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Westchester Man Sentenced For Firing AK-47 At Food Delivery Driver Westchester Man Sentenced For Firing AK-47 At Food Delivery Driver
Westchester Man Sentenced For Firing AK-47 At Food Delivery Driver A Westchester County man has been sentenced to five years in prison for firing an AK-47 at a food delivery driver last year. Perry Foy, age 38, of Yonkers, was sentenced on Friday, June 24, for firing numerous times at a pizza delivery driver whom he did not know. “There will be zero tolerance for terrorizing communities with dangerous weapons like AK-47s,” Westchester County DA Miriam Rocah said. “As I outlined in my recent Gun Safety Plan, our top priority is getting illegal guns off our streets with a promise that my office will vigorously prosecute those who commit gun crimes."  On Sa…
MrBeast Burger, Delivery-Only Fast-Food Restaurant Chain, Catching On In NY MrBeast Burger, Delivery-Only Fast-Food Restaurant Chain, Catching On In NY
MrBeast Burger, Delivery-Only Fast-Food Restaurant Chain, Catching On In NY A delivery-only burger chain created by a YouTuber with millions of subscribers is catching on in New York. MrBeast Burger was created by Jimmy Donaldson, who has more than 94 million subscribers on his MrBeast YouTube channel, in partnership with Virtual Dining Concepts. The business operates out of other restaurants' kitchens, and its burgers are available to order through food delivery apps. The menu includes burgers, chicken sandwiches, and Impossible burgers.  The locations have expanded across the United States, including an expanding number of locations in New York. According…
Friendly’s Opens First Fast-Casual Cafe Friendly’s Opens First Fast-Casual Cafe
Friendly’s Opens First Fast-Casual Cafe Restaurant chain Friendly's has launched its first fast-casual cafe.  The company announced that it has opened its first "Friendly's Cafe" in Hampden County, Massachusetts.  The eatery is located at 291 East Main St. in Westfield. It opened on Saturday, Feb. 26, representatives said.  The 2,700 square-foot location seats 45 guests. Guests can either order directly at the counter or use a QR code at the table to have food delivered, Friendly's said.  Orders can also be placed online and either delivered or picked up at designated "to-go" areas. "Friendly's Cafe de…
Popular Food Network Star Launches Take-Out Only NY Restaurant Popular Food Network Star Launches Take-Out Only NY Restaurant
Popular Food Network Star Launches Take-Out Only NY Restaurant Food Network star Guy Fieri has a new delivery/take-out-only restaurant in New York. “Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Kitchen” in Colonie, just outside Albany, opened on Thursday, Feb. 25. Flavortown is uniquely fit for service during a pandemic. It will be take-out only and chefs will operate out of a “ghost kitchen.” A ghost kitchen is when a business operates out of an existing restaurant. The upstate location marks the host of “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives’” second restaurant in the state. The other is in Times Square. Over the past month or so, Fieri has opened 120 similar delivery-only, gho…
Rockland Ambulance Crew Makes Food Delivery After Driver Involved In Crash Rockland Ambulance Crew Makes Food Delivery After Driver Involved In Crash
Rockland Ambulance Crew Makes Food Delivery After Driver Involved In Crash A crew of Rockland paramedics were in the holiday spirit a little early when they helped out the victim of a car crash by delivering food he was on the way to drop off. The incident took place on Monday evening in Spring Valley when members of the Rockland Paramedic Services responded along with Ramapo Police to a motor vehicle accident in Spring Valley, said the Ramapo Police. After assessing one of the patients, who is a food delivery driver, the ambulance crew decided to deliver the food after the man expressed concerns about not being able to complete his delivery.  One of the crew…
Westchester-Based Nestlé Acquires Prepared-Meal Delivery Service For $950M Westchester-Based Nestlé Acquires Prepared-Meal Delivery Service For $950M
Westchester-Based Nestlé Acquires Prepared-Meal Delivery Service For $950M Westchester-based Nestlé has pledged nearly a billion dollars to expand its packaged food delivery options for customers. Nestlé announced that it has closed a deal to acquire Freshly, a meal delivery service that operates across the country, for $950 million, and could pay an additional $550 million if Freshly hits certain growth targets and benchmarks. Founded in 2015, Freshly delivers a menu of fresh, chef-cooked meals to customers that “break down the barriers to healthy eating by delivering nutrition and convenience at scale,” the company announced. Freshly currently ships more than a…
Chipotle's First Digital-Only Restaurant Will Be In Hudson Valley Chipotle's First Digital-Only Restaurant Will Be In Hudson Valley
Chipotle's First Digital-Only Restaurant Will Be In Hudson Valley Cadets in West Point, New York will be among the first in the country to be able to test Chipotle Mexican Grill's new first-ever digital-only restaurant called the Chipotle Digital Kitchen.  Located just outside of the gates to the military academy in Orange County, the restaurant, located in Highland Falls, is open for pick-up and delivery only as of Saturday, Nov. 14. The new prototype will allow Chipotle to enter more urban areas that wouldn't support a full-size restaurant and allows for flexibility with future locations, , the company said. The Digital Kitchen concept is f…