Delivery Consolidation

Thoughts on the rumored Uber Eats-Grubhub situation: I think it might be a good thing.

This originally appeared in the May 13, 2020 edition of Expedite. Subscribe here.

The Layoffs Have Come to Restaurant Tech

With no end to this crisis in sight, tech companies are scaling back in hopes of making it to the other side.

OpenTable’s Premium Access

The company hasn’t put a price on reservations, per se, but it has underscored that some are better than others.

10.30.2019: Grubhub Explains It All

It’s something that people familiar with food delivery models have talked about for some time: the business is unsustainable.

Our Future, Reserved

Changes to reservations services offer a look at what dining in might look like in the near future.

This originally appeared in the April 30, 2020 edition of Expedite. Subscribe here.

Restaurant Tech Trends: Google’s in the Driver’s Seat

If you’re looking for a signal about the direction of consumer-facing restaurant technology, look no further than Google.

8.20.2019: Here’s the Thing About Ghost Restaurants

Every few months, Uber Eats does a public relations push around “ghost restaurants” or, the sort of shadow faux-restaurant brands built out of an existing restaurant’s kitchen to fill demand.

What It Takes to Get That Cash

But what of post-Covid restaurant tech funding? Are investors looking past the pandemic, or looking for solutions that help now? Both?