Today In Food Tech: Olo Becomes ‘Common Carrier,’ Paytronix Goes Ghost

Today in restaurant and grocery tech news, Olo reveals that it now partners with all major U.S. restaurant aggregators, while Walmart gets further into grocery shoppable content. Plus, we rank the top mobile order-ahead restaurant apps.

Paytronix Powers Restauranteur Stroud’s Launch Of Two Takeout, Delivery Locations

Digital guest experience platform Paytronix has announced that KC Hopps, a Kansas City-based restaurant management group that owns Stroud’s, has rolled out a new set of takeout-only establishments.

Mobile Order-Ahead App Provider Ranking Feeds The Soul With Nourishing Digital Delights

Whether or not lockdowns ever return, the cold weather definitely will — and with it, the desire to not leave the house and go buy the ingredients, make meals and clean the pots and pans. Isn’t it better, smarter and faster to turn to PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Mobile Order-Ahead Apps, see who’s on a streak lately and then order something for delivery?

Walmart Leverages Contextual Commerce With Cooking App Grocery Partnership

Walmart is bearing down on its shoppable grocery content strategy. Cooking app SideChef announced on Tuesday (Aug. 10) that it is partnering with the retailer to release a series of five shoppable recipes targeted at families that will have less time to grocery shop as children return to schools.

Delivery Hero Plans German Expansion This Fall

Delivery Hero’s return to Germany after a three-year hiatus will come with an expansion beyond its original home city of Berlin, which the food and grocery delivery company left in 2018 to concentrate on growth in Asia.

Olo Announces Grubhub Partnership, Becomes ‘Common Carrier’

Olo, an on-demand commerce platform for the restaurant industry, is looking to reframe the digital ordering conversation. Rather than framing it as a tug of war between restaurants’ own apps and websites and the various third-party aggregators’ apps and websites, the company is looking at how being available on multiple online marketplaces can drive sales for restaurants.