EATER

APRIL 10, 2024

Tomekah George Wonder’s big idea for food delivery is to own every aspect of the process, from recipe development to the moment it ends up at your door A few weeks ago, chef JJ Johnson launched a new restaurant concept in downtown Brooklyn. Wonder has shown a savvy curatorial eye reminiscent of the early days of delivery app Caviar.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2025

Generic demographic details (age, gender) derived from computer vision can be as useful as identifying the individual using their license plate or mobile device. The increasing accuracy of AI predictive models will accelerate delivery of high-quality foods while minimizing waste.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Chicago-based Foodhaul is a digital platform that partners with chefs to create menus for delivery-only virtual restaurant brands. Many of our fulfillment partners take on more than one of our concepts and since we are an online platform and only available for delivery, that is where the ‘haul’ comes in to play.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Although food delivery has long been popular for certain types of food, pandemic restrictions and consumer preferences hastened the expansion of food delivery for almost all food and meals. Food delivery can be done either through the restaurant itself or through unrelated third-party online food delivery services.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 23, 2025

Starbucks’ deal with Empower Delivery fits the acqui-hire framework. The coffee giant is licensing the company’s order fulfillment tech while also bringing aboard Empower’s six engineers. Now the restaurant industry is getting its own version, thanks to delivery apps like DoorDash, Uber Eats and Wonder.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2024

Delivery users are less price-sensitive than customers using other sales channels. For restaurants with liquor licenses, catering to millennials is key. Leverage Delivery : Upselling specialty drinks before checkout on your restaurant app can significantly boost revenue for delivery orders.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Restaurants typically have one asset that maintains value, its liquor license. In California, a liquor license transfer process is governed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), which, among other things, requires a bulk sale notice to creditors and an escrow to distribute funds upon sale.

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ChowNow

MAY 23, 2025

Business model: Delivery-heavy brands reliant on third-party apps may see lower returns due to commissions. Add in things like equipment repairs, licensing fees, and other expenses, and youre constantly fighting to stay ahead of significant cost increases. Monitor labor expenses as a % of revenue weekly, not monthly.

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The Rail

MAY 12, 2025

Handle Licenses, Permits, and Inspections Early Opening day cant happen without the right paperwork. Licenses and permits dont always transfer from one location to another, so check with your local health department, city planning office, and fire marshal. Announce the move often and in creative ways.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

By subscribing to a SaaS solution, restaurants avoid the time and cost of acquiring and maintaining the overhead of server farms and software licenses and installation. Reduce total cost of ownership – Choosing a cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) business model saves money.

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7 Shifts

JULY 16, 2021

Obtain Permits and Licenses. Once you've validated your idea, you can dive into the nitty-gritty: Obtain Permits and Licenses. In the process of opening your coffee shop, it's important to mitigate the potential risks affiliated with permits and licenses. Business License. Liquor License. Table of Contents.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2021

The law allows home cooks to prepare meals from their homes and sell to consumers without being a licensed kitchen. San Francisco Passes Permanent 15-Percent Delivery Fee Cap : On June 22, 2022, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a 15% permanent delivery fee cap on delivery fees charged to restaurants.

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7 Shifts

MAY 1, 2020

However, pivoting your business model to takeout and delivery is not always the best—or only—option your restaurant has to boost sales during this time. Available from our sister restaurant @unasaskatoon for pickup or delivery. Alcohol delivery ?? You don’t have to be a brewery or bar to get into the delivery game either.

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ChowNow

MARCH 19, 2020

Add to your pick-up and delivery offerings. Delivery and pick-up restrictions regarding alcohol vary based on local laws and licenses, but if you can add beer and wine to your menu, now’s a good time. . Keep your staff employed by turning them into your new delivery team. Watch out for commission-based delivery apps.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

How to ramp up takeout and delivery operations. Where take-out and delivery orders previously made up 15% of their business, they have had to quickly morph their business model to accommodate 100 percent of business via take-out and delivery, in the midst of an economic downturn. Best practices for calculating cash flow.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

How to ramp up takeout and delivery operations. Where take-out and delivery orders previously made up 15% of their business, they have had to quickly morph their business model to accommodate 100 percent of business via take-out and delivery, in the midst of an economic downturn. Best practices for calculating cash flow.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store. Square is launching On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store where sellers can dispatch a courier through delivery partners for orders placed directly on their website. The buyer receives text updates with links to live maps to track delivery progress.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

in-restaurant dining and online ordering for pickup or delivery), which can be leveraged to drive highly customized campaigns using a built-in marketing solution. Now available through Grubhub, it is a delivery-only concept that specializes in antibiotic-free, oven-baked, boneless chicken bites. Credit: Tyga Bites.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 29, 2024

In addition to advising beverage retailers, suppliers and wholesalers in the hospitality industry, the firm represents public multi-state operators, state-licensed dispensaries, cultivators, infusers, distributors, new social equity entrants, ancillary businesses, and those looking to enter the cannabis space.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

You should also consider business operations that include deliveries or valet parking and which insurance coverage you would need for those. This can include deliveries or valet parking, depending on your business operations. This can include a food truck or delivery vehicle.

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Restaurant Business

MARCH 24, 2023

The company is operating fewer delivery-only food trailers and instead working to license the technology behind them.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 22, 2020

One of our first steps was to offer significant discounts to restaurants that remain open offering delivery and takeout. Being a fully licensed retailer, distributor and importer allows Benchmark to buy wine from virtually all sources throughout the country. These rare and well aged wines may provide higher return and profit for them.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 2, 2023

Your usual poultry vendor requires two days’ notice for deliveries, but you haven’t placed an order. Is your business license and/or other permits up-to-date, or does anything need to be renewed? To illustrate that point, consider this scenario. Either way, it ends up costing you. Are you up-to-date?

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7 Shifts

JULY 12, 2024

Ghost kitchens Ghost kitchens, also known as virtual kitchens, are restaurants that only offer delivery and have no dining area. They prepare food specifically for delivery through online orders. Running a ghost kitchen relies heavily on having a strong online presence and signing up on multiple delivery platforms.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 11, 2019

KFC utilized a supplier with a single location, and deliveries were compromised when problems arose at that spot. On top of an initial license fee , franchisees must pay regular royalty fees to franchisors. New menu items, a focus on delivery and digital ordering, and a sleek new building design all support that notion.

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EATER

MARCH 22, 2022

Jim trusts this young man with his license, and boom, a GarfieldEats restaurant.”. Just because I licensed the cartoon and I’m putting a cartoon on the packaging, that makes it all gimmicky and it’s for children only?” I am fighting the whole gimmicky part of it. It’s not a gimmick. It is a real farm-to-plate product.”.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 3, 2020

” The company already signed nine franchise licenses with three new franchisees. This year alone, PJ’s Coffee has signed on 31 new franchisees, representing a total of 52 units – including the nine Florida licenses. Our goal is to bring the coffee to them, so they can make every weekend feel like a vacation.”

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Cheetah

MAY 14, 2021

In the background of the coronavirus pandemic, the cries of restaurants over the way 3rd-party delivery apps are oppressing them finally reached San Francisco decision-makers. In April last year, Mayor London Breed announced a 15% cap on food delivery service fees. 3rd Party Delivery Apps, Can’t Live With Them.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

With nearly 60 percent of all restaurant food now consumed off premise, many diners clearly prefer to eat at home, and restaurants that don't implement a successful delivery strategy face a major threat to their profitability, and even survival. Set up and launch of each TWO HENS on third-party delivery platforms.

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Focus POS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

While curbside pickup and delivery operations were able to hold many different restaurants over, for the time being, the ban on indoor alcohol sales was a little trickier to get around. Even more surprising, restaurants that haven’t sold alcohol previously are now choosing to get liquor licenses so they can provide alcohol to-go.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

While some seized the opportunity to reopen for limited dine-in service, others have decided to simply keep doors closed, either completely or keeping on the skeleton staff necessary to continue pick-up and delivery service. Others have expanded services and are offering make-at-home-meal kits and virtual cooking classes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2020

The bill generally prohibits a third-party delivery service from delivering food produced by a microenterprise home kitchen operation, with a limited exception for customers with disabilities. The licensing agreement allowed MFGPC the exclusive use of the “Mrs. Fields” trademark on popcorn products.

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ChowNow

JULY 10, 2024

Additional services : Mention any other services that you plan to offer at your restaurant, such as catering, delivery , takeout or the opportunity to rent the restaurant space for private events. Highlight which platforms you plan to use for online ordering and delivery, order management, and point-of-sale (POS).

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SpotOn

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Delivery app commissions are also considered a marketing fee because you're paying to be seen on their platform. Spotify, ASCAP/BMI licensing fees), and special events. Think of your lease, insurance, and licenses. Rent or lease payments, property taxes, and common area maintenance (CAM) fees Licenses & Permits.

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Deliverect

DECEMBER 1, 2020

While alcohol delivery services are nothing new, they're more important now than ever. In this article, we'll help you get alcohol delivery right with some tools and tips. We'll discuss licensing, technologies you can use, packaging essentials, and ideas to promote your alcoholic beverages. #1 Better safe than sorry!

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Deliverect

DECEMBER 1, 2020

While alcohol delivery services are nothing new, they're more important now than ever. In this article, we'll help you get alcohol delivery right with some tools and tips. We'll discuss licensing, technologies you can use, packaging essentials, and ideas to promote your alcoholic beverages. #1 Better safe than sorry!

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EATER

JUNE 24, 2021

Delivery drivers have provided an essential service over the past year while boosting sales for third-party delivery apps such as Uber Eats, Grubhub, and DoorDash. Delivery drivers have provided an essential service over the past year while boosting sales for third-party delivery apps such as Uber Eats, Grubhub, and DoorDash.

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