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Restaurants win $28.6B relief fund in Biden's stimulus. Here's how …
WEBMar 11, 2021 · For the first two months of the program, $5 billion of the $28.6 billion fund is reserved for restaurants with less than $500,000 in annual revenue for 2019. The SBA Administrator can also create additional allocation tiers. The Restaurant Revitalization Fund is designed to cover a restaurant’s total revenue losses, and will only distribute ...
Food delivery startup Wonder raises $350M | Restaurant Dive
WEBJun 14, 2022 · Wonder, a mobile restaurant delivery service, secured $350 million in Series B funding led by Bain Capital Ventures, Marc Lore, Wonder’s founder, CEO and chairman, said Tuesday in a LinkedIn post. The platform, in which chefs cook meals curbside from mobile food vans, is available in 22 towns in New …
New Uber feature allows users to pick up restaurant orders during …
WEBApr 29, 2021 · Uber announced Wednesday it is adding a Pickup and Go feature to its app that allows rides passengers to order and pick up meals and groceries while en route to their destination. The platform will also allow users to pre-order when a store or restaurant is closed, as well as create multiple orders from different stores and restaurants at the ...
Portillo’s targets 920 future units, up from 600 - Restaurant Dive
WEBSep 22, 2023 · Portillo’s, which has 77 full-scale restaurants in 10 states, increased the minimum number of stores it estimates it can open from 600 to 920, the company wrote in an email to Restaurant Dive. This estimated target store count includes 800 full-sized restaurants and 120 pickup units, walk-up stores for urban areas and other alternative ...
Study: Teens make up nearly a quarter of limited-service …
WEBDec 2, 2021 · Dive Brief: New data from Black Box Intelligence indicates teenagers, age 18 years or younger, comprise a larger fraction of the restaurant labor force than in 2019. Teenagers made up 17% of the limited-service workforce in 2019 and 24% as of the end of Q3 2021. The shift in workforce composition was less dramatic, but still evident, in the full-service category.
Tocaya and Tender Greens merge, form new parent company
WEBAug 4, 2021 · Permission granted by One Table Restaurant Brands. Tocaya Modern Mexican and Tender Greens, both Los Angeles-based fast casual brands, on Tuesday announced a merger and the creation of One Table Restaurant Group. The teams at Tocaya and Tender Greens have known each other for years, said Lina O’Connor, president and CFO of One Table.
Tabletop tech speeds up service and boosts profits, study says
WEBAug 5, 2019 · Tabletop devices improved average sales per party by 1% and corresponded to a profit boost of $1 million per month at a full-service casual restaurant chain, according to a study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Management Science. Used to speed up customers’ wait times and turnover, the tablet technology allowed customers to ...
How restaurants are bringing tech to the table in 2021
WEBJan 28, 2021 · Restaurant experts and operators agree that amid fluctuating COVID-19 spread, which in turn seesaws dining room restrictions and consumer comfort level with eating indoors, it’s difficult to predict. But it’s clear that technology will transform traditional aspects of the full-service dining room in 2021 and beyond to cater to new diner ...
Uber Eats adds contactless ordering for pickup, dine in
WEBSep 11, 2020 · Uber Eats launched a dine-in/pick-up contactless order feature on Friday, according to an email sent to Restaurant Dive. The pickup feature is available nationwide while the dine-in element is currently in eight markets and will be expanded into cities as dining rooms recover. Customers can scan a QR code provided at a restaurant or find the ...