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Food on Demand episodes

  • Episode 23: Pump Prices Hit Delivery Drivers + Jason Chen of JustKitchen

    In the 23rd episode of the Food On Demand Podcast, hosts Tom and Nick interview Jason Chen, the CEO of JustKitchen, a Taiwanese ghost kitchen brand that's now expanding into North America. They also cover Starship raising $100 million, DoorDash buying Bbot, the possible implosion of Buyk and the impact of rising gas prices on delivery drivers.

    42 min
  • Episode 22: Robots in the Kitchen, Robots on the Go + James Walker of Buyk
    In the 22nd episode of the Food On Demand Podcast, hosts Tom and Nick interview Buyk CEO James Walker about scaling the ultra-fast grocery category. They also dive into DoorDash providing financing for restaurants, White Castle bringing Flippy bots into its kitchens, Grubhub partnering with 7-Eleven on convenience and Coco expanding its robotic delivery service to Austin.
    44 min
  • Episode 21: Ghost Kitchens under the Microscope + Zhong Xu, CEO of Deliverect

    In the 21st episode of the Food On Demand Podcast hosts Tom and Nick talk about the latest big DoorDash acquisition, ghost kitchen operational issues and Uber's new all-encompassing membership program. They also interview Zhong Xu, founder of order integrator and delivery experience company Deliverect about the competitive restaurant technology space, where the market is going and novel delivery use cases from across Europe.

    42 min
  • Episode 20: Meredith Sandland and Carl Orsbourn, authors of "Delivering the Digital Restaurant" + Food On Demand Conference 2021

    In the 20th episode of the Food On Demand Podcast, hosts Tom and Nick give a brief preview of this year's Food On Demand Conference, and interview Meredith Sandland and Carl Orsbourn, authors of "Delivering the Digital Restaurant," about delivery providers diversifying their offerings, the convergence of the grocery and restaurants, and how these changes will show themselves in the build form of suburbia.

    41 min
  • Episode 19: Delivery Drones on the Rise + Dirk Izzo of NCR

    In the 19th episode of the Food On Demand Podcast, hosts Tom and Nick talk with Dirk Izzo, president and GM of NCR's hospitality division. They also cover Toast's IPO, Alphabet's Wing hitting the 100,000 drone delivery milestone, the rise of local delivery co-ops and the ongoing Proposition 22 debate about delivery drivers.

    44 min
  • Episode 18: The Delivery vs. Dine-In Challenge + David Bloom of Capriotti's

    In the 18th episode of the Food On Demand Podcast, hosts Tom and Nick talk with David Bloom, Chief Development and Operating Officer for Capriotti's and Wing Zone. They also cover DoorDash's new Full Service model that allows restaurants to outsource everything—even the cooking—at its ghost kitchens, WoodSpoon landing $14 million in funding, and the Food On Demand team's delivery price inflation test comparing the cost of delivery to dining in.

    50 min
  • Episode 17: Summer of 2021 Delivery Trends + Rishi Nigam of Franklin Junction
    In the 17th episode of the Food On Demand Podcast, hosts Tom and Nick talk with Rishi Nigam, co-founder and CEO of Franklin Junction, which pioneered the host kitchen model bringing outside brands into under-utilized kitchens. They also cover Just Eat Takeaway finalizing its purchase of Grubhub, the rise of instant grocery delivery, Snackpass landing a big-dollar investment and delivery volumes remaining stable as we move into the peak of summer.
    52 min
  • Episode 16: Drone to Table + Bobby Healy of Manna and Brody Sweeney of Camile Thai Kitchen
    In the 16th episode of the Food On Demand Podcast, hosts Tom and Nick talk with Bobby Healy, founder of Manna, a drone delivery as a service provider, and Brody Sweeney, director, Camile Thai Kitchen, about their ongoing work delivering meals to customers in Ireland. They also cover Olo's IPO, DoorDash suing Olo, Fuku's rough delivery-only debut in Houston and the staying power of virtual restaurants as the pandemic slowly recedes.
    57 min
  • Episode 15: The Permanent Appeal of Delivery + Nabeel Alamgir of Lunchbox

    In the 15th episode of the Food On Demand Podcast, hosts Tom and Nick talk with Nabeel Alamgir, founder and CEO of Lunchbox. They also dive into the rise of software platforms specifically designed for virtual restaurants, DoorDash acquiring Chowbotics, and also how their own dining and delivery habits are permanently changed because of the pandemic.

    49 min
  • Episode 14: Celebrity Virtual Restaurants + Geoff Alexander of Wow Bao
    In the 14th episode of the Food On Demand Podcast, hosts Tom and Nick talk with Geoff Alexander, president and CEO of Wow Bao and a managing partner at Lettuce Entertain You. They also cover the National Restaurant Association's new guidelines for delivery providers, an Ohio city hiring its own delivery drivers, and the rise of celebrity-backed virtual restaurants.
    47 min

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Food On Demand connects the foodservice industry's mobile ordering and delivery pacesetters and covers the ongoing transformation of how consumers discover, shop, order and consume food in a digital…