Fast Company
This Seattle restaurant is redesigning its entire business model in response to the coronavirus
2 min · · ‘There are two things that haven’t changed: People need to eat and people need to work.’ · Shared by 156, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Thomas Power, Jessel Sookha, Scott Berkun
Los Angeles Times
Making French fries sucks. This robot does it for $3 an hour with no breaks
6 min · · Robotic arms like Flippy from Miso Robotics are getting cheap enough to make financial sense for low-wage work. But there's an argument in the industry. · Shared by 54, including Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Hendrik Dietrich, Christopher S. Penn, Scott Santens, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Les Echos
Viande alternative : les jeunes pousses salivent toutes pour McDonald's
2 min · · Dans un secteur en pleine ébullition, le géant de la restauration rapide et ses quelque 38.000 enseignes feraient figure de prise majeure. Une bataille dans laquelle Beyond Meat dispose d'une longueur…
lareclame.fr
McDonald’s transforme les plus diaboliques des enfants en anges
1 min · · Est-ce que tu as été sage ? McDonald’s s’auto-déclare le lieu préféré des enfants et pour cause, peu d’enfants ne sautent pas de joie à l’idée de manger un Happy Meal. Pourtant, pour accéder à ce…
Insider Business
Leaked McDonald's marketing bible reveals how seriously the fast-food giant takes its reputation and why you'll never see Ronald in…
2 min · · McDonald's has many marketing rules, including specific policies on what Ronald McDonald can and cannot do and what items are "Mc" worthy. · Shared by 84, including Shawn Venasse, Marsha Collier, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Hustle_says
The economics of all-you-can-eat buffets
7 min · · Is it possible to out-eat the price you pay for a buffet? How do these places make money? We looked at the dollars and cents behind the meat and potatoes. · Shared by 342, including Andy Budd, Andrei Luca, Dominik Grolimund, Tomio Geron, Pascal Sulser, sircharlsxavier, Niklaus Gerber, andrew chen, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, bouiboui
Fast Company
Silicon Valley’s food robot implosion has begun
1 min · · Tech workers might have to rely on humans to feed itself a little longer. · Shared by 17, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Crunchbase News
FORTUNE
What the struggles of pizza and coffee-making robots mean for investors
· In recent weeks, two high-profile robotics startups specializing in food preparation have both significantly slashed costs. · Shared by 41, including Oliver Ewinger, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Ronald Schmelzer, Andra Keay 🐳 @robotlaunch@mstdn.social, Kathleen Walch, Andrea Kuszewski 🧠
The Motley Fool
How Starbucks Is Using Artificial Intelligence
3 min · · Using Deep Brew, the coffee chain is aiming for an improved experience for both customers and employees. · Shared by 24, including Carla Gentry 🎶, Iain Brown, PhD, RACHELLE DENÉ POTH |ThriveinEDU #ARVR #AI #AIinEDU, Gil Press
Fast Company
The first map of America’s food supply chain is mind-boggling
3 min · · Most of our food is moved across great distances—and through many different forms of transit—before it reaches our plates. · Shared by 47, including Tamsen Webster, Message Strategist (she/her), Ahmad Ragab, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Antonio Vieira Santos, Mark Hasebroock, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA
The New York Times
Would You Like Fries With That? McDonald’s Already Knows the Answer
7 min · · The fast-food chain is turning to artificial intelligence and machine learning in the hopes of predicting what customers want before they decide. · Shared by 61, including Shasta Ventures, Arie Goldshlager, Bernard Marr, Forbes India, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Sean Gardner, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Michael (मुकेश), Howard Getson, Neeraj K Agrawal, Jeanne Meister