Chowdeck, a Lagos-based food delivery startup that has stayed profitable in a notoriously tough and low-margin market, has raised $9 million in Series A funding to launch a quick commerce strategy and expand into more cities in Nigeria and Ghana.
Yum China posted rising revenues and profits for the most recent quarter, growing even as Chinese consumption continues to be sluggish and as Trump's trade war shakes up global economies.
A restaurant in Sikar, Rajasthan, had an AI-generated dish description stating, 'Small, itchy, blister-like bumps caused by the varicella-zoster virus,' instead of 'Chicken Pops.' This bizarre output demonstrates AI's current limitations in accurately interpreting food descriptors.
Cool and wet weather made for a challenging May in hospitality, but deliveries have provided a brighter spot for restaurants. Nevertheless, growth of 1.8% is not enough to keep pace with inflation.
However, we recently noticed that our spending had gotten extreme. At the beginning of the year, we were ordering dinner to be delivered several days a week.
"Amazon Prime customers are a very engaged customer cohort," says Jamil Ghani, Amazon's worldwide vice president of Prime. More than nine out of 10 orders on Amazon.com or in the app are coming from Prime members returning to the order experience, the company says.
