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Food

New Yorkers Have a Growing Appetite for Endangered Eel Species

5 years ago

Unagi, or freshwater eel, is an endangered species in Japan. So expect to pay a pretty penny for the delicacy.

Tech

Ghost Kitchens and Delivery Services: February Restaurant Industry Funding

5 years ago

The big winner this month? DoorDash, which has now raised over a billion dollars in funding in less than a year.

Tech

South Korea’s Largest Delivery Service Will Use Robots by 2022

5 years ago

The company wants to reduce delivery-related accidents, and lessen the burden of ongoing labor shortages in South Korea. That's fancy talk for robots taking over jobs humans do not want to do.

Chains

Papa John’s Is Expanding Its DoorDash Partnership

5 years ago

It's telling when even the pizza chains — the one sector of the industry that had a leg up on delivery long before the third-party services arrived on the scene — are turning towards Grubhub, Postmates, and DoorDash to help out with off-premise sales and logistics.

Tech

Smaller Restaurants Grapple With the Burden of Delivery Service Fees

5 years ago

Independents and mid-sized chains are very reliant on delivery companies, as they are too small to launch delivery channels of their own, and a failure to offer the channel would result in large amounts of missed revenue and new customers.

Chains

Wingstop Adds More Stores But It Really Needs Name Recognition

5 years ago

All is well at Wingstop, even if it is a relatively unknown brand. The company plans to change its low profile — and the new strategy just might work.

Strategy

The Lucrative Business of Luxury CBD Dining and Drinking

5 years ago

There is a green rush taking place in the United States, and the restaurant industry is not content to sit on the sidelines. Meanwhile, FDA regulation threatens to be one big buzz kill.

Marketing

Top Restaurant Marketers Q&A: Pei Wei’s Brandon Solano

5 years ago

Pei Wei CMO Brandon Solano purports that his marketing cred has earned him the right to wear what he wants and say what he pleases. He’s right.

Chains

Tim Hortons Expands to China

5 years ago

Tim Hortons is hoping to differentiate itself in China by offering shrimp sandwiches and salads along with its regular coffee menu, but we'd be willing to bet a shrimp sandwich that Tim Hortons isn't going to lure consumers away from Starbucks or Luckin.

Chains

Papa John’s CEO: We Are Still Suffering From Customer Sentiment

5 years ago

At least losses for Papa John's are no longer in the double digits.

Food

Billionaires Are Betting Big on Alternative Meat

5 years ago

It's pretty simple: We need to find more alternatives to meat-based diets in order to feed everyone without inflicting more damage to the earth from meat-centric diets. Businesses see the opportunity.

Tech

Yelp Is Becoming a Bigger Restaurant Reservation Threat to OpenTable

5 years ago

The biggest challenge for OpenTable competitors has been getting users to download an app or learn about their service. That's clearly not an issue for Yelp. But Yelp has other challenges, namely years of playing the antagonist to restaurants.

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