I recently had the pleasure of viewing a fascinating documentary all about how New York City gets fed. Turns out it’s a little more complicated than, “Everyone just goes to SeamlessWeb, clicks on the food they want, and it arrives.” This documentary, titled “24 Hours, 24 Million Meals,” shows a day in the life of [...]
Celebrities Caught Eating in Public
Us Weekly has been telling us for years that stars are “just like us,” but not until now have we really believed it. Who among us hasn’t grabbed a meal on the go and scarfed it down without a moment’s thought about what they looked like doing it? Apparently many celebrities like to eat out [...]
The Delivery Debate
Given that you are reading this blog, you are probably familiar with ordering delivery food (especially ordering delivery food online!). But as it turns out, not everyone has been convinced yet that delivery is an essential service for restaurants to offer, in particular, for quick-service (aka fast food) restaurants to offer. The practice is spreading [...]
Adios Amigos
For those of you have not yet heard, we wanted to let you know that the Burritoville chain of Mexican restaurants closed last week. Burritoville has been a great partner of SeamlessWeb’s for many years at all of its locations and we are sad to see them go. Here’s wishing all the best to Jonathan [...]
SeamlessLinks
Why is it so hard to find high-end Chinese food? [Wall Street Journal] A long-time fan learns how to slice sturgeon at Russ & Daughters on the Lower East Side [New York Times] Calling all “Oyster Professionals” to a “shuck-off” at the Grand Central Oyster Bar [Grub Street] New “healthy” breakfast foods from Starbucks [Serious [...]
The Blogging Business
As the SeamlessWeb blog approaches its one year anniversary (a little less than a month away, in case you want to buy us a present), I wanted to reflect briefly on the nature of corporate blogging, even though I’ve only been at it for a short time. I want to make it clear to all [...]
Turkish Delight
As part of a continuing effort to keep you informed about food delivery around the world, we have brought you news from India, China, and the Middle East. This time, we have news from Turkey after reading an article by a Harvard Business School student who spent his summer interning in Istanbul. He worked for [...]
How do you find information about restaurants?
We hope that you look it up on SeamlessWeb. But at least we know that you most likely find this information on the internet. According to a recent poll by AIS Media, 89% of consumers across the United States research restaurants online. This means that it is more important than ever for restaurants to make [...]
Online Food Delivery in the Middle East
As we discussed a couple of weeks ago, the idea of online food delivery has been spreading around the world. In that post, we looked at India and China, while in this post, courtesy of the information in this article, we will discuss the United Arab Emirates (think Dubai), Egypt and the rest of the [...]
Fast Food Bans in California
Just about one month ago, a Los Angeles City Council committee voted to ban all new construction of fast food restaurants in South Los Angeles for one year. Now, in a similar manner, the San Jose City Council is proposing a comparable citywide moratorium, as a move toward healthier living spreads across the country (or [...]