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Investor Money Keeps Flowing into Online Food Platforms
There is a big question hanging over the dining industry. How important will online ordering and delivery be in a post-pandemic world? The consensus answer
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Can Anyone Take on the Delivery App Giants?
The love-hate (mostly hate) relationship between restaurants and delivery aggregators isn’t showing much sign of abating. Even though in many municipalities, Covid-era caps on commissions
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DoorDash, Gopuff Eye Acquisitions on Europe’s Grocery Delivery Battlefield
Reports emerged this week that two U.S. local delivery players are scouting for opportunities to plant a flag in the hypercompetitive European market. DoorDash is
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Global Delivery Brands Changing Lanes
We’ve seen several recent examples of global ride-hailing or delivery brands making some interesting adjacent moves that got us thinking about who will ultimately own
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Gopuff is the Go-To When You Need Q-Tips and a Six Pack of Beer
Yes indeed, we all need Q-Tips and beer ASAP. And Gopuff, a Philly start-up is just the company to bring these must-have items to our
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Food Delivery to Social Advertising – A Look at Instacart’s Future
For some time we’ve speculated that the San Francisco-based grocery delivery company Instacart would go public. We assumed this would happen once the company got
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DoorDash, Responding to Pressure, Changes Pricing for Restaurants
This week DoorDash rolled out a new pricing model for restaurants designed to give restaurants a range of services and pricing models. DoorDash COO Christopher
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Google Has Quietly Become a Key Player in Takeout Dining
Google has quietly been perfecting its takeout food ordering capability. It’s now an important player in the space and that poses a real threat to
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Does the World Really Need Instacart and DoorDash Credit Cards?
We came across some news in the Wall Street Journal that has us scratching our heads. Food delivery giant DoorDash and dominant online grocery (and
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Instacart Looks to Follow in Amazon’s Advertising Footsteps
We’ve been keeping an eye on the emerging advertising platform that Instacart has been not so quietly assembling. What caught our attention today is news