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DoorDash, Alphabet-Owned Wing and Wendy’s Launch Drone Delivery in Virginia
Delivery // March 21, 2024

DoorDash and Alphabet-owned Wing have brought their drone delivery pilot program to the United States. This expansion builds on the pilot program that the two companies launched in Australia in 2022 and have since expanded to three locations and 60 participating merchants in that country,...

Dynamic Pricing Proves ‘Very Meaningful’ for Struggling Restaurants
ResTech // March 10, 2024

Wendy’s may have backed away from dynamic pricing, but many other eateries are moving ahead. The concept — raising and lowering prices depending on demand — has long been used by mobile apps and eCommerce companies, and is now being embraced by the restaurant industry, The...

Wendy’s Insists It Has No Plans to Test Surge Pricing
Retail // February 28, 2024

Wendy’s wants diners to know it’s not raising prices, despite what they may have heard. When reports emerged recently that the fast-food chain was going to test dynamic pricing — or surge pricing, the practice of hiking prices when demand is at its highest level — a social...

Domino’s Trails Papa John’s in Provider Ranking of Mobile Order-Ahead Apps
Mobile Order Ahead // February 12, 2024

Valentine’s Day is coming up, and if the way to your loved one’s heart is through their stomach, PYMNTS is here to help. Each month, the Provider Ranking of Mobile Order-Ahead Apps determines the most popular restaurants in the industry based on certain metrics like...

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DoorDash, Alphabet-Owned Wing and Wendy’s Launch Drone Delivery in Virginia

March 21, 2024
DoorDash and Alphabet-owned Wing have brought their drone delivery pilot program to the United States. This expansion builds on the pilot program that the two companies launched in Australia in 2022 and have since expanded to three locations and 60 participating merchants in that country, DoorDash and Wing said in a Thursday (March 21) press […]

Dynamic Pricing Proves ‘Very Meaningful’ for Struggling Restaurants

March 10, 2024
Wendy’s may have backed away from dynamic pricing, but many other eateries are moving ahead. The concept — raising and lowering prices depending on demand — has long been used by...

Wendy’s Insists It Has No Plans to Test Surge Pricing

February 28, 2024
Wendy’s wants diners to know it’s not raising prices, despite what they may have heard. When reports emerged recently that the fast-food chain was going to test dynamic pricing — or surge pricing,...

Wendy’s and Pipedream to Pilot Underground Autonomous Robot System

May 17, 2023
Wendy’s plans to test delivering mobile orders with an underground autonomous robot system. The quick service restaurant (QSR) has partnered with “hyperlogistics company” Pipedream on a pilot program that will...