food and beverages

Instacart Reports AI Agent Drives Bigger Grocery Orders

Instacart Reports AI Agent Drives Bigger Grocery Orders
Instacart Reports AI Agent Drives Bigger Grocery Orders
June 19, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Instacart has begun rolling out an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that puts together a grocery cart based on a conversation, the user’s selection of suggested...

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DoorDash Debuts Conversational AI to Streamline Search
DoorDash Debuts Conversational AI to Streamline Search
June 11, 2026  |  News

DoorDash launched “Ask DoorDash” on Thursday (June 11), a new conversational search interface aimed at reducing the friction of finding meals and groceries. Instead of...

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GrubMarket Arms Food Distributor Sales Teams With New AI Agent
GrubMarket Arms Food Distributor Sales Teams With New AI Agent
June 08, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

GrubMarket has expanded its GrubMarket AI platform to include a Sales AI Agent designed for use by wholesale food distributors. The new Sales AI Agent helps sales teams...

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Andon Labs Handed an AI a Café and Business Boomed
Andon Labs Handed an AI a Café and Business Boomed
May 15, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Andon Labs signed a café lease in Stockholm, handed it to an artificial intelligence (AI) agent and told it to run it. Two weeks later,...

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AI Finally Solves the Food Tracking Problem Wearables Ignored
AI Finally Solves the Food Tracking Problem Wearables Ignored
May 08, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Wearables track sleep, heart rate and recovery in real time. Logging a meal still means searching a database, estimating a portion and typing it in...

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Why Restaurants Want Their Customers Back From Delivery Platforms
Why Restaurants Want Their Customers Back From Delivery Platforms
March 25, 2026  |  Delivery

The delivery app pitch for small and midsize restaurants was simple: more orders, less friction. And delivery platforms first positioned themselves as restaurant partners. They...

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Wendy’s and McDonald’s Report Breakfast Business Slows Amid Consumer Cutbacks
Wendy’s and McDonald’s Report Breakfast Business Slows Amid Consumer Cutbacks
August 08, 2025  |  Retail

Fast food chains are reportedly seeing a decline in their breakfast business as Americans cut back on spending. Executives from Wendy’s and McDonald’s said this week during earnings calls...

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Uber Eats Debuts AI Features for Restaurants
Uber Eats Debuts AI Features for Restaurants
August 04, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Uber Eats has debuted a series of artificial intelligence (AI) features for restaurants. The new offerings, introduced last week, allow restaurants to use AI to...

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