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Voice AI, Mobile pick up lanes and getting Phygital with the Tillster Report.

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. Voice Ordering heating up

2. Getting Phygital with Kiosks

Tillster  Phygital Index Report

3. Cloud Kitchens closing locations

4. How restaurants are using AI

5. Chick Fil'a expanding nationwide rollout of mobile pick up lanes

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Generative AI cookies, Catering & Pizza Vending on the rise, and Deliveroo merges fulfilment channels. 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. The ongoing rise of pizza vending 

2. Doordash building its own virtual salad brand

3. Deliveroo combining grocery & prepared food delivery 

4. Catering on the rise again 

5. Generative AI hits the cookie trade

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Dine in is out at McDonalds, The Losers of the Mr Beast Fight and GoTab adds $18M to the check. 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. DoorDash and Uber continue to grow?  Or do they? 

Related Articles: 

Uber Announces Results for Second Quarter 2023 

Grocery e-commerce sales will remain under pressure into 2024  

2. Consumers are specializing in channels...and restaurants are starting to, too 

Related Article:

A look at Taco Bell’s new Go Mobile design 

3. Fee fatigue likely to drive restaurant tech consolidation 

4. GoTab raises $18M 

5. Mr. Beast Burger Saga Continues...What's the impact?

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How inflation is impacting loyalty, Is big-tech stifling innovation and how is automation helping Sweetgreen see a 5 point hike in margins. 

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. Dine Brands partners with Franklin Junction to grow internationally through virtual brands 

Related Article: Red Robin pulls the plug on MrBeast Burger and its own virtual brands 

2. Paytronix shares how restaurants are adjusting loyalty to deal with inflation 

3.  Juicer is helping restaurants communicate value to their guests 

4. Chowly's CEO pushes for ongoing restaurant tech innovation 

5.  Sweetgreen's infinite kitchen

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Delivery Math, Avocado Peeling and Domino's join the marketplace party.
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. Buffalo Wild Wings dropping their takeout fee
2. Domino's going forward with 3PD and Uber
3. Delivery apps have a math problem
4. Avocado peeling - the answer
5. More virtual brand culling


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Doordash unveils new app updates and pay changes. 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.

1. Doordash unveils new app updates and pay changes
https://bit.ly/3PGfMRk

2. Customers becoming more accepting of automation
https://bit.ly/448Yd0y

3. Burnt Toast
https://bit.ly/3rcXgFS
https://bit.ly/3JIRQZs
https://bit.ly/3JIajp1

4. Are virtual brands dead? The industry weighs in.
https://bit.ly/3JHMVYG

5. Ovation funding round complete
https://bit.ly/3r6DCet

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Nextbite’s next chapter, More layoffs in restaurant tech and Netflix has a pop-up in LA. 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.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:41 c3 gobbles up NextBite
4:30 Delivery survey debunks some myths
8:38 Olo and Grubhub layoffs - should we be concerned?
13:32 Netflix serving up celebrity chef food
16:04 The end of the latest Zume

Articles mentioned in the video:
1. c3's hungry for NextBite
https://bit.ly/3PhEpTW
https://bit.ly/3JHuB2f
https://bit.ly/447wjSi

2. Delivery myths debunked
https://bit.ly/447wlto
https://bit.ly/42LHZJd

3. Layoffs continue and what does this mean for the future?
https://bit.ly/42Kl5BV
https://bit.ly/42MX7py

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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
• Robert Earl’s virtual restaurants grow as others fall by the wayside

 3. Tip frequency changes reflected in Paytronix report

• Tipping Point 

4. 

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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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