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Mass. court strikes down attempt to define delivery drivers as contractors

By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. 15, 2022

The ruling is a blow to DoorDash and Uber Eats, which were pushing a measure that would have classified their drivers as contractors rather than employees.

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The POS is dead: Why restaurants need to streamline omni-channel ordering

Sponsored content from our partner Revel Systems on Jun. 15, 2022

The past several years brought unprecedented changes for restaurant operations—and those changes included a lot more than dining room closures and reopenings. As operators worked hard throughout the p...

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Walmart tech vet's mobile restaurant startup Wonder raises $350M

By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. 14, 2022

The company founded by Marc Lore aims to offer a higher-quality delivery experience, with food trucks that finish meals at the customer's home.

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Grubhub takes robot delivery to college

By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. 13, 2022

A new partnership with Cartken will roll out in force at Ohio State this fall with more campuses to come.

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DoorDash adds reviews, food ratings to app

By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. 13, 2022

The new tools are intended to ease "decision fatigue" for customers.

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Ghost Financial wants to help build a ghost kitchen utopia

By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. 10, 2022

Despite considerable hurdles, the fintech startup believes Americans will be getting most of their meals from ghost kitchens by 2027.

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Meet restaurants’ new robotic workforce

By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. 09, 2022

Hundreds of operations are now using automatons to perform tasks typically handled by humans. Here’s a look at what the bots are doing and how it’s making a difference.

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