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BECHMARK REPORT: THE MOST EFFECTIVE LOYALTY & PROMOTIONAL STRATEGIES
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INTRODUCING LUNCHBOX 2.0
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FIRE HOUSE SUBS CASE STUDY: CREATING A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THROUGH DIGITAL EXPERIENCE
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CHATGPT ARTICLE • CHATGPT AND AI
ChatGPT and AI for Restaurants: 9 Top Ways to Use AI to Grow Revenue
ARTICLE • TECHNOLOGY
Choosing the Best Restaurant POS System in 2023
ARTICLE • MARKETING
Restaurant Branding in 2023 (Ideas + Inspiration)
ARTICLE • TECHNOLOGY
Choosing the Best Kitchen Management Software in 2023
RESTAURANT GUIDE • TECHNOLOGY
Benchmark Report: The Most Effective Restaurant Promotional Strategies
ARTICLE • MARKETING
Best Restaurant Website Designs: Examples for Success in 2023
ARTICLE • FINANCE + METRICS
25+ Restaurant Industry Customer Statistics You Must Know for 2023
ARTICLE • INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
How To Calculate Restaurant Labor Cost In 2023
ARTICLE • RESTAURANT TRENDS
Restaurants Wrapped 2022: Industry Trends and Predictions for 2023
INDUSTRY LIST • TOP NYC RESTAURANTS
Top 20 NYC Restaurants with Online Ordering 2022
ARTICLE • PAID ADVERTISEMENT
Top 5 Converting Paid Ad Campaigns for Restaurant Marketing
ARTICLE • MARKETING
Choosing the Best Restaurant Online Ordering System in 2023
ARTICLE • INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
Restaurant Tech in 2023: Trends + Why It’s Important
TEMPLATES • PAID ADVERTISMENTS
Top 5 Converting Paid Ad Campaigns for Restaurant Marketing
TEMPLATES • EMAIL MARKETING
Top 6 Most Effective Email Templates to Drive Sales for Restaurants
EBOOK • TECHNOLOGY
Benchmark Report: The Most Effective Restaurant Promotional Strategies
ARTICLE • EMAIL MARKETING
Top 6 Most Effective Restaurant Email Templates to Drive Sales
ARTICLE • MARKETING
Lunchbox Live: 2.0 Ordering Experience
ARTICLE • MARKETING
The Salty Case Study
ARTICLE • MARKETING
Wing Shack Wings Case Study
ARTICLE • MARKETING
Sophie's Cuban Cuisine Case Study
ARTICLE • MARKETING
Mighty Quinn's Case Study
EBOOK • RESTAURANT SUCCESS
Firehouse Subs Case Study: Exceeding Guests' Expectations
VIDEO • TECHNOLOGY
Benchmark Report: The Most Effective Restaurant Promotional Strategies
ARTICLE • TECHNOLOGY
Lunchbox Unveils Lunchbox 2.0
EBOOK • MARKETING
The Email and SMS Playbook for High-Growth Restaurants
ARTICLE • TECHNOLOGY
Best Restaurant Loyalty Software in 2022 (Benefits + More)
ARTICLE • INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
9 Tips for Reducing Restaurant Food Waste
ARTICLE • TECHNOLOGY
Tighten Operations and Optimize Profits With Restaurant Software
ARTICLE • INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
Introducing Lunchbox SMB
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Lunchbox launches free online ordering system for independents
Launch of Lunchbox SMB
Pitch Deck Teardown: Lunchbox's $50 million Series B deck
Review frow TC editor, Haje Jan Kamps, on Lunchbox's Series B pitch deck
Meals in the metaverse a new frontier for restaurants?

Nabeel Alamgir sits down for an interview with Kate Rogers to talk about the future of restaurants in the metaverse.
Lunchbox Launches Food Tech Zine To Increase Understanding of Restaurant Sustainability
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 Launches Order Integration Tool
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.
How Can Restaurants Win Repeat Customers? Create an Emotional Tie, Loyalty Experts
Nabeel Alamgir attends the Food on Demand Conference in Vegas and announces the launch of Lunchbox Rails.
Papa Gino’s partners with Lunchbox to Innovate and Enhance its Digital Guest Experience

Lunchbox announced that each of its products have been selected as a digital partner by Papa Gino’s.
LUNCHBOX RAISES $50M WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SWEETGREEN, DOORDASH EXECS
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 launches website as part of rebranding
Lunchbox unveiled an updated logo, visual identity and website.
Lunchbox Buys Online Restaurant Maketplace Spread
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 PARTNERS WITH LUNCHBOX ON CITIZENS GO APP
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.
SOME NYC RESTAURANTS TIRE OF FORKING OVER DELIVERY-APP FEES
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.
HOW THIS FOUNDER IS HELPING RESTAURANTS RECLAIM THEIR POWER
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 BAREBURGER CMO LAUNCHES NOTGRUBHUB
Former NYC restaurant operators have launched a website to drive guests to restaurants only offering first-party ordering.
LUNCHBOX RAISES $20M TO HELP RESTAURANTS BUILD THEIR OWN ORDERING EXPERIENCES
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.