the Upper Valley Eateries and Retail Consumer Cooperative Society, Inc., is working with area restaurants to create a local alternative to major food delivery companies like Grubhub and Uber Eats. …
Since formally launching in December 2020, Omaha LoCo has delivered more than 25,000 meals to local residents, while keeping an extra $100,000-plus in local restaurants’ registers and fairly compensating delivery drivers, on top of the $500,000 raised with the Douglas County Meal Program that helped provide meals with dignity to over 40,000 individuals. It’s making …
Delivery platform and restaurant co-op, Loco Co-Op — started by Iowa city restaurant operator Jon Sewell in 2017— is one of many alternatives to larger third-party delivery companies that have been ramped up and expanded in the face of 30% commission rates and inaccessibility to customer data. Loco Co-Op sets themselves apart from other delivery …
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When Grubhub came to Iowa City in 2017, Jon Sewell got what he describes as a “call to action.” He owns a D.P. Dough franchise there and had been using a delivery service called OrderUp to get his calzones to college students. But then Grubhub bought OrderUp and doubled the commission on orders to an …
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1of11 Nosh Haven staff and partners in a recent meeting. From left, Joe Torchia, Nosh Haven driver operations manager; Daniel Willis, Nosh Haven; Ryan Taylor, The Coffee Pedaler; Alex Foulkes, Shoreline Menus-Nosh Haven; Lauren Ashe, Nosh Haven; Stephen Yaeger, Nosh Haven, Carmela Buono, Ward 9. Nosh Haven / Contributed photo NEW HAVEN — The new …
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During the past two years of the pandemic, NBC Connecticut has checked in with hundreds of businesses across our state to see how they’re coping with one of the most challenging economic situations ever. NBC Connecticut Investigates revisited three of them for a follow-up. One business told us it has been treading water, another said …
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TAMPA BAY, Fla. — Mike Magee has made a career out of helping restaurants build a better business, but after the pandemic cut into his consulting business, he literally took his efforts to the streets of Saint Petersburg. “This is the way the restaurants can keep the cost down (and) save money,” Magee said. “And …
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