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Fast Food Giant McDonald's McDelivery is Now Available Through DoorDash

Today, fast food giant McDonald’s announced that it’s partnering with DoorDash. The company hopes to widen the reach of its McDelivery service to customers. McDelivery with DoorDash will start on July 29 with 200 locations in Houston, Texas. McDonald’s will also be added as an ordering option to DoorDash’s monthly subscription service, DashPass. Nearly a million DashPass members pay […]

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Giant Retailer Walmart uses Virtual Reality to Test New Store Managers

Retail giant Walmart is using virtual reality headsets to assess which employees have the aptitude for middle management positions. For the past 3 years, Walmart has been working with STRIVR, an immersive performance training startup company to design and manage Walmart’s virtual reality training using $250 Oculus Go VR headsets. (Oculus is owned by social

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Battle of the Giant Fast Food Fried Chicken Titans: McDonald's versus Chick-Fil-A: Chicken Sandwich Edition

McDonald’s has a chicken sandwich problem, namely Chick-Fil-A’s signature fried chicken sandwich. Yesterday, the board of the National Owners Association (NOA) sent an email to McDonald’s calling for the chain to create a southern style chicken sandwich to compete with Chick-fil-A. NOA was created in 2018 and consists of more than 400 U.S.-based McDonald’s franchisees.

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CBRE Reports on the Grocery Store of the Future

At the end of June property management giant CBRE put out the second installment of their ‘Food in Demand’ report which examines the state of the US grocery industry and how changes will impact industry players and their real estate strategies. The report considers all non restaurant food stores as ‘grocery’ so that means markets, convenience stores, warehouse

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Giant Retailer Walmart's Investing $1.2 Billion in China

Walmart recently announced that it’s investing 8 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) in logistics for its business in China. Walmart which has been in China since 1996, is facing growing competition from local rivals and online retailers. Walmart plans to spend the money to boost grocery deliveries. They have also created a plan to build or upgrade distribution

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E-Commerce Giant Amazon's Deal with Digital Delivery Service Deliveroo is On Hold

Recently we discussed Amazon’s $575 million investment in UK based food delivery startup Deliveroo,  how Amazon has struggled in the food service delivery arena and how Amazon Restaurants was shutting down. Speculation by industry watchers was rife that Amazon was going to use Deliveroo to gain a presence and foothold in the digital delivery market. As of this week, UK regulators

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Mexican Fast Food Chain Taco Bell Hosts 'The Bell' A Taco Bell Themed Resort

American-Mexican fast food chain Taco Bell is opening a hotel for a limited time this summer. ‘The Bell’ in Palm Springs, CA will be open 4 nights beginning August 8th. According to the Taco Bell website, all rooms are currently sold out. In 2012 Taco Bell introduced the slogan Live Más (“Live More”), and for Taco Bell fans, staying at the hotel

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