This week, two days before major restaurant brands McDonald’s and Panera Bread made headlines for their trademark filings showing plans to open metaverse restaurants, New York-based online ordering solutions provider Lunchbox actually beat them to the punch. Read more: McDonald’s New Special Sauce? McMetaverse, With...
Subway, one of the largest restaurant chains in the world by store count, is hardly a leader in the digital space. On PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Mobile Order-Ahead Apps, for instance, which ranks restaurant apps based on the number of users, the average amount of...
Restaurants may be more prepared for social distancing measures and contagion concerns than they were in, say, February 2020, but the mass outbreak of the omicron variant of COVID-19 has still had a major impact on many. The National Restaurant Association announced Monday (Jan. 24)...
Today in restaurant and grocery tech news, Biden’s food stamp refresh spells good news for major online grocers, while Albertsons wages war against these category leaders. Plus, Lunchbox CEO Nabeel Alamgir talks making third-party marketplaces work in restaurants’ favor. Biden’s Food Stamps Boost Could Be...
October 28, 2020
New York-based online ordering startup Lunchbox has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Coatue and a mix of new and previous investors, according to a press release. The startup strives to empower restaurants “to reclaim ownership of their digital commerce,” the release stated. The Lunchbox platform consists of digital restaurant […]
June 22, 2020
Lunchbox is hoping former top Toast executive Sarah Kabakoff will provide the boost needed to take the restaurant-ordering platform to the next level. The New York-based omnichannel restaurant platform announced...
March 18, 2020
A collaborative effort by startup Lunchbox and activist investors Eniac Ventures will aim to help small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic by providing a way to support them, according to a...