Grubhub moves into dine-in, betting on restaurant traffic and rewards

The new weekly program gives diners Grubhub credit for eating at participating restaurants, including beta debuts in New York City and Chicago with Tacombi, Dos Toros, Chopt and other fast-casual brands. Grubhub is moving beyond delivery, launching a beta of The Drop, its first dine-in experience, which rewards diners with Grubhub credit when they claim an …

Olo App launch

LinkedIn, Noah Glass: The Olo App launches next month, a moment 21 years in the making. Team Olo has been hard at work building our first consumer app, and we’re excited for this new era of online ordering.  There’s a lot to love about the Olo App: zero commissions, map discovery, one-click acquisition, no paid …

Owner Raises $240 Million to Expand Its AI-Powered Technology and Marketing Platform for Restaurants

Owner has raised $240 million in a Series D financing that values the restaurant technology company at $2.3 billion, giving it substantially more capital to pursue an ambitious goal: becoming the technology and marketing platform that effectively runs the digital side of an independent restaurant. Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives led the financing, with existing …

DoorDash Launches New Integration Standards to Improve Order Accuracy, Reduce Cancellations, and Boost Sales

Today, DoorDash announced new enhancements to its Preferred Integrations Program, building on its 2025 launch, to help restaurants get more reliable, seamless performance from their point-of-sale (POS) and middleware integrations on DoorDash. As restaurants increasingly rely on POS integrations to manage orders, inconsistencies between systems can lead to cancellations, inaccurate menus, and time-consuming reconciliation. DoorDash’s latest updates …

DoorDash Introduces New AI-Powered Tools to Help Merchants Get Started Faster and Grow Across Channels

From a simpler onboarding process to improved menu and content tools and smarter direct ordering solutions, these updates help merchants save time and reach more customers May 4, 2026 Today, DoorDash unveiled a suite of AI-driven tools and features for merchants, designed to streamline the onboarding journey, improve operational efficiencies, and grow their business across every …

DoorDash winds down restaurant discovery app Zesty

Zesty, the AI-powered restaurant discovery app launched last year by DoorDash, will soon be no more. At least not as a stand-alone app.  In an email sent to Zesty users on Friday, DoorDash said it will incorporate parts of Zesty into the regular DoorDash app. These include personalized restaurant recommendations and “conversational” search. “We built Zesty …

Eater Relaunches Restaurant Discovery App as Part of Brand’s Multiplatform Strategy

App updates include a personalized home screen, smart recommendations, conversational search, and reservations — with Grubhub-powered ordering coming later this spring. Eater, the preeminent destination for food and dining, has relaunched its restaurant discovery app with a brand new look and features. The app is supported by Grubhub, a leading U.S. ordering and delivery marketplace …

Olo Marketplace App

LinkedIn post: Olo just launched a marketplace app to compete with DoorDash Toast tried this. it’s called Toast Local. you’ve probably never heard of it. (im half joking.. im a big fan of Toast) anyway, there’s a reason for that. and i’ve seen it before. i worked on hyperlocal restaurant marketplaces at LevelUp and Ritual.cotwo …

ezCater Launches Slack Integration to Streamline Employee Meal Programs and Drive Workplace Productivity

New integration meets employees where they work, increasing meal program participation by eliminating context-switching and missed order cutoffs BOSTON, February 03, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ezCater, the #1 food tech platform for workplaces in the US, today announced the launch of the ezCater Slack integration, designed to embed employee meal programs directly into the daily workflow. By integrating Relish by …

Mapbox Brings Doorway-Level Accuracy to Delivery, Logistics, and Ride-Hailing

New entrance data enables arrival guidance to within five meters of the correct door for over 100 million U.S. addresses. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Mapbox today announced the public preview launch of doorway-level entrance data, helping companies guide drivers to the correct door—not just the address. The new capability improves arrival accuracy for delivery, …