The best
food apps in Toronto really do fulfill a practical need.
Not exact matches
It's based on a scene from the show Silicon Valley,
in which character Jian - Yang creates an
app that can identify photos of
food — but only as «hot dog» or «not hot dog.»
Rolled out to U.S. junk -
food junkies
in mid-2012, the campaign generated close to 4 million flavor ideas through a Facebook
app and SMS.
Yum China, under new boss Micky Pant, is facing a cocktail of challenges
in China: a slowing fast -
food market, the rise of
food delivery
apps creating an online price war, and a lack of local franchise partners.
New Yorkers are probably already familiar with the
food delivery service Seamless, but
in San Francisco there's a Seamless - like
app for everything.
Fast
food lovers
in the area can order anything off the menu through the UberEats mobile
app or website, and either pick it up themselves or have a courier make the delivery.
Uber has been testing the
food - delivery service inside of its main
app for the better part of the past 18 months, but it then launched as a standalone
app available
in Toronto, Wired reported last month.
In a new app update the company rolled out in August, users were shown two options at the top that they could toggle back and forth between: a car - hailing option, which includes UberT, UberX, UberBLACK, UberPool, and, interestingly, UberRush, along with a food - delivery optio
In a new
app update the company rolled out
in August, users were shown two options at the top that they could toggle back and forth between: a car - hailing option, which includes UberT, UberX, UberBLACK, UberPool, and, interestingly, UberRush, along with a food - delivery optio
in August, users were shown two options at the top that they could toggle back and forth between: a car - hailing option, which includes UberT, UberX, UberBLACK, UberPool, and, interestingly, UberRush, along with a
food - delivery option.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture created the
app FoodKeeper, which informs consumers on how long an apple can last
in the fridge, for example, and proper
food storage techniques to extend shelf life.
Alibaba has purchased the remaining 57 % stake of China
food delivery
app Ele.me it doesn't already own, bringing the
app's valuation up to $ 9.5 b. Tech companies such as Alibaba and Tencent, which has invested billions of dollars
in Meituan - Dianping, are eager to cash
in on China's growing online
food delivery market, which is expected to grow 18 % to 241 billion yuan ($ 38 billion) this year.
Food delivery
apps are gaining ground
in China, thanks to backing from the biggest Internet firms.
Though
apps are not expensive to develop, their viability lies
in getting people to use them and finding a way to monetize them, which can be tricky, said Mike von Massow, a University of Guelph associate professor specializing
in food and hospitality.
Why it's hot: Chick - fil - A rolled out a popular
app last year that lets customer order and pay for their
food, and the company has been expanding to new territory
in the Northeast.
However, online
food delivery is seen as a «winner takes all» game as most users usually only download and use one
app, meaning there is only enough space
in most markets for one or two major players, underlining the need to build scale quickly.
Many of the possible
apps the two co-founder brothers described during a press briefing seemed to focus on interactive mobile games like scavenger hunts,
in which fans can get rewards for performing certain actions during a sporting event, like buying some
food or tickets.
In the coming year, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group will launch Radisson Red, whose mobile app will allow for check - in, food orders and concierge chat
In the coming year, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group will launch Radisson Red, whose mobile
app will allow for check -
in, food orders and concierge chat
in,
food orders and concierge chats.
From charred desserts to the proliferation of delivery
apps, here are some developments
in the
food world to watch out for
in the coming months.
Says Michael Williams, director of strategy and growth at Wine»n Dine, a
food and restaurant
app based
in New York City: «We don't want to craft a culture.
«Rescuing all these small amounts of
food can really add up,» said Feeding America's Fraser, who notes that the program is now
in the midst of being beta - tested as an
app.
Owners can use the
app to book lots online, update their menu and send out social media blasts, and there's a Point of Sale system built
in specifically for
food trucks.
The customer
app can locate nearby
food trucks
in real - time, view their menu and prices, order, pre-pay and track for a quick pick up.
Yes, enough Kraft
Food devotees are actually paying to be marketed to on their beloved iPhones that the company's iFood Assistant is now one of the device's 100 most popular paid
apps, and No. 2
in the lifestyle category.
Didi's new
food delivery service will put it
in direct competition with Meituan, China's top O2O titan that itself added a car - hailing function to its
app in February this year.
Now, enterprising brands are getting
in the pot partnership game —
in honor of 4/20,
food delivery
app Eat24 now has 10 branded strains at the Vapor Room, a San Francisco delivery - based medical marijuana dispensary.
San Francisco - based ride - hailing company Uber Technologies Inc. will soon launch its on - demand
food delivery
app, UberEATS,
in...
Uber will expand UberEats, its on - demand
food delivery service, with a dedicated
app and expanded delivery options across several cities
in late March.
«
In a world where everything for sale through an app (think electronics, taxis, food) is synonymous with vastly cheaper prices than physical stores, this exercise often simply resulted in higher outright discounts with every passing week,» Singh sai
In a world where everything for sale through an
app (think electronics, taxis,
food) is synonymous with vastly cheaper prices than physical stores, this exercise often simply resulted
in higher outright discounts with every passing week,» Singh sai
in higher outright discounts with every passing week,» Singh said.
The problem is even more apparent
in Uber's
food - delivery
app, UberEats.
«What we are seeing now is about 20 percent of all tender
in the U.S. is paid for through that mobile
app and through the digital experience and now with mobile order and pay we are seeing rapid adoption of the ability to order your
food and beverage items from your mobile phone and have those paid for pickup,» Johnson added.
«Munchee conducted the offering of MUN tokens to raise about $ 15 million
in capital so that it could improve its existing
app and recruit users to eventually buy advertisements, write reviews, sell
food and conduct other transactions using MUN,» said the SEC.
Startup companies that offer
food delivery services via an
app are growing
in popularity as consumers fall
in love with the ease of placing an order on their phone.
Alibaba launched Hema, its digitized physical supermarket chain where shoppers use a mobile
app for online orders and
in - store purchases of groceries or freshly prepared
foods, as well as research products while shopping and pay digitally or with facial recognition.
Agarwal had earlier invested
in medical
app Curofy, crowdfunding platform Wishberry, marketing platform SilverPush,
food - tech startup InnerChef and developer startup AppVirality, besides other tech startups.
These words, printed
in white letters on a black T - shirt, are the foundation of Laurel resident Luke Roberts» new mobile
app, which raises funds for
food to serve students
in need and their families through a Maryland...
The tests of the drones were conducted
in the campus of the startup Intuit, where workers at the 4.3 - acre area would use the
app for Starship's drones to order
food, WIRED reports.
The makers of the Pareup
app recognized a basic problem
in the
food retail model: Many supermarkets want to protect their brands by getting rid of disfigured produce or items that are approaching their «Best if used by» dates.
To enter to win, diners must use the hashtag #fathomtravelsbhcw at one of the restaurants participating
in Culinary Week when they post their
food photos on Dysh
app (April 4th - 8th).
-- Instantly access tasting notes, scores, prices, recipes and
food pairings — Search 150,000 wines at liquor stores across the country — Track your purchases
in your virtual cellar with just a few clicks — Create a wine journal with your own wine notes and pictures
in the
app — Share your wines and pairings on Twitter and Facebook
Are major
food producers participating
in creating these
apps?
In 2015, Premier ProduceOne was the first food distributor in Ohio to roll out an ordering app for smart phone
In 2015, Premier ProduceOne was the first
food distributor
in Ohio to roll out an ordering app for smart phone
in Ohio to roll out an ordering
app for smart phones.
As well, brands like Tandoor Chef are dabbling
in the use of simple
apps to bring consumers closer to the
food.
Food producers are now required to indicate where animals were born and raised on their packaging, but mobile
apps can provide so much more detail into where your meat came from, what chemicals are used
in the fields that grew your lettuce and whether the products were sourced locally.
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just got the book today & got the
app a few weeks ago and started following the
food suggestions on the
app, ate more of the right
foods in the luteal phase (thats where i was when i download the
app) and the menstrual phase and i already noticed a difference!!!
I use the
food diary
in the
app, MyFitnessPal, to do this for myself.
Swedish
food waste
app Karma has landed
in the UK, with 50 of London's restaurants and eateries signing up for the opportunity to sell surplus
food to the public and reduce the amount of edible
food needlessly thrown away.
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Of course, some of the most important
food apps are not about ordering everything
in advance.
Companies like Domino's, Taco Bell, Papa John's, and Chipotle have either launched or are
in the process of launching
apps that allow customers to order
food on - the - go.