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The Digital Restaurant

Carl Orsbourn

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The latest on technology affecting the restaurant industry - for better and for worse.

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How is spatial computing going to affect restaurants?

The Digital Restaurant

Feb 12, 202425:20pending

Revolutionizing Pizza Delivery: Stellar Pizza's Robotic Trucks Speed into the Fu...

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Feb 6, 202412:31pending

Will the Rabbit R1 impact restaurants?

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Jan 29, 202426:41pending

Holistic Technology: Build Digital Ecosystems for Growth - An Investor's Perspec...

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Jan 22, 202419:06pending

Drone Delivery Is Happening Now

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Jan 15, 202424:21pending

DISRUPT YOURSELF: Building the Future of Restaurants with Digitally Native Brand...

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Jan 9, 202424:11pending

What is set to have an amazing 2024?

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Jan 1, 202426:33pending

Be Guest Centric: Shake Shack's Art of Merging Hospitality with Digital Integrat...

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Dec 26, 202324:12pending

Masters of the F&B Universe (F&B tech leaders reflect on 2023 and forecast 2024)

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Dec 18, 202319:07pending

Grow Topline: Virtual Restaurants and their untapped potential

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Dec 12, 202326:58pending

The Ghost Kitchen Pivot, The Blurring of FoH & BoH and why should restaurants ke...

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Dec 4, 202320:20pending

Optimizing Throughput: Unlocking Restaurant Complexities and Innovations with Ro...

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Nov 28, 202321:32pending

Vegetarian Automation, The End of Lunch and Meyer’s not Qu’ing his investment i...

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Nov 20, 202318:02pending

Mine Data: Mastering the Art of Data in the Restaurant Industry with Andrew Smit...

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Nov 14, 202323:12pending

Unpacking DoorDash's Tipping Policy & Exploring Tech Advances in Wingstop and St...

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Nov 6, 202321:31pending

Convert Fans: Driving first party channel success with Slutty Vegan

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Oct 31, 202319:27pending

Cyberattacks, a $14M investment into MoonBowls and which restaurants top the off...

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Oct 23, 202320:08pending

Be Found: Behind the Success of Home State on DoorDash

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Oct 17, 202319:29pending

Wonder buys an apron, How Amazon's anti-trust suit affects restaurants and a $24...

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Oct 9, 202315:19pending

What triggers loyal guests? Why stored value matters? And a Panda is getting sol...

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Sep 25, 202314:49pending

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

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Sep 11, 202318:52pending

Generative AI cookies, Catering & Pizza Vending on the rise, and Deliveroo merge...

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Aug 28, 202316:24pending

Dine in is out at McDonalds, The Losers of the Mr Beast Fight and GoTab adds $18...

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Aug 14, 202319:14pending

How inflation is impacting loyalty, Is big-tech stifling innovation and how is a...

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Jul 31, 202317:52pending

Delivery Math, Avocado Peeling and Domino's join the marketplace party

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Jul 17, 202317:49pending

Doordash unveils new app updates and pay changes

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Jul 3, 202320:32pending

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

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Jun 19, 202319:48pending

The QR code is dead?, are Ghost Kitchens dying? And are Virtual Brands are on th...

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Jun 5, 202320:09pending

Underground deliveries, Sweetgreen's got Spycy and what is your loyalty program...

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May 22, 202315:18pending

Food on Demand takeaways, DoorDash price parity, and Meredith is heading to Holl...

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May 8, 202316:50pending

Dominos in car ordering, what stood out at RLC & NCR's cyber security attack

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Apr 24, 202320:01pending

Tortoise robots, How Gen Z is eating and how do the delivery app algorithms work...

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Apr 10, 202320:36pending

Pay with your Palm at Panera Bread, Customizable tech-forward stirfrying, and Do...

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Mar 27, 202315:24pending

BurgerFi's flying into new technology, Shef's nationwide expansion, and Olo's re...

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Mar 13, 202328:09pending

Photographic AI, Doordash results and Toast continues the acquisition spree

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Feb 27, 202312:35pending

Couch Dining made easier with Roku & why independents should be excited for the...

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Feb 13, 202311:52pending

Starbucks doubling down on delivery, Smart cooler doors and pizza subscription v...

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Jan 30, 202315:05pending

ChatGPT's role in restaurants, Chilis says no to robots and Wondering what Wonde...

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Jan 16, 202314:10pending

Our Predictions for 2023 and how successful were our predictions from 2022?

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Jan 2, 202322:18pending

A $1.2 Billion Gorilla, McDonalds app test results, and do higher tips equal to...

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Dec 19, 202215:15pending

Domino's goes electric, Shake Shack's bullish on delivery and a billion guest se...

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Dec 5, 202212:26pending

Burgerflation, Subway Smart Fridges and mixed news for marketplaces

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Nov 21, 202210:32pending

Delco model adoption, Rain clouds at Cloud and an NFT Marketplace

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Nov 7, 202211:15pending

Kroger Acquires Alberton's...What Does It Mean for Restaurants?

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Oct 24, 202212:58pending

First Party Ordering improves the customer experience

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Oct 10, 202211:01pending

Where automation really matters most - right now.

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Sep 26, 202213:46pending

More virtual restaurants than physical?

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Sep 12, 202215:27pending

Which restaurants are winning through the labor crisis?

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Aug 29, 202214:30pending

Doordash into virtual brands, 7-Eleven acquires Skipcart and Wendy's slows Reef...

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Aug 15, 202210:45pending

Secret Menus, Instagram Maps & Restaurant Hiring Slowdown?

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Aug 1, 202214:55pending