To say that last week was an active week of news in the restaurant world would be an understatement. First the much-anticipated Uber-Grubhub deal went up in smoke under the threat of antitrust pushback (and, their CEO said, a better deal from a rival), then European food-delivery service...
Restaurants are tough businesses to operate, even in the best of times — 60 percent fail within their first year, and 80 percent within their first five. There are lots of reasons for that high failure rate: changing consumer preferences; thin margins in the best...
For those in the world tired of the friction that is going to a restaurant, looking at a menu, ordering and then talking to dining companions — a new solution has arrived. Sure, it’s possible to have food delivered — but it’s also possible to...
June 15, 2020
To say that last week was an active week of news in the restaurant world would be an understatement. First the much-anticipated Uber-Grubhub deal went up in smoke under the threat of antitrust pushback (and, their CEO said, a better deal from a rival), then European food-delivery service Just Eat Takeaway.com struck a $7.3 billion deal hours later to merge Grubhub into […]
July 03, 2019
For those in the world tired of the friction that is going to a restaurant, looking at a menu, ordering and then talking to dining companions — a new solution has arrived. Sure, it’s possible to have food delivered — but it’s also possible to have the ambiance of eating out with none of the […]