October 04, 2023
Vistry Unveils AI Customer Assistant Chatbot for Food Commerce
San Diego-based startup Vistry has introduced its conversational artificial intelligence (AI) platform for food commerce, featuring an AI customer assistant chatbot called LumoChat. The chatbot aims to assist customers in...
October 04, 2023
Kroger’s Home Chef Launches Heat-and-Eat Meals as Consumers Seek Takeout...
With consumers looking for lower-cost options to replace restaurant delivery and pickup without compromising on speed or convenience, Kroger is expanding its meal solutions business. The grocery giant’s meals business...
October 04, 2023
Instacart and Mount Sinai Solutions Launch Grocery Benefit for Patients
Instacart has partnered with Mount Sinai Solutions to launch a new grocery benefit program for post-operative and postpartum patients. This program aims to support patients in accessing fresh groceries, pantry staples and...
October 04, 2023
Wellful CEO Says Jenny Craig Can Reach Wider Audience as...
Rebooted as a direct-to-consumer (D2C) brand, Jenny Craig will now benefit from the widespread expansion of its audience beyond just the locations it can service within reach of brick-and-mortar locations....
October 04, 2023
Blue Apron and SmileDirectClub Prove Profits Are Ultimate Test for...
A hallmark of subscription startups has always been the lure of recurring revenues. A recurring theme has also been that profits are elusive — and sometimes the pressures on the business...
October 03, 2023
Taco Bell Revives Subscription as Restaurants Seek New Loyalty Incentives
As restaurants look to drive traffic and frequency, Taco Bell is bringing back its taco subscription. The quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant announced Tuesday (Oct. 3) that it is bringing back...
October 03, 2023
The Restaurant of the Future Is Open. Will Diners Bite?
The restaurant industry’s digital transformation is one of the pandemic’s success stories. Eateries whose very existence was imperiled by mandatory closures adapted overnight with dramatic digital makeovers to sustain themselves...
September 29, 2023
NYC May See Surge in Pickup With Food Delivery Wage...
With mandated increases in delivery drivers’ pay, New York City is likely to see off-premise restaurant customers shift to pickup to avoid steeper fees. Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub lost their...
September 29, 2023
Wonder Nabs Blue Apron for $103 Million Amid Meal Delivery...
As competition for consumers’ meal delivery spend heats up across businesses ranging from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites and major food brands to restaurants and aggregators, Wonder is now set to acquire...