We’re excited to announce that ASAP will soon be powered by Uber Eats! In order to deliver ASAP orders, please sign up here: Deliver with Uber. To learn more about delivering with Uber and how you will get paid, click here. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at drivers@deliverylogistics.io. Already delivering …
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MrBeast wants MrBeast Burger gone. The YouTube megastar on Monday filed a lawsuit in New York District Court that accuses Virtual Dining Concepts, the parent company of the virtual burger brand, of damaging his reputation by selling undercooked burgers and cold fries with his name on them. The complaint asks the court to allow MrBeast …
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Scott Lawton isn’t a big fan of many of the service charges he’s been seeing, at restaurants and in other industries. And yet bartaco, the 37-unit chain where he’s the CEO, added an 18% surcharge at its location in Denver last year. To Lawton, he didn’t have much of a choice. When the minimum wage …
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The pandemic officially ended with the expiration of the public health emergency, but for many people, COVID-19 wound down long ago. While we mourn lost lives and support those still suffering its longer-term impact, the terrifying days of an invisible, contagious, and deadly disease spreading unabated are behind us. Life has mostly returned to some …
DoorDash has ended a program in New York City that tested 15-minute “ultrafast” grocery delivery, reports Insider. The company operated the piloted out of Manhattan since 2021. “DoorDash no longer targets 15-minute delivery from the DashMart Chelsea location. DoorDash ended the pilot earlier this year, and the site continues to provide access to over 2,000 items with …
Companies in several corners of the restaurant technology sector — ranging from the third-party delivery and POS system spaces to the virtual brand subsector — continued to battle a volatile economic climate in H1. In a bid to manage losses and right their ships, a handful of major firms cut staff in the first half …
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The Domino’s pizza tracker launched in 2008 and has since been a source of pride for the brand. The chain has always boasted about its delivery service being fast, reliable, and widely used, but right now there isn’t as much to brag about. The shift in customer habits this year has made Domino’s seemingly willing to try …
Just Eat Takeaway.com NV is finding it difficult to complete the sale of its US business, Grubhub Holdings Inc., because of a combination of high price demands from some investors and a weak market for deals, Chief Executive Officer Jitse Groen said. “We’re talking to buyers still, but it’s a very difficult M&A situation currently,” …
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Delivery sales remain a drag on Domino’s U.S. same-store sales, which were up 0.1% during Q2 2023, compared to a decrease of 2.9% in the year-ago quarter, according to an earnings release. U.S. delivery sales actually fell 3.5% year-over-year, compared to a 5.6% increase in carryout same-store-sales, Domino’s CFO Sandeep Reddy said Monday during an earnings …
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In March, Uber Eats began weeding out delivery-only brands clogging its app. About 8,000 brands were wiped — 3,000 more than Uber Eats anticipated when it rolled out the new rules, which were designed to ensure consumers saw authentic restaurant varieties on the app, the company said. Uber Eats’ virtual-brand policies come a year after Insider reported that DoorDash and …
