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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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – In an effort to bring money back to local restaurants, Cedar Rapids businesses are collaborating to start an area-based food delivery app. The app is called Loco, it will serve as a locally-owned Doordash, with the goal of taking a smaller commission from restaurants and lowering delivery fees. According to …
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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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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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In an effort to promote and support local restaurants, the City of Fort Collins and Nosh NoCo have partnered to offer customers $5 off their take-out and delivery orders February 1-3 when they use code FOCOLOVE. Nosh NoCo is the only local food delivery service in Northern Colorado. When customers use Nosh they are helping …
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Ride-hailing service Lyft is entering the food-delivery space in a partnership with online-ordering platform Olo. Though it may sound like Lyft is trying to become the next Uber Eats, it’s setting itself apart with a different strategy. “This is not about Lyft creating a clone of Uber Eats,” Olo CEO Noah Glass told Insider (Dec. 14). The Strategy Lyft’s …
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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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ST PETERSBURG, Fla. — There’s a new delivery service in Tampa Bay hoping to be a life-saving ride for restaurants. It’s called LoCo, a co-op of locally-owned restaurants, delivering food without all the fees of bigger companies. YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395Iqkqf1M4 “We estimate that those big monopolies GrubHub, DoorDash, and Uber Eats are taking somewhere close to $2 …
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