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Which style of pizza is the best? We still have free tickets to the Pizza Summit and Florida Restaurant Show November 6th-7th. If you want to come last minute - give us a shout!

Will you be eating endless pizza at the Pizza Summit next week? WE WILL. You can find us at booth #243 - come say hi to Alex Winokur and?JP Moynihan #Pizzasummit #Pizzasummit2024 #DeliveryInnovation #PizzaDelivery #DeliveryManagement #PizzaIndustry #Pizzeria #Pizza #restaurantbusiness #restauranttech #restaurantowners #restaurantdelivery #restaurantindustry #restaurantowner #floridarestaurantshow

We had a blast at the #CateringWorkshop. Thanks so much to the teams at Off Premises Growth Academy and Networld Media Group for throwing a great event. Here are a few takeaways. Most of these were seeded in Erle Dardick's keynote and echoed throughout the conference. The keynote was authentic, relatable, fun, and informative. 1. In the pandemic, Sodexo & Aramark closed down their “corporate kitchens” and NEVER reopened them - huge opportunity for restaurants to fill the gap! —> Jason’s Deli did a single $1.5million order this year, and needed 120 locations to fulfill it!??? 2. What does the math look like for 125 unit chain? —> $42Million = 125 units X 48 weeks X 5 days per week X $14 average per person X 25 people per average order X 4 orders per day per location??? 3. CTOs are building all their technology infrastructure to “talk to” their POS systems —> however POS systems were primarily designed for on-prem, and secondarily for off-prem (i.e. delivery, let alone catering)? —> In fact, POS systems are getting in the way of scaling your catering business, they don't have the integrations with catering marketplaces, catering fleets, prep sheets to different teams, and other critical workflows. ?? 4. Catering is not a project, it is a whole new business unit and should be invested in accordingly —> Will the Chief Catering Officer please stand up????♀? 5. Scaling Catering doesn’t require a POS — it requires an ERP System — Enterprise Resource Planning —> Don’t be surprised to see ERP systems becoming a new slice of the Food-Tech Landscape????? 6. Catering is a great way to show off your hospitality —> Pick up the phone, do the delivery, show clients who pay big money that you care, and they'll keep coming back for more ???? ??♂? Great spending time with old colleagues and making new ones! Alex Winokur Quinn McKenna Nader Samadyan Preet S. Matthew Benzel Ted Copeland Mo Asgari Tanner Baughman Chris Ruiz Terry Matthews Tracy Avolio Kelly Grogan ???????? David "Rev" Ciancio ???Zack Oates?? Thanks for having us! Cherryh Cansler

??♂? ??♀? ROoOoOoOLL CALLLLL. Will you be attending the Restaurant Catering Workshop next week? WE WILL. Our co-founders Andrew Nakkache & Alex Winokur at the event - come say hi, and learn more about our new catering product –? FEAST! #Catering #RestaurantCateringWorkshop? #DeliveryInnovation #cateringdelivery #DeliveryManagement #RCWorkshop #CateringInnovation #restaurantbusiness #restauranttech #restaurantowners #restaurantdelivery #restaurantindustry #restaurantowner #foodservicetech

Balancing the benefits of receiving orders from third party delivery platforms with the downside of lower margins has become increasingly difficult for restaurant owners. Andrew Nakkache, CEO and cofounder of FIRST Delivery, walks through the most important things to keep an eye on through this process and drops some incredible strategies to get the best of both worlds! All this and more on episode 16 of the #RestaurantRocketFuel podcast! Link in comments ?? #restaurants #restaurantmarketing #restaurantdelivery #restauranttech

??♀? ROLLLL CALLL ??♂?...Will you be at the National Restaurant Association Show Saturday through Tuesday? Alex Winokur and Andrew Nakkache will be there at booth #6478 in the tech pavilion. Come say hi to our co-founders and learn more about how FIRST can help you increase your delivery margins by up to 50% AND finally know who your best delivery customers are. #NationalRestaurantAssociationShow #DeliveryInnovation #PizzaDelivery #DeliveryManagement #PizzaIndustry #restaurantbusiness #restauranttech #restaurantowners #restaurantdelivery #restaurantindustry #restaurantowner #2024RestaurantShow #NRA2024?

Holy goop! The Food On Demand show this year was the best one yet. It was our 4th time exhibiting. Hats off to Jared Pfeifer, Bernadette Heier, and the whole team for making it happen Here are the top 5 takeaways we got from the show ?? : 1. ?? Virtual Brands can work, but… It needs the right mix of high quality food, 2. a good delivery experience 3. And the “right” Influencer to get inertia. MrBeast Burger alone isn’t enough. Hats off to Gwenth Paltrow and the whole goop Kitchen team and CloudKitchens 2. ?? Every brand wants customers to order direct, but… When an issue happens, they want the customer to call Doordash or Uber. This is due to 2 key factors - 1. They lack control over the delivery experience; 2. They don’t have the tools to be proactive or reactive to customer issues. 3. ?? Restaurants can get their customer data and use 3rd parties as “lead generation” and still have DoorDash and Uber fulfill their deliveries, but.. Restaurants don't seem to care enough? 4. ?? The best way to grow deliveries is to reduce “defects”, but.. Restaurants and technology providers largely only solve issues after the fact (if at all), rather than preventing them in the first place.?Great point Travis Kalanick. 5. ?? As delivery grows post-pandemic the relationship between restaurants and 3P is contentious but.. Everyone is at the table to figure out how to pave a path to a future with happy P&Ls and happy diners. After all, if it weren’t for DoorDash, Uber, and Grubhub, this conference wouldn't exist Our mission at FIRST Delivery is simple — make delivery sustainable for everyone - restaurants, marketplaces, fleets, diners, and drivers. #FODC2024 ?#FoodOnDemand: #DeliveryInnovation #PizzaDelivery #restaurantdelivery #restaurantindustry #restaurantowner

What's one panel you will not miss at Food On Demand this week? Well…it depends, but for us we are interested in the panel about…. The New Reality of Delivery-Only Models ?? ? Way back in 2015, we were shipping empanadas out of our college apartment, under the name of “el chapo’s empanadas” .. lets just say, it was short-lived… ?? Ghost Kitchens and virtual brands are getting a bad rap. Why, well we think because they have largely been pushed into the market by “Tech Bros” ???? instead of Restaurant Operators as our client and panelist Markus Pineyro, has shared with us ??? Meredith Sandland, Empower Delivery ?? Nick Kiouftis, California Fish Grill ?? Markus Pineyro, OOMI Digital Kitchen ?? Erik Frederick THURSDAY | MAY 9, 2024 1:00 p.m. Discover more about the event: https://lnkd.in/eipnYxfy Good work putting this one together, Jared Pfeifer, we see you ?? (p.s. yes we like emojis, who doesn't? ?? )

Going to Food On Demand? Where should we go to eat?! ?? Best Burgers? ?? Best Fried Chicken? ?? Best Thai? ?? Best Indian? ?? Best Pizza? ???????? David "Rev" Ciancio any ideas?! #foodondemand #FODC2024 #restaurantdelivery

??♀? ROLLLLLL CALLLLLLL ??♂? ...Will you be at the Food On Demand Conference next week? Alex Winokur and Andrew Nakkache will be there at booth #723. Come say hi to our co-founders and learn more about how FIRST can help you increase your delivery margins by up to 50% AND finally know who your best delivery customers are. #FoodOnDemand #DeliveryInnovation #PizzaDelivery #DeliveryManagement #PizzaIndustry #restaurantbusiness #restauranttech #restaurantowners #restaurantdelivery #restaurantindustry #restaurantowner