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Get your retail delivery ready for the holidays with these practical tips from DoorDash merchants.

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How to Get Your Last-Mile Delivery Ready for the Holidays

From local retail delivery to longer sales seasons, here's what experts are predicting for this year’s holiday season.

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5 Things Retailers Can Expect During the 2022 Holiday Season

Explore how this restaurant became a small-town favorite, earning Most Loved on DoorDash in 2022 and growing sales 25%. 

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How Damas Mediterranean Grill Became Most Loved on DoorDash

Learn how a retail delivery order works with DoorDash as your delivery partner.

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How Does Retail Delivery Work on DoorDash?

Find out how DoorDash works for food trucks, and learn about key features that set up food truck operators for success.

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How DoorDash Works for Food Truck Delivery

Temperatures are cooling, and retail sales are heating up. Here’s how two merchants are preparing for the busy holiday season in creative ways with free gifts, retail delivery, and more.

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How Local Retailers Can Prepare for the Holiday Rush

Bakery owners are often thinking about new ways to promote and grow their businesses. Learn how easy it can be with these six strategies.

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How to Increase Bakery Sales and Expand Your Business

Learn how alcohol delivery works for restaurants, wine shops, specialty liquor stores and more with DoorDash as your delivery service partner.

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How Does Selling Alcohol on DoorDash Work?

The pandemic changed the game for alcohol retail and delivery. Here’s how to make the most of these trends to drive profitability and sales.

The Top 5 Alcohol Trends that are Here to Stay Post-COVID

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This blog will share a short list of the most popular summer alcoholic drinks that restaurant owners can add to their menu. 

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The Best Alcoholic Summer Drinks to Add to Your Menu

Learn how offering on-demand delivery from your app or website keeps customers happy while taking care of logistics.

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How On-Demand Delivery Can Benefit Restaurants & Other Small Businesses

Explore the journey of a delivery order and understand how DoorDash works for restaurants. 

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How Does DoorDash Work for Restaurants? 

Discover how this family-owned restaurant pivoted during COVID-19 to increase growth with Storefront promotions.

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How Señor G’s Used Storefront Promos to Boost Sales and Attract Customers

Learn how this fast casual chain is rewriting the delivery process with self-serve pickup racks.

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How Portillo’s is Streamlining Operations with Pickup Racks

Learn how Fishers Foods found new customers and grew delivery sales with DoorDash.

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How Fishers Foods Expanded Grocery Delivery with DoorDash

Learn how this Perth-based restaurant group strategically launched—and exponentially grew—their DoorDash partnership.

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How RoyAl’s Chicken and Burgers Increased DoorDash Orders 150%

Food delivery is here to stay. Learn the 7 benefits of offering a food delivery service for your restaurant—and how to get started today.

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7 Advantages of a Food Delivery Service for Your Business 

Ensure alcohol delivery orders get to customers safely and swiftly with these packaging and transportation best practices.

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Alcohol Delivery: Merchant Tips for Packaging

With delivery and pickup now essential offerings in today’s market, here’s how you can kickstart your off-premise food and alcohol sales.

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Navigating Off-Premise Food and Alcohol Operations in 2022

There are many benefits to offering third-party delivery and pickup. Keep reading to learn how a DoorDash partnership can grow your business.

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How to Partner with a Third-Party Delivery Service

Learn how this regional pizza chain increased its average order volume by reaching a new segment of high-value customers.

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How Westside Pizza Grew Sales with DoorDash Self-Delivery

Learn how this immigrant- and woman-owned luxury dog treat brand connected with customers in a contact-free world.

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How MISHKA Luxury Dog Treats Grew Business 7X

Learn how this Oakland-based convenience store grew incremental sales by adding alcohol delivery to their offerings.

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How Savemore Grew Alcohol and Convenience Revenue

Explore the latest floral industry trends to help your flower delivery service bloom.

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Floral Industry Trends to Watch

Learn how this Austin restaurant opened during COVID-19 and partnered with DoorDash with their own delivery team.

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How Cocky Teriyaki Grew their Business with DoorDash Self-Delivery

Learn how this Utah-based bakery expanded their delivery and pickup offerings.

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How Hruska's Kolaches Increased Overall Sales by 10% with DoorDash

Learn how this Toronto-based fast casual restaurant optimized their off-premise business.

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How Naan & Kabob Grew Monthly DoorDash Sales by 19%

Ensure a seamless Dasher pickup with these tips from restaurants including Yolk, Naan & Kabob, and Hruska’s Kolaches, as well as Dasher Leo Ney.

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10 Restaurant Tips to Improve the Dasher Pickup Experience

Running a restaurant has never been easy — and as off-premise sales continue to rise, we want to make sure your restaurant is equipped to meet the needs of your customers, staff, and the evolving landscape.

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How to Streamline Your DoorDash Operations

Learn how Self-Delivery works, allowing you to list your business on DoorDash while fulfilling deliveries with your own fleet or Dashers when you need them. 

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How Self-Delivery Works: Use Your Drivers and Dashers

Discover how this family-owned business was able to drive online visibility with the help of the DoorDash team.

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How Pizza Salvatoré Increased Off-Premise Revenue by 45%

Find out why this Quebec City restaurant teamed up with DoorDash to expand their business.

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How Fromagerie Victoria Reached New Markets with DoorDash

This Montreal-based Middle Eastern restaurant discovered creative new revenue streams during COVID-19.

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How Sumac Grew Monthly DoorDash Sales by 493%

Learn how this Ohio Valley family restaurant embraced technology to add innovative revenue streams.

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How Scaffidi Restaurant Group Increased Monthly Deliveries by 1,850%

Learn how this Australian supermarket partnered with DoorDash to reach new customers.

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How IGA Nollamara Increased Delivery Sales by 250% with DoorDash

Learn how this Australian quick service restaurant partnered with DoorDash to enable delivery ordering through its own digital platforms.

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How Roll’d Increased White-Label Delivery Sales by 177% with On-Demand Delivery

According to recent research, the rise of food delivery has become a major trend among consumers. 

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The Rise of Food Delivery Services: Why Consumers Order In

Learn the steps it takes to build your own delivery fleet or partner with a third-party food delivery service when adding delivery to your restaurant. 

Adding Delivery to Your Restaurant: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Learn how this Florida-based casual dining chain transformed their business overnight.

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How Smokey Bones Drove 288% Growth with Delivery

Looking to ensure food quality in off-premise orders? Learn how to optimize your restaurant menu and operations for takeout and delivery food quality.

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How to Optimize Food Quality for Off-Premise Orders

You can get more business with less effort with food delivery services. Learn all about why you should consider food delivery for your restaurant.

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Why Your Restaurant Should Offer Food Delivery

Read why this Chicago-based upscale brunch restaurant made online delivery a key part of its business strategy.