Your Weekly Brew of Restaurant News & Tools Tuesday, May 6, 2025 🍔 Big News: Robots Flip the Script in California A new burger joint in Los Gatos, aptly named Burgerbots, is making waves by integrating robotics into its kitchen. Utilizing ABB Robotics' Flexpicker and YuMi, the restaurant assembles burgers
April 29, 2025 Serving up hot takes, fresh tools, and food biz gossip every Tuesday. 🍽️ Big Story: Starbucks Decides Robots Aren’t That Hot Apparently, the future isn’t a barista named HAL. Starbucks is backtracking on its tech-heavy “Siren System” (aka robot coffee land) and hiring actual humans instead.
Restaurant Wingman – Issue #2 🍽️ Your go-to weekly guide for restaurant news, tips, and tech. 📈 Industry News: Is Ghost Kitchen Growth Slowing? After explosive growth during the pandemic, ghost kitchens are hitting a wall. A recent industry report shows a 15% drop in ghost kitchen profitability compared to 2023. Why? Customers
Restaurant Wingman – Issue #1 🚀 Your weekly dose of restaurant news, tips, and tech Industry News You Can’t Miss 🍔 Fast-Casual Dominates the Market The fast-casual sector is continuing to outperform other segments of the restaurant industry. According to a recent report, fast-casual restaurant sales grew by 10% in 2024—twice
Mastering Restaurant Inventory with the 5S Method: A Recipe for Efficiency In the fast-paced world of restaurants, efficiency is everything. From the kitchen to the stockroom, every second wasted searching for an ingredient or correcting a misplaced order cuts into your bottom line. That’s where the 5S workplace organization
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