Today in Food Commerce: DoorDash Unveils Members-Only Exclusive Product; Kroger Expands Delivery

Today in food commerce, DoorDash debuts a subscribers-only hot sauce, and Kroger brings first-party delivery to South Florida. Plus, Krystle Mobayeni, co-founder of BentoBox and head of restaurants at its parent company Fiserv, discusses how the role of ResTech providers is shifting.

DoorDash Moves to Differentiate Membership Program With Exclusive Product Drops

As aggregators contend with their customers’ multi-brand loyalty, leading players are leveraging their subscription programs in an effort to become members’ sole choice for restaurant delivery ordering. DoorDash, for its part, is looking to create value for subscribers by offering members-only product drops, the first of which went live Thursday (June 9).

The Data Point: 65% of ‘Grab-and-Go’ Restaurant Clients Have a Taste for Digital Wallets

For The Digital Divide: Technology, The Metaverse And The Future Of Dining Out, a PYMNTS and Paytronix collaboration, we surveyed nearly 2,500 consumers about their dining choices, payment partialities, and even their sentiments on engaging with dining in the metaverse.

Grocery Roundup: Kroger Expands Grocery Delivery; Sam’s Club Leverages Autonomous Vehicles

Kroger delivery comes to South Florida, Sam’s Club leverages robotics for short-haul routes, and a California supermarket chain taps aisle-roving analytics robots.

Fiserv Exec: Tech Providers Must Streamline Restaurateurs’ Digital Experience

Marketing and commerce platform BentoBox debuted its new payments platform Wednesday (June 8), aiming to provide restaurants with an end-to-end solution for order-taking and payment processing. Krystle Mobayeni, co-founder of BentoBox and head of restaurants at its parent company Fiserv, explained in a recent interview with PYMNTS the chaotic experience that incompatible systems create for restaurateurs.