Joe Guszkowski

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Technology

Sharebite raises $15M to grow workplace food ordering platform

The company facilitates group orders for large companies including WeWork, Coinbase and many top banks and law firms.

Technology

7shifts raises $21.5M in round led by Danny Meyer

The workforce management platform has been adding restaurants at a record clip coming out of the pandemic.

The CloudKitchens outpost will help it reach more customers in Chicago. Plus, Franklin Junction names a CEO, Yelp adds a new feature for LGBTQ-owned restaurants, and more.

The highly visible location will court guests for here and to-go as ghost kitchens continue to look more like regular restaurants.

Delivery-focused kitchens are encountering roadblocks in some places and cooperation in others as cities try to manage their impact on the community.

A pizza-topping bot from xRobotics has reduced labor costs and allowed the restaurant to ditch third-party delivery.

NASCAR Refuel, created in partnership with Virtual Dining Concepts, will offer a menu of racetrack favorites aimed at stock car fans.

The virtual pop-up created by investor Anthony Pompliano will donate profits to bitcoin development.

The labor crunch has driven "a spike in interest" for the company's bot that puts toppings on pies.

The growing ghost kitchen company also hired more than 20 new leaders. Plus, Salted raised $9 million for its healthy virtual brands and BentoBox added three people to its C-suite.

That data would include names, email addresses and other information restaurants covet for marketing purposes. Delivery companies said it would violate consumer privacy.

DashPass subscribers are ordering delivery more often than ever, even as dine-in returns, executives said.

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