In an effort to boost his dark kitchens business, Travis Kalanick is going after restaurant aggregators. The Uber co-founder and onetime CEO is now putting his focus (and hundreds of millions of his dollars) into his CloudKitchens virtual restaurant company — and is also throwing...
The three top champions of mobile order-ahead hold onto their crown in this month’s edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Mobile Order-Ahead Apps, but one drive-in restaurant has taken a tumble. Using a proprietary combination of publicly available information and app usage data to which PYMNTS...
Chipotle Steps up Test of Robo-Kitchen Assistant Fast-casual brand Chipotle Mexican Grill is proceeding with its test of robotic kitchen assistants created by Miso Robotics to automate the process of making tortilla chips. The company announced Tuesday (Sept. 27) that it has moved into the...
“When was the last time you had an amazing checkout experience at a restaurant?” This was the question Moritz Heininger, founder and managing director at Berlin-based FinTech DIDIT, posed to PYMNTS in an interview. Certainly, checking out of a restaurant can be an awkward process...
As restaurant brands look to drive loyalty in the face of stiff competition, some are turning to subscription offerings to incentivize purchasing as frequently as every day. Mexican-inspired quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant Taco Bell, for one, which has more than 7,000 U.S. restaurants and almost...
One might think that food aggregators were a huge share of the restaurant market — almost four in 10 consumers PYMNTS surveyed had used them in the past 30 days — but aggregator-facilitated transactions still are a small share of restaurants’ revenues. With the anxiety...
As aggregators compete for restaurants’ loyalty, Uber Eats is looking to set itself apart by offering operators the most intuitive point of sale (POS) integrations and the simplest onboarding. On Tuesday (Sept. 27), the delivery service unveiled new self-service signups to integrate with popular POS...
Restaurant procurement platform Vendease raised $30 million in a mix of equity funding and debt financing to expand its marketplace across Africa and consolidate operations in Nigeria and Ghana. The Y Combinator-backed digital platform enables eight cities in Nigeria and Ghana to buy food supplies...
Consumers may be once again traveling all around the world, but memories of that lockdown cooped-up feeling have many willing to spring for experiences that broaden their horizons. Restaurants have the chance to take advantage of this pent-up demand, offering experiences that offer that sense...