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Foodiehall Wins Reader’s Choice for Best Takeout 2023

CHERRY HILL, N.J. /ScoopCloud/ -- Foodiehall won the South Jersey Magazine Reader's Choice award for Best Takeout in 2023. Each year, South Jersey Magazine holds its Best of the Best competition. People throughout the area submit votes for their favorite businesses in categories from barbershops to pet stores.

A huge portion of the Best of the Best contest, though, gets dedicated solely to food. With so many dining and delivery options throughout South Jersey, the competition is stiff.

Even so, Foodiehall was primed to win the Best Takeout award. Designed to serve patrons through takeout, delivery, and dine-in service, Foodiehall combines several different restaurants under one roof.

Specifically, people who order from Foodiehall have the option to choose from:

* Geno's Steaks, home of the best cheesesteaks in Philadelphia

* Simply Fowl, which specializes in chicken sandwiches

* Canting Wok and Noodle Bar, serving up high-quality Asian fusion cuisine and approachable street food

* DaNick's Craft Burgers, dishing up the classics alongside Beyond Burgers

* Criss Crust, blending Detroit-style pizza and artisanal pizza with gourmet toppings

* Dando Tacos, offering Mexican street food like birria and elotes

* Mac N Toastie, with plenty of grilled cheese and mac and cheese options

* Fornire Italian Kitchen, dishing up fine authentic Italian cuisine

* Junior's Doughnuts, with options like M&M and Bavarian Crème

Orderers can mix and match, too, choosing options from multiple restaurants in one single checkout without paying additional fees.

The Foodiehall team specifically designed the state-of-the-art Foodiehall kitchen to serve up high-quality dishes quickly. They serve the food in tamper-proof, ecologically friendly packaging that's safe to reheat.

Plus, with Foodiehall's Meal 4 Meal program, every meal ordered means a meal donated through Feeding America.

All of these factors came together to help Foodiehall secure the 2023 Best Takeout award in South Jersey Magazine's Best of the Best competition.

To learn more about Foodiehall or to try it for yourself, visit foodiehall.com.

About Foodiehall:

Foodiehall is a value-driven virtual food hall and delivery-only e-restaurant, offering an unprecedented array of exceptional cuisines in one delivery, sent directly to you from the state-of-the-art kitchen. The Culinary Director has carefully curated a series of menus that reimagine how delivery food should taste. Foodiehall delivers to Cherry Hill, Marlton, Mt Laurel, Voorhees, Maple Shade, Haddonfield, Moorestown, and the surrounding areas. And with the company's Meal 4 Meal program, every meal delivered is a meal donated through Feeding America.

Learn more at https://www.foodiehall.com/

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Foodiehall won the South Jersey Magazine Reader's Choice award for Best Takeout in 2023. Each year, South Jersey Magazine holds its Best of the Best competition. People throughout the area submit votes for their favorite businesses in categories from barbershops to pet stores.

Related link: https://www.foodiehall.com/

Is Your Food Delivery Safe? GrubGuard Provides Protection

WYANDANCH, N.Y. /ScoopCloud/ -- GrubGuard, a technology company founded in 2019 in Wyandanch, New York, has developed a patent-pending hardware and software solution, which aids in the protection of consumer food deliveries by reducing the risk of contamination and package tampering.

"GrubGuard is uniquely positioned to create a new category when it comes to securing consumer food orders and the method by which that food is delivered," stated GrubGuard CEO, Zachary Jones.

"We are aware that there are blind spots in the current food delivery service model. Simply put, GrubGuard is the champion for restaurants and guardian for consumers. We protect food deliveries with our tamper-proof technology that offers layers of security, allowing consumers to be notified if there is package tampering during the transit of their takeout," said Shaunta Jones, GrubGuard co-founder.

The intellectual property protecting GrubGuard's technology applies to a wide variety of food delivery packaging methods including, but not limited to, bags, boxes, clips and more.

"An introduction to Michael Nizich, Ph.D., the Director of the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center at New York Institute of Technology, proved to be exactly what we needed. They assisted in creating our functional electronic prototype, including the web application, which collects critical data and provides specific details of a potential packaging breach," shared Zachary Jones.

Dr. Nizich replied, "As a New York State Certified Business Incubator, it was an absolute pleasure for us at the ETIC at NYIT to help GrubGuard turn their idea into a functional prototype. Opportunities like this help our student engineers gain practical hands-on experience while helping regional economic efforts by helping companies like GrubGuard to succeed."

"Consumer safety is the biggest problem we face across Long Island and the country. The current pandemic, along with some unfortunate personnel infractions at delivery companies, has placed a demand for GrubGuard," said Shaunta Jones.

"Then in July of 2019, US Foods published a study* stating 28% of food delivery drivers who they polled had eaten from the orders they were delivering! And 85% of consumers questioned recommended adding tamper-evident labels or packaging. But, let's be honest, it's a bit late once the food has been compromised," added Shaunta Jones.

*REF: https://www.usfoods.com/our-services/business-trends/2019-food-delivery-statistics.html

Zachary Jones states, "We knew our instincts were correct and that the GrubGuard system would be crucial in maintaining the initial integrity of food deliveries by notifying the restaurant and the customer that the delivery was compromised. This technology must be utilized. Especially now, during the Covid-19 pandemic. It needs to be the new standard for today's delivery economy."

GrubGuard(TM) is currently exploring commercialization, licensing and partnership opportunities.

About GrubGuard:

GrubGuard was founded by New York-based, African-American inventors and entrepreneurs, Shaunta and Zachary Jones. GrubGuard isn't their first invention, nor their last. As lifelong innovators, this couple has always been passionate about creating solutions to improve the lives of others. Advocates for the underserved, they seek to create opportunities of growth, and increase diversity in innovation and entrepreneurship through the power of intellectual property. In addition, they desire to help close the economic gap that exists in communities of color. They are the parents of three but aim to inspire many more.

For more information, visit: https://grub-guard.com/

Certificate Pending: MWBE

* PHOTO link for media: https://www.Send2Press.com/300dpi/20-0728s2p-jones-grubguard-300dpi.jpg
* Photo Caption: Shaunta and Zachary Jones, GrubGuard Co-founders.

Media Contact:
Kerry Gillick-Goldberg
KGG Enterprises, LLC
kerry@kggpr.com
516.455.3179

GrubGuard, a technology company founded in 2019 in Wyandanch, New York, has developed a patent-pending hardware and software solution, which aids in the protection of consumer food deliveries by reducing the risk of contamination and package tampering.

Related link: https://grub-guard.com/

Restaurant Delivery Report – Nearly 1,000 Independent Restaurant Operators Share Profitability and Challenges with Delivery

PHOENIX, Ariz. /ScoopCloud/ -- RestaurantOwner.com's published results of their 2019 Restaurant Delivery Survey focuses on the growing trend of restaurant delivery and summarizes input gathered from nearly 1,000 independent restaurant owners and operators regarding their experiences with self-delivery and third-party service providers, and their insights regarding restaurant delivery.

This report is available at: https://www.restaurantowner.com/RDS2019

Survey Results:
Restaurant delivery has become available in most independent restaurants, with 57% of operators offering some form of delivery. Moreover, 16% of the operators without delivery plan to add the service within a year. Of operators who offered delivery, 31% used only third-party services, 12% operated in-house delivery services, and 14% relied on both third-party and their own service. DoorDash (47%), UberEats (44%), and GrubHub (40%) are the top three third-party delivery services used in independent restaurants.

The majority of urban (67%) and suburban (57%) independent restaurants offered delivery, whereas most restaurants located in rural (70%) or resort/tourist destinations (71%) did not.

Profitability continues to be a concern for operators considering delivery. Most operators (86%) reported that delivery was profitable, and sales from delivery orders are growing, with operators reporting delivery sales growth from 9% three years ago to 16% of sales today.

Most operators (67%) were satisfied with their third-party delivery service. Of operators who weren't, 26% cited the high commission fees as the cause of their dissatisfaction. These fees ranged from 21-30% of the sale for most operators who contracted with a third-party delivery service.

"Delivery is not without challenges. Incorrect orders, too many third-party providers, and long delivery times were challenges for more than 70% of operators," said CEO Jim Laube.

Operators also shared that the lack of access to guest information when using many third-party delivery services was a problem. Other challenges and direct quotes from operators appear in the 2019 Restaurant Delivery Survey Report.

About RestaurantOwner.com:
Since 1998, RestaurantOwner.com has provided training and resources to independent restaurant owners and managers who want to improve their leadership and business management skills to create a higher quality guest experience, greater employee engagement and better financial results.

Information: https://www.restaurantowner.com/.

RestaurantOwner.com's published results of their 2019 Restaurant Delivery Survey focuses on the growing trend of restaurant delivery and summarizes input gathered from nearly 1,000 independent restaurant owners and operators regarding their experiences with self-delivery and third-party service providers, and their insights regarding restaurant delivery.

Related link: https://www.restaurantowner.com/