Today in food commerce, Just Eat Takeaway CEO Jitse Groen denies that the company is looking to sell Grubhub, and Blue Apron CEO Linda Findley discusses leveraging automation to boost profitability in an interview with PYMNTS. Plus, DoorDash reportedly adds a fee for McDonald’s that prepare orders too slowly.
Takeaway.com Chief Denies Plan to Sell Grubhub
Just Eat Takeaway CEO Jitse Groen has said the company’s plan to delist its shares from the Nasdaq doesn’t mean it’s planning to sell Grubhub. The company announced the delisting Tuesday (Feb. 8). At the time, Groen said it was a “cost-reduction measure” and that Just Eat is looking into various strategies for Grubhub’s future.
Blue Apron CEO: Shortening the Supply Chain Can Boost Meal Kit Profitability
“We have a huge amount of automation,” Blue Apron CEO Linda Findley told PYMNTS in an interview. “We have world class equipment in the facilities… We actually have the ability without a significant amount of capital infrastructure to lean into scale and growth and complexity for the next couple of years.”
DoorDash Reportedly Puts Pressure on McDonald’s With Slowness Fee
In the ongoing power struggle between restaurant aggregators and the merchants on their platforms, DoorDash has found a new way to get the results it wants out of its restaurants. The aggregator will begin to impose higher fees on McDonald’s restaurants that prepare orders more slowly.
Data Reveal Economic Anxieties Pose a Loyalty Opportunity for Restaurants and Grocers
The share of consumers taking it month by month financially is on the rise, and this increase in economic anxieties could have an impact on how they get their food needs met. Research from the latest edition of “The New Reality Check: The Paycheck-To-Paycheck Report,” found that, at the end of the year, 61% of the U.S. population were living paycheck to paycheck.
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