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December 18th, 2022. Automation! Metaverse! And more forward-looking buzzwords in this semi-end-of-year issue.
December 4th, 2022. Kitopi cut staff, the internet opened another uber-mediocre restaurant, and the delivery wars visibly cooled.
November 20th, 2022. Deliveroo & Zomato bid quick farewells to entire markets, Pepsi declared itself an expert in ghost kitchens, and the confusing nature of airport ghost kitchens.
November 12th, 2022. More promise for tomorrow's to-go restaurant industry, KYLO (Ren) Food Hall's ho-hum opening, and Sweetgreen goes full automaton.
spooky kitchens will return next week, 11th November 2022.
October 30th, 2022. The resurrection of eatertainment, the greatest short of all time(?), and a major cloud kitchen shutdown in SE Asia.
October 22nd, 2022. REEF’s great abandonment, AI robots that aren’t cooking your dinner, and Meituan’s (potential) global ambitions.
October 7th, 2022. Jay-Z invests in Stellar (aka "New Zume"), a virtual brand CEO says the quiet part out loud, and Cloud's secret lobbying squad.
October 1st, 2022. Expansions, fundraises, snafus. Another gorgeous week in ghost kitchens.
September 25th, 2022. Robotics, puffery, and a surprising amount of asterisks.
September 16th, 2022. Honestly? Kind of a boring week. But still some news worth reading.
September 11th, 2022. A ghost kitchen tech stack game changer, some Cloud bologna, and France's slap to the face of rapid delivery.