DoorDash unveiled a merchant AI stack spanning self-serve onboarding (35% faster), shoppable video, photo editing tools (AI Retouch, AI Replate, Match the Style), branded website builders and automated marketing — extending its push from delivery into a full local commerce operating system.

PYMNTS Retail · 5/15/2026, 2:18:50 AM

Top 500 chains are leaning on ezCater and Olo to industrialize catering, with Bojangles posting catering AUVs 10x its mealtime average, McAlister's clearing $1B in catering sales, and Cracker Barrel's off-site mix reaching 20%. With 91% of workplaces signaling flat-to-higher catering budgets in 2026, the channel is emerging as a core growth engine.

Restaurant Business · 5/15/2026, 1:55:24 AM

Chaac Pizza Northeast, operator of 111 Pizza Hut locations across NY, NJ, MD, DC and PA, alleges Yum's mandated Dragontail AI kitchen and delivery system stretched Rack Time from 5 to 20 minutes and pushed deliveries to 30-45+ minutes, breaching the franchise agreement and triggering $100M+ in losses.

Restaurant Business · 5/15/2026, 1:54:28 AM

Coresight's Week 1 earnings roundup flags a widening performance gap. Amazon, Aritzia and DoorDash delivered standout revenue growth, while Primark, Coty and Beiersdorf flagged margin compression and softening demand—an early read on consumer bifurcation entering 1Q26.

Coresight Research · 5/15/2026, 1:33:27 AM