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Olo in the news with their Q4 results. What's the thinking behind the Omnivore acquisition and Olo Pay?
https://bit.ly/3C0wUrR

Menu innovation coming from influencers. Do restaurants need an innovation team anymore?
https://bit.ly/3vnSJR2

BlackBox released some information regarding January traffic slowing. Do inflationary pressures indicate this will become a trend in 2022?
https://bit.ly/3BUibyM

The next gadget for your home could be in the walls by your front door. High's Fresh Portal is trying to achieve something here akin to delivery lockers
https://bit.ly/36N5ZEw

Chris Comparato, CEO of Toast was on Yahoo Finance talking about restaurants doing more with less. He said 'restaurants can do a better job with driving revenue'. The one stat that stood out is that per employee at a Toast enabled restaurant is doing 4.5% more orders per hour than in 2020.
https://yhoo.it/33ZFBpW

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Mondelez released some fascinating stats on the state of snacking:
https://bit.ly/3gEsLjy

DoorDash the bank?
https://bit.ly/3Bf382e

Technology acquisitions at the heart of some of Yum's Q4 results:
https://bit.ly/3uPawQH

Convenience driving buyers towards online grocery occasions, not COVID.
https://bit.ly/3sUvwmL

McDonalds and Panera file trademark NFT's for the metaverse. Err what is this all about?
https://bit.ly/3LuLnkb

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Check out our thoughts and views on the world of restaurants, technology, and off-premise food in our round-up of some of last week's hot news stories.

Articles mentioned in the video:

Why does no-one talk about Google in the Restaurant ordering space?
https://bit.ly/3HpcCdz
https://bit.ly/3gozHB4

QU Survey Results:
https://bit.ly/3gof6gf

DoorDash Double Dash story is an interesting story of innovation and leveraging data:
https://bit.ly/3uuiPBu

Virtual Kitchen Operator - the deep dive into the considerations of operating amidst a tight labor market:
https://bit.ly/34f3Z7c

Dominos pick up tips:
https://bit.ly/3HAgNTV

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Check out our thoughts and views on the world of restaurants, technology, and off-premise food in our round-up of some of last week's hot news stories.

Articles mentioned:
Is TikTok Kitchens over before it even began?  + McDonald’s campaign promotes customer menu hacks:
https://bit.ly/34liTrS
https://bit.ly/3AG7Gyv

Stephan Soroka put a report out about the state of labor and the gig economy around the world and talked about this term 'algorithmic transparency' which proposes that gig workers should be able to see behind the curtain of how and why they are utilized in the way they are:
https://bit.ly/3r962Ca

NextGen Mailboxes were featured by FoD and a company called DroneDek - what's piqued your interest here?
https://bit.ly/3Hc6g1d
https://bit.ly/3HjE3FO

The NRA has told Congress that 46% of restaurants did not receive the RRF grant could close without support. How will this play out?
https://bit.ly/3GcupDx

Pizza Hut debuted a fully automated robot powered restaurant:
https://bit.ly/3s42lwQ

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Check out our thoughts and views on the world of restaurants, technology, and off-premise food in our round-up of some of last week's hot news stories.

Articles mentioned:
Go Puff Proprietary Line:
https://bit.ly/3AvNRtG

Smaller modular buildings for Cluster truck as they try a new means to scale:
https://bit.ly/3Kz5Ioc

2022 sales excluding inflation showing an uneven recovery:
https://bit.ly/3tPJtnP

Combo Kitchen named #1 in the Ghost Kitchen category for Entrepreneur’s 2022 Franchise 500 list. Who are they?
https://bit.ly/3ItrIPc

Muncho is cooking and delivering pizza's within 7 minutes in vans and has a 50% repeat rate from current customers. Are they on to something? 
https://bit.ly/3GSSoZv

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Check out our thoughts and views on the world of restaurants, technology, and off-premise food in our round-up of some of last week's hot news stories.

Articles mentioned:
Starbucks video in the WSJ shared some interesting stats.
https://on.wsj.com/3FqSdDe

TGI Friday's launches Fridays on the Fly and Reef partnering with Denny's.  Why are they altering their market planning strategy and moving away from their suburban roots?
https://bit.ly/31WiF9U

Beijing Olympics serving up food differently at the Olympics. Is it a gimmick or a real pathway to alternative bussing.
https://cbsloc.al/3ftMcLa

Foxtrot brought in $100m in Series C funding with expectation of opening 25 new locations in 2022. What differentiates them from the typical c-store?
https://bit.ly/3zYdAue

CES this year in Vegas had a number of themes shared by food-management's article. 
https://bit.ly/3tqyEbH

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Check out our thoughts and views on the world of restaurants, technology, and off-premise food in our round-up of some of last week's hot news stories.

Articles mentioned:
Half of US consumers now using meal delivery says Bloomberg’s Second Measure

Dispatch Goods received $3.7m in funding this week and they’re a packaging company with a difference.

Sweetgreen are helping us get our new year’s resolutions off to a good start with their new subscription service

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In our final Monday Minute podcast of the year, Meredith and Carl discussed their forecast for 2022 based on their readings from a plethora of industry insiders and executives shaping the change ahead. Here’s their take on the changes that affect the key 10 stakeholder groups within the industry. 

Article References:

Restaurant Industry Outlook For 2022: Five Trends To Watch

7 Restaurant Back-of-the-house Predictions for 2022

- Better tech integration
- Clocking enforcement
- Increased focus on wellness
- More reliance on mobile
- Training, resources, updates,
- Adoption of restaurant technologies
- A shift in staffing to meet customer demands
- Ghost Kitchens

7 Restaurant Experts Predict 2022 Trends | QSR magazine

2022 Predictions: A Look at What Awaits Hospitality Tech Next Year (and Beyond) | Modern Restaurant Management | The Business of Eating & Restaurant Management News

- Tim McLaughlin (CEO and Founder of GoTab)
- Restaurants will invest in bridging e-commerce and real commerce
- Marketplaces will become expensive for consumers and operators
- Hybrid services models will become the norm
- More consumer payment method turf  wars|
- Breakfast becomes even more essential

2022 Predictions For The Restaurant Industry Include Sustained Off-Premise Business, Increased Menu Innovation
- DTC to continue to outpace all other distribution channels
- Everyone seems to be taking part in this phenomenon, even farmers! 73% of consumers recently bought groceries online.

Biggest Dining Trends off 2022, According to Chefs | Food & Wine
- Restaurants will be open fewer days of the week
-Menu prices will continue to rise
- As Menu's continue to shrink
- Restaurant operators will diversify their business models
- Tips will be pooled
- Cancellation policies will be stricter
- Hyper local goes more hyper local
- Cody Cheetham, executive chef of Tavernetta in Denver says "Supporting the local food movement will not only be a trend, but a necessity due to the disruption of the supply chain."
- More chef collabs
- Local Food delivery services
- High end Fine dining is back
- Food will be personal and unapologetic
- Comfort food is sticking around
- Live-fire cooking will get even hotter (open fire cooking)
- Alcohol free cocktails will keep booming as will fermented drinks
- Outdoor dining here to stay
- Seeds will be used more and more to replaces nuts.
- Potato Milk is coming

Predictions For The Food & Beverage Industry For 2022 And Beyond

Food and restaurant trends for 2022 include robots, sustainability | SmartBrief
- Robots in restaurants
- Streamlined menus
- Booze free beverages
- Plant based foods and sustainable packaging
- Heritage cooking - Baum & Whiteman as a top trend. Otherwise known as ancestral eats. Searches on Filipino authentic recipes are up 35%. South African up 150%.

What to expect from emerging restaurant concepts in 2022 | Nation's Restaurant News
- Smaller eating spaces designed with style
- Robots are coming - on the streets (CoCo, nuro, Fly )
- Cuisine Variety
- Social media apps are blending
- Increase in digital channels
- Improvements in packaging
- Restaurant model changing
- Drop in high-end dining

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Check out our thoughts and views on the world of restaurants, technology, and off-premise food in our round-up of some of last week's hot news stories.

Articles mentioned in the video:

Big time of year for catering and Christmas parties. So timely perhaps that Softbank are investing again in our space and this time with catering through EzCater and a $100m round. Things looking up for catering?

Burger Fi are pioneering the in-car ordering channel. Sounds pretty convenient? What’s happening here?

Olo & Lyft announced a partnership this week opening up a whole new fleet of drivers. Is this good news for restaurants?

TikTok kitchen is launching in March. Just another virtual brand?
Bloomberg Article
Restaurant Business Article

Christmas gifting through food can be a great consumer idea but it also is of great benefit to restaurants.

Check out our thoughts and views on the world of restaurants, technology, and off-premise food in our round-up of some of last week's hot news stories.

Articles mentioned in the video:

Restaurant menu price inflation hit a 39-year high in November. What does this mean for restaurants?

Miso Robotics has raised $37m and its done it through crowd-funding. What do you think about this approach and their potential?

Doordash are trying 15 minute delivery and full time drivers - and then Getir are coming to these shores too. Who are they and what is this hyper fast model all about?
Pymnts Article
Progressive Grocer Article

Wonder launched this week, and some liken it to the now closed ‘Zume Pizza’. Who are they and what’s your take on whether the time is right now for such a concept?