Americans are frequent users of food ordering apps
One out of three Americans say they use a food ordering app at least once a week, according to a Purdue University poll released on Wednesday. Another third of respondents say they use the apps less frequently, sometimes letting weeks go by between uses, while 36 percent say they have never used the technology.
Big Tech’s food-delivery apps face a grassroots revolt
At the start of the pandemic, food delivery apps, including the 'Big 3' — Grubhub, Uber Eats, and DoorDash — were hailed as saviors, facilitating a takeout boom meant to keep restaurants and their staffs working. But eateries were quickly confronted by a harsh reality: These Silicon Valley and Wall Street–backed firms, which together dominate 93 percent of the market share nationwide, are designed to scrape money out of local businesses and send it to shareholders. Now, in cities around the country, restaurant owners are fighting back, forming local-delivery co-ops in an attempt to drive the third-party interlopers out.
From bricks to clicks to groceries at the front door
A Canadian grocery and pharmacy chain says it will close 22 stores and launch home delivery in Toronto in December and Vancouver in January.
McDonald’s to test home delivery in three Florida cities
Making fast food faster? Nearly 200 McDonald’s restaurants in Orlando, Tampa and Miami will test home delivery of the company’s food beginning in January, says Fortune. “The company hopes to roll out worldwide mobile ordering by 2018, starting with leading markets including the United …