restaurants

Exclusive: LivingSocial Launches “Room Service” Food Delivery (Cloth Napkins Included)

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 15, 2011 at 12:01 am PT

The company is also launching a poorer-man’s option called Instant Ordering, which will offer takeout and delivery from a wider selection of restaurants.

Why Travel-Related Mobile Ads Are Taking Off on the iPad

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on September 28, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

Frequent travelers are increasingly turning to their iPads to book flights, get directions, find the best local restaurants, reserve a hotel room or rent a car, according to a study being released today.

OpenTable Offers Meals at 30 Percent Off for $10 Fee

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 25, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

OpenTable will now offer Groupon-like discounts for people who book discounted dinner reservations through its site.

Savored Is a Groupon Competitor That Feeds Off Merchants’ Fears About Groupon

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 21, 2011 at 1:23 pm PT

A New York start-up believes it has a solution for high-end restaurants that like the idea of filling empty tables, but are terrified at what a coupon deal might do to its everyday business.

BlackboardEats Chops Fees on Groupon-Like Deals Because Free is Better

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 19, 2011 at 5:45 am PT

BlackboardEats, which is Groupon with a twist, is scaling back the amount it charges for a restaurant coupon from an already low price of $1 to absolutely free.

Staplers, Anyone? Even More Daily Deal Sites Emerge, This Time Targeting the Enterprise.

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 3, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

The group-buying space has rapidly expanded from offering general items such as spa treatments and restaurant discounts to items aimed at more refined niches, like families and travel. There’s even the Chosen Deals for Jewish singles on JDate. Another emerging category is now targeting small-to-medium-size businesses.

A Day in the Life of a Salesperson on the Front Lines of the Group-Buying Frenzy

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 2, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

Groupon and LivingSocial have ballooned into major corporations over the past year, hiring thousands of local salespeople who try to convince local merchants into participating in the latest fad: group buying. While other sales positions have been hit hard by the recession, it turns out not every one is losing out. The daily deal phenomenon is creating thousands of new sales opportunities–and the hunt is on for trained workers with the contacts and experience.

Exclusive: LivingSocial Adding Real-Time Discounts Soon to Mobile Apps

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 1, 2011 at 10:24 am PT

Over the next couple of weeks, LivingSocial tells us, it will be adding real-time discounts to its mobile applications to enable consumers to search for discounts at nearby restaurants on the fly.

Don't Want to Sign In to Yahoo? That's Okay, Use Your Facebook or Google ID.

Liz Gannes in Social on January 18, 2011 at 11:12 am PT

Yahoo this week will begin allowing users to participate on its properties without signing in to a Yahoo account. It’s a significant move for the company, which had for a long time incessantly popped up login screens whenever visitors tried to do seemingly anything on the site.

Putting Social to Work: Sustainable Seafood Mapping

Liz Gannes in Social on December 15, 2010 at 7:00 pm PT

In the new Seafood Watch app from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a feature called “Project FishMap” allows users to tag restaurants and markets across the United States to note what specific sustainable seafood is offered, and earn (of course!) virtual badges for their contributions.