A couple days out of the year calories should not be counted, and Super Bowl Sunday is one of those days. It’s the second-largest food consumption holiday in America, exceeded only by Thanksgiving. The estimate for 2020 was that 90 million pounds of snacks would be...
Not the first or last time you have heard it: the popularity of online ordering is on a rise. From giants like Amazon to small startups, direct-to-consumer delivery and pickup options have swept the country – and restaurants are no exception. Ordering food online or...
How are we helping restaurants adapt during COVID-19? These are trying times. The pandemic has disrupted restaurants financially and operationally. Restaurant owners are now forced to rethink their operations past the short term and in the long term. Although many...
Third-party platforms and marketplaces are not new to the restaurant industry, but as their long-term impacts become increasingly clear (and ominous), increased restaurant franchise operators are asking: Do we really want to be chained to them? The opportunities...
Third-party restaurant ordering and delivery platforms command ridiculously high commissions. 30% or more in some cases. Here is how they justify it: They source the customer. Although many consumers ordering through these platforms would order directly from the...
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