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The QR code is dead?, are Ghost Kitchens dying? And are Virtual Brands are on their last legs? All these headlines and more represent our thoughts and views on the world of restaurants, technology and off premise food in our round up of last week’s hot news stories - subscribe today to The Digital Restaurant and register at www.deliveringthedigitalrestaurant.com for more bonus content.

Articles mentioned in the video:
Articles mentioned in the video:
1. The QR Code is dead. Long live the QR Code

• Spoiler Alert: It's the QR Codes
• Steven Premutico's LinkedIn Post

2. Are ghost kitchens and virtual brands a pandemic fad that's passed?

• Ghost Kitchens Are Dying and Nobody Noticed
• VC funding for food and beverage plunging amid challenging environment, data shows

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Underground deliveries, Sweetgreen's got Spycy and what is your loyalty program costing you? All these headlines and more represent our thoughts and views on the world of restaurants, technology and off premise food in our round up of last week’s hot news stories - subscribe today to The Digital Restaurant and register at www.deliveringthedigitalrestaurant.com for more bonus content.

ARTICLES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

1. What is your loyalty program costing you? 

2. Sweetgreen's gone live with their first Spyce location 

3. Grubhub are handing out more customer information...with a difference 

4. Wendy's AI Google partnership & plans to test underground deliveries 

Wendy’s to test Google’s drive-thru chatbot in Ohio 

 Wendy’s latest test will have robots deliver food orders through tunnels

5. Deliverect acquires ChatFood 

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Articles mentioned in the video:

1. Food on Demand - Top 3 Headlines 

Related Article: 

Marketing Leaders Suggest Optimizing Brand Voice for Omni-Channel Guests 

2. Digital Restaurants heading to your TV  

3.  Lack of clear signage for big Fast Casual brands highlighted in new study 

Related Article: 

Emerging Experiences Study 

4. Are restaurants winning the first-party game? 

Related Articles: 

McDonald’s traffic soars despite menu pricing increases 

YUM! Brands' (YUM) Q1 Earnings Miss, Revenues Top Estimates 

5. DoorDash calling for price parity? 

Related Topic: Restaurant Distribution: Lessons to be Learned from the Hotel Industry: Part 2 by Sherri Kimes 

Read the full transcript here: https://www.deliveringthedigitalrestaurant.com/post/the-digital-restaurant-may-08-2023

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Dominos in car ordering, what stood out at RLC & NCR's cyber security attack.
All these headlines and more represent our thoughts and views on the world of restaurants, technology and off premise food in our round up of last week’s hot news stories - subscribe today to The Digital Restaurant and register at www.deliveringthedigitalrestaurant.com for more bonus content.

Articles mentioned in the video:
1. Domino's in-car ordering: https://bit.ly/40vLlPh
2. Big takeaways from RLC: https://bit.ly/43SRR5H
3. The Latest Tech Eco-system and what's changed from 2021: https://bit.ly/3mQ3t91
4. New Research shows how much markup occurs on 3rd party platforms: https://bit.ly/3UWtmAk
5. NCR cyber-security: https://bit.ly/41qNgpE

Get the full transcript here.

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Tortoise robots, How Gen Z is eating and how do the delivery app algorithms work?
All these headlines and more represent our thoughts and views on the world of restaurants, technology and off premise food in our round up of last week’s hot news stories - subscribe today to The Digital Restaurant and register at www.deliveringthedigitalrestaurant.com for more bonus content.

Articles mentioned in the video:
1. Are guests starting to feel the pinch of inflation?
https://bit.ly/3nYpC58

2. How do delivery app algorithms work?
https://bit.ly/3UCW2hX

3. Tortoise robots
http://bit.ly/3GwCrtE
https://www.tortoise.dev/

4. Gen Z survey sees a surge for Olive Garden and McDonalds
https://bit.ly/3UqppE4
https://bit.ly/40VWj1t

5.Uber cleaning up its virtual restaurant act
https://bit.ly/3MvieIB

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Pay with your Palm at Panera Bread, Customizable tech-forward stirfrying, and DoorDash accepting cash.
All these headlines and more represent our thoughts and views on the world of restaurants, technology and off premise food in our round up of last week’s hot news stories - subscribe today to The Digital Restaurant and register at https://lnkd.in/gnQZhv5a for more bonus content.

Articles mentioned in the video:
1. Does Reef OS represent an end to their version of ghost kitchens?
https://bit.ly/3no8lC3
http://bit.ly/42FutIh

2. Panera palm payment
https://bit.ly/3lIsBOh
http://bit.ly/3TH6OTP

3. Urban Wok - customize stirfry!
https://bit.ly/3TK22Vn

4. Qu’s State of Digital 8 Trends in 2023
https://bit.ly/3LOwdZP

5. How First Watch are deploying KDS technology
http://bit.ly/3nnXF6x

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BurgerFi's flying into new technology, Shef's nationwide expansion, and Olo's restaurant of the future.
All these headlines and more represent our thoughts and views on the world of restaurants, technology and off premise food in our round up of the last week’s hot news stories - subscribe today to The Digital Restaurant and register at www.deliveringthedigitalrestaurant.com for more bonus content. 

Articles mentioned in the video:
1. BurgerFi teams up with FlyBy
http://bit.ly/3FjHZaj

2. Amazon closing 8 Amazon Go locations
http://bit.ly/3lefbJt

3. Digital Menu Boards enabling dynamic pricing at Noodles & Company
http://bit.ly/3JBiLaf

4. Olo's Restaurant of the Future
http://bit.ly/3mRA1ic

5. Shef's national deployment plan since investment
http://bit.ly/3mBaObN

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Photographic AI, Doordash results and Toast continues the acquisition spree.
All these headlines and more represent our thoughts and views on the world of restaurants, technology and off premise food in our round up of the last week’s hot news stories - subscribe today to the Monday Minute and register at www.deliveringthedigitalrestaurant.com for more bonus content.

Articles mentioned in the video:
1. Doordash stock surges despite falling below analyst expectations
https://on.mktw.net/3ZmJpsb

2. Kiwibot gets more financing
http://bit.ly/3IZ634N

3. Toast acquires Delphi
http://bit.ly/3XZwCLb

4. Swipeby & Lunchbox adding photographic capability through AI
http://bit.ly/3KJJ7rk
- Lunchbox.io -  https://ai.lunchbox.io/

5. Panera's subscription model
http://bit.ly/3KO6m3o
- Restaurant subscriptions: Panera Bread, P.F. Chang's and others get in on a growing trend

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Couch Dining made easier with Roku & why independents should be excited for the Google/Toast deal. 
All these headlines and more represent our thoughts and views on the world of restaurants, technology and off premise food in our round up of the last week’s hot news stories - subscribe today to the Monday Minute and register at www.learn.delivery for more bonus content. 

Articles mentioned in the video:
1. Toast teams up with Google
http://bit.ly/3YH9QIP
http://bit.ly/3Yu1RiD
https://bit.ly/3S74uEV

2. Uber's Full Year results review
http://bit.ly/3IhJack

3. Chipotle's robotic makeline
https://bit.ly/3jLTyQi
http://bit.ly/3HRapJu

4. Chowly acquires Koala
http://bit.ly/3ROklIh

5. Roku partners with DoorDash
http://bit.ly/3jTIOPN

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Starbucks doubling down on delivery, Smart cooler doors and pizza subscription vlogs. All these headlines and more represent our thoughts and views on the world of restaurants, technology and off premise food in our round up of the last week’s hot news stories - subscribe today to the Monday Minute and register at www.learn.delivery for more bonus content. 

Articles mentioned in the video:
1. Delivery Growth Slows
https://bit.ly/3XMqt5N

2. In-store tech is getting as much of an upgrade as off-prem tech
http://bit.ly/3kOGIRt

3. Starbucks is doubling down on coffee delivery    
https://bit.ly/3WLwHlf

4. Follow Andrew's tech implementation journey
http://bit.ly/3RfjPT5
http://bit.ly/3WFN02N

5. How does the Brizo tech roadmap help restaurants?
http://bit.ly/3wyjJN7

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