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Launch of Lunchbox Essential

Review frow TC editor, Haje Jan Kamps, on Lunchbox's Series B pitch deck

Nabeel Alamgir sits down for an interview with Kate Rogers to talk about the future of restaurants in the metaverse.

Lunchbox announces the launch of Lunchbox Zine, a new print publication that's addressing the latest issues happening in the food and restaurant industry. It will be the first produced and printed publication from the Lunchbox Publishing House.

Lunchbox announces the launch of Lunchbox Rails, the first advanced all-in-one integrations system for managing third-party online ordering built for operators. The company also unveiled the Lunchbox Scholarship Fund - a new program that provides financial support to workers in the restaurant industry who are interested in furthering their education.

Nabeel Alamgir attends the Food on Demand Conference in Vegas and announces the launch of Lunchbox Rails.

Lunchbox announced that each of its products have been selected as a digital partner by Papa Gino’s.

Lunchbox, a collection of modern and creative online ordering solutions for enterprise restaurant chains and ghost kitchens, today announced the closing of a $50 million Series B funding round led by Coatue with participation from existing investors Primary and 645 Ventures as well as executives from DoorDash, Sweetgreen, and &pizza.

Lunchbox unveiled an updated logo, visual identity and website.

Lunchbox is buying small online restaurant marketplace Spread as it looks to build a more restaurant-friendly version of giant aggregators like DoorDash and Grubhub.

C3’s newest culinary community now comes with an app focused on generating first-party orders. The operator of more than 200 ghost kitchens and brick-and-mortar restaurants partnered with Lunchbox to create the Citizens Go mobile app, allowing customers to order food for pickup directly from their ghost kitchen, bypassing third-party marketplaces.

In recent years, New York City restaurants have complained about the fees that third-party ordering and delivery platforms, such as Grubhub and DoorDash, charge them. Those concerns have only escalated during the pandemic, when dining spots have become more dependent on meals to go for their financial survival.

If there's one thing that makes Nabeel Alamgir fume, it's watching eateries pay exorbitant fees to tech companies. In an industry known for razor-thin margins even in ideal circumstances, third-party platforms like GrubHub and Uber Eats can charge commissions of 15 to 30 percent per transaction.

Former NYC restaurant operators have launched a website to drive guests to restaurants only offering first-party ordering.

With many restaurants forced to rely entirely on the delivery and takeout business during the pandemic, there’s been a lot of discussion about whether the industry can survive while paying hefty fees to delivery platforms like Uber Eats and Grubhub.