The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched action for Foodora Sham Contracting – labelling workers as independent contractors rather than workers. What does it mean for Restaurants and what does it mean for the gig economy?
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Menulog Delivery Drivers ad. Menulog plays catch up to UberEats. Is it too little, too late?
It looks like Menulog has started their mooted trial of the Menulog Delivery Drivers position in an effort to catch up to UberEats and Deliveroo. Recent ads on Gumtree suggests that they will commence delivery Business strategy is about skating to where the puck is...
read moreRestaurant Disintermediation – Disrupting the Restaurant Industry Disruptors
Disintermediation occurs when there is a decrease in the use or number of intermediaries between producers and consumers. Restaurant disintermediation is the decrease in the use of companies that exist between a restaurant and their consumers. Who are the Restaurant...
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Just Eat writes down Menulog by $321,000,000 – shares slide 12%
Just Eats shares have slide 12.56% after releasing a pre-tax loss of £180 million, (AUD $321,000,000). It also announced that it was going to invest £50 million in rolling out further delivery services in the UK, Australia, and Canada. Just Eat 2017 Profit results...
read moreOur Restaurant OnLine Ordering (FROLO) now supports SMS!
The team at Marketing4Restaurants is proud to announce that you can now get your orders on the Free Restaurant OnLine Ordering (FROLO) system from your smartphone via SMS. Thanks to our hardworking developer team, you can now set up SMS notifications for you and your...
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Time to break up with your online ordering Frenemy?
On January 18, 2018, the Sydney Morning Herald ran an article that described online delivery giants as “business partner they never wanted.” The big 4 Food online ordering aggregators, Menulog, Deliveroo, UberEats and Foodora (Foordora isn’t that big in...
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21 Best Restaurant Podcasts for 2017
Why have restaurant podcasts been more popular in 2017? Because people in the restaurant industry are always on the go. And for restaurant owners, the most “free time” they have is in the car, on their way to—you guessed it—the restaurant. That’s when they find the...
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Menulog and its impact on Australian diners as food quality declines
Menulog, the UK owned Restaurant order aggregator, has continued to grow through 2017 and the impact that it is having on Australian consumers is becoming more apparent as more Restaurants are impacted by Menulog. Menulog merged with Eat Now in 2015 and shortly after...
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Love Takeaway runs into issues with email marketing and it’s kickstarter campaign
It looks like Love Takeaway, (not to be confused with lovetakeaway.com, the UK-based business), has run into trouble with its kickstarter campaign. The campaign was listed yesterday as having been suspended by Kickstarter. The campaign, which had intended to raise...
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Dark kitchens and your restaurant business – How to make it work for you
Deliveroo is planning to roll out 200 ‘dark kitchens’ across Britain, Australia, the Netherlands, and Dubai before Christmas. In this article, we discuss what dark kitchens are, where the concept came from, and how they operate. We look at how dark...
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