227: Grubhub and Yandex Self Driving Delivery Vehicles Bringing Food to Students at Ohio State

Grubhub and Yandex Self Driving Group are deploying 50 delivery bots to The Ohio State University campus. This marks the first college campus Yandex is operating at as part of a partnership to provide delivery of on-campus food to students.


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224: Is it Time to Increase Your Prices?

Despite the rise of coronavirus cases related to the delta variant and an increase in safety regulations, diners continued to go out last quarter, especially for special occasions. Listen to the briefing to hear how many operators have increased their prices in the midst of this resurgence in demand for dining and in the spread of the virus 4th wave.


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223: Grow Your Business With No Additional Marketing Spend

Each year, a majority of online product searches fail to successfully utilize entered search terms to match up customers with the products that they are searching for. It’s a billion-dollar problem that is frustrating for customers and retailers alike. Listen to the briefing to hear how you can weave these important terms into your content so you can rise in the search rankings.


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Ingredient Trends: Pulse Flours

Pulses are widely recognised and accepted by consumers globally as a plant-based source of protein and other nutrients. They can be grown sustainably and are generally cost-effective. Listen to the briefing to hear how Pulse flour is cited by Mintel as a big ingredient trend.


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220: Hard Mountain Dew Is Launching Soon

The PepsiCo-owned soft drink is partnering with the Boston Beer Company (SAM) to make “HARD MTN DEW,” a sugar-free canned beverage with 5% alcohol by volume. In a press release, the companies said they paired together because they “understand the importance of delivering new, breakthrough innovations to address the changing tastes of drinkers.” Listen to the briefing to hear the fascinating history of Mountain Dew and just how much market share the brand commands.


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219: Buy Now Pay Later — Would It Work For Restaurants?

Buy-now, pay-later financing allows shoppers to make purchases and pay them off over time. Afterpay is an Australian company that offers such loans free of interest. Apple and Square are both making big moves to implement this into their payment platforms. Listen to the briefing to hear how adding this to your operation could stoke sales.


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218: GrubHub’s New Order Taking Process

Grubhub this week announced a new assisted ordering feature, which will begin rolling out to restaurants Aug. 23. The feature replaces phone orders by giving customers three option prompts: place an order, ask questions about a previously placed order or ask any other questions. Listen to the briefing to hear how this new technology can help improve service and operations.


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