The United States’ restaurant delivery marketplace seems like a complex tangle of emerging and incumbent delivery services, technological platforms and payment methods, but it has nothing on Europe’s. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
While the ghost kitchen model gained steam during the height of the pandemic, when even the most traditional brick-and-mortar restaurants could not generate much revenue from their dining rooms, newly vaccinated consumers’ return to restaurants may bring up new challenges for the model. Enter food...
Food technology platform and restaurant company C3 announced Tuesday (June 1) that it has entered into a $100 million agreement with Saudi Arabia-based investment company WK Holding. This joint venture, C3 Arabia, is split 51 percent WK Holding, 49 percent C3. The food tech platform is owned...
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Virtual kitchens are growing in reach. Where once the launch of a single new ghost kitchen was something to be talked about, nowadays restaurants are unveiling plans to open 10 — or even several hundred — of them at a time as they discover the...
As the vaccine rolls out and people return to public life, businesses and consumers alike are facing a turning point. Many are discovering to what extent the future will be a return to normalcy — and to what extent it has been permanently changed by...
Who are the “superconnected consumers” and how are they ordering food? PYMNTS researchers set out to find this answer, among others, in the May/June 2021 Delivering On Restaurant Rewards, a Paytronix collaboration. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
The past 15 months have been difficult for the entire restaurant industry, but few chains faced the level of hardship experienced by Chuck E. Cheese, a chain that has built its brand on in-person gatherings. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Even the most occasional restaurant customer has a sense of how difficult the pandemic has been for restaurants — one need only walk down Main Street to see the empty storefronts. As restaurants in the United States have struggled to stay afloat in this trying...
