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Join us for the second annual HNGRY Summit: a multi-disciplinary, day-long conference like none other with interactive panels, tastings, breakout sessions, and more! We will bring together industry leaders across the entire chain to examine our future food system through conversation, ideation, and collaboration. Lineup, tickets, and other details are all online: https://summit.hngry.tv See you there!

I had a great conversation with Eli Feldman about reframing restaurants for The Feed podcast. Eli is a unicorn in the hospitality space, having consulted for restaurant tech companies like Reserve, creating his own blog and podcast, and growing a (soon to be) three-unit fine casual rotisserie concept called Shy Bird. In this episode we covered a lot of ground from the Shy Bird's foray into the world of coworking, the concept of "restaurant as influencer", and the potential for AI to uncover and execute new high-margin revenue streams for operators. As the final episode of the year, we certainly went out with a bang. This is a must listen for anyone in hospitality! Link in comments.

Had such a good time talking restaurants with Matt Newberg of HNGRY. Everything from the 18th century origins as a restorative broth to a future with AI agent workflows. https://lnkd.in/ezCnaPnJ

We’ve always focused on building sustainably by owning our operational and technological infrastructure. That approach helped us separate from the pack, even while others were raising hundreds of millions. Was it easy to sit back and be patient? Hell no. But in the end, tortoise or the hare? 🐢 🐇 +++ Had a great chat with Matt Newberg about recent M&A activity in the meal delivery space. Subscribe to his newsletter if you haven’t already: 10/10 👏 #startups #foodtech

This week, HNGRY decided to take a closer look at the trend, Timeleft business model, and how restaurants might be able to double down on their roles as third places.

I had a fun conversation with Alice Cheng about building the LinkedIn of hospitality with Culinary Agents. The platform is a job marketplace, applicant tracking system, and career resource for foodservice operators and talent. We talked about her latest project Hospitality Career Paths, which leverages tens of millions of compensation data points from the marketplace to help workers unlock their full potential. Hospitality is a challenging industry from pay and benefits to work environment and career development. Technology like Culinary Agents has the potential to help transition the industry away from a way station to one where talent can develop and grow into leaders and entrepreneurs. Check out the full episode linked in the comments!

"There’s a perfect storm brewing between the post-pandemic 'urban doom loop' evidenced by work from home trends amidst a growing sense of loneliness that is causing a surge in demand for products that aim to bridge the gap between the physical and digital." Another great read via Matt Newberg. This time, about Maxime Barbier and Timeleft, a three-year-old startup that is bringing together ~60k strangers per month in 285 cities all over the world together for weekly dinners at local restaurants. (Link in comments)

I had a great conversation with Missy Bradley of Caliper Holdings about her portfolio of B2B and consumer cannabis brands leveraging a proprietary water soluble technology that allows for rapid onset times. Caliper's consumer brand, Ripple, markets itself as powder that turns any food into an edible through various ratios of THC, CBD, and rarer cannabinoids like CBN and CBG around need states like sleep, relief, revive, and more. Its form factor allows for smaller doses that put consumers in control of their experience vs. the core cannabis market. In the episode we talk about Caliper's proprietary tech, its uses in consumer and B2B products, and the regulatory environment around hemp derived cannabinoids. Check it out via the link in the comments!

Really enjoyed chatting with Matt Newberg on the future of automation and foodservice. Check out what we’re up to at Caldo Restaurant Technologies!

Automation of Food Prep and Last-Mile Delivery Chris Kenney, Chris Neider and Timothy Noonan share insights at HNGRY Summit - https://lnkd.in/gBhC5bqH