(The Epoch Times)—I have lost multiple restaurants over the past few years. The final two closed last year in California. At first, it was easy to explain. COVID-19 hit, and everything changed overnight. Then came the actor strikes, the writer strikes, and the fires that swept through Los Angeles. One by one, these events reshaped …
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DoorDash has updated its DoorDash for Business platform with a suite of products and features, the company wrote in an email to Restaurant Dive. The aggregator originally launched this platform in 2020, then called DoorDash for Work, as a way for businesses to give meal benefits and food perks to remote and in-office employees. The upgrades include …
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DoorDash has rolled out a range of new features for its DoorDash for Business platform, aimed at improving the management of employee meal programmes. With many companies moving towards a return to office model, the need for adaptable meal solutions catering to multiple locations has become increasingly important. The latest updates are intended to simplify …
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New ways for consumers to discover and enjoy local restaurants in-person, and helpful tools for restaurants to grow their business Sep 30, 2025 DoorDash today introduced Going Out, a new feature that brings reservations, in-store rewards, and exclusive offers for DashPass members together in one place. The launch makes dining out more rewarding for consumers, while …
The partnership is kicking off in Phoenix, with plans to expand to more areas down the road. Your future food delivery may arrive in the trunk of a self-driving car. On Thursday, Waymo, the driverless arm of Google’s parent company Alphabet, announced it’s teaming up with DoorDash to dispatch meal and grocery orders. The partnership is …
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LinkedIn: Toast reported a strong Q3 and put real weight behind product, AI, and a new Uber partnership that will matter for how restaurants run digital orders.Global POS players and regional incumbents should assume faster competitive pressure as Toast’s localized stack, AI features, and marketplace integrations roll into more markets. 1/ Footprint and customers~156,000 live …
LinkedIn post: DoorDash reported a strong Q3 and the key points sounded very similar to the story told by Uber a couple of days ago (https://lnkd.in/dZvzPf2s). I read that some people think OpenAI will eat them all – I very much doubt that. 1/ What changed this quarterU.S. restaurants accelerated, MAUs and DashPass additions rose, …
Uber has just finished its earnings call, reporting a strong Q3 and flagged a handful of delivery, AI, and partner moves that I noted. 1/ Orders & money (Delivery). Gross Bookings $23.3B (+25% YoY) – Revenue $4.48B (+29%) – Segment Adjusted EBITDA $921M (+47%). Interestingly, Grocery & Retail is approaching a ~$12B gross bookings run-rate …
LinkedIn post: Meituan enters the U.S. market – through the backdoor… or the front gate? In the past weeks, I wrote quite a bit about the Chinese giant (their new ads strategy https://lnkd.in/d9Jj7Gmw and challenges in the home market https://lnkd.in/dUmtysm7). Next, I was actually planning to write about their POS solution but yesterday I came …
Giftify [NASDAQ: GIFT] is building a vertically integrated restaurant tech stack with new acquisitions (TakeOut7, Platr) and its Restaurant Management Center (RMC) taking center stage. This is positioning the company to follow Olo’s [NYSE: OLO] recent $2 billion premium valuation as restaurants seeking all-in-one solutions drive a massive consolidation push in the restaurant tech space. …
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