There was once a time when going to a restaurant meant breaking bread with a leisurely meal. But that was before our over-busy lifestyles got in the way. Now Uber Eats is inviting diners in some cities to order food ahead of time, go to the restaurant, then sit down inside to eat, thereby saving precious minutes of waiting time. Is this...
All the meatballs, cinnamon rolls, and herring that hungry shoppers grab in Ikeas around the globe really add up—so much so that Ikea claims to be the world’s sixth largest food chain. Now the company is testing food delivery from stores in Paris. The trial includes delivery of its Swedish foods—which include salads, salmon, beets, and cabbage—...
Domino's Pizza, the largest pizza company in the world, and Nuro, a robotics company, are partnering on autonomous pizza delivery using a custom unmanned vehicle known as the R2. The Domino's fleet will serve select Houston Domino's customers who place orders online. Once they have opted in, customers can track the vehicle via the Domino's app...
The huge growth in the number of craft breweries on both sides of the Atlantic has coincided with more people choosing to drink less alcohol, or even none at all. This has resulted in a big increase in the number of alcohol-free or low alcohol beers of all styles being available to buy, particularly in the UK. And many taste pretty good. Sales...
Craft beer drinkers are looking for goodness that won't put them down the next day and many brewers are responding with low-alcohol drinks packed with flavor. One example is Britain's Small Beer Brew Co which has added a 2.5% ABV Session Pale to its family of low-alcohol beers. With a “sociable” ABV, Session Pale has been developed to provide...
A bar without booze sounds like an oxymoron, like an aquarium without fish or a bakery that doesn’t serve bread. But in cities like New York and London, where bars often function as second living rooms for apartment dwellers with little space, an alcohol-free nightlife option can appeal to people who, for whatever reason, would prefer not to...
Britain is pressing ahead with the world's first plastic tax. It will hit plastic manufacturers that fail to include 30 per cent recycled content. It will also provide a huge boost to the recycling industry by massively increasing demand for recycled plastic. Treasury Secretary Robert Jenrick said: 'Every single day we're all polluting the...
If a bar doesn’t serve alcohol, is it really a bar? If a beer doesn’t get you buzzed, is it really a beer? As alcohol purveyors and entrepreneurs seek to cash in on the trend of healthy beverages, twists on nonalcoholic adult drinks are popping up everywhere. The idea of a spirited beverage without the spirits is appealing to today’s sober...
For those who want to know exactly where their pizza is as it leaves the store, Domino's is testing GPS delivery driver tracking in 27 corporate-owned stores in the Phoenix, AZ area. If you order from one of the locations conducting the test can track the location of your order and delivery driver on a map displayed on the order confirmation...
McDonald's is inching closer to getting fully on board the meatless burger bandwagon with a new version in one of its biggest international markets. The burger chain is now selling a vegan burger, the Big Vegan TS, in Germany, one of its five leading international markets. Nestle is making the meatless patty for McDonald's. The plant-based...