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This week in restaurant and foodservice industry news, Los Angeles updates its COVID vaccine requirements for diners, restaurants struggle with rent payments, and Kitchen United moves to New York City.
We also talk about Instacart worker walkouts being planned across the country, Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers getting creative with labor shortages, and a new study showing 50% of hospitality industry workers planning to leave the industry by year end. Finally, TGI Friday’s gets into the ghost kitchen business, and the top 50 Best restaurant list is out.
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Restaurant workers are quitting their jobs at more than twice the national average, while at the same time, customers have become more demanding than ever before. A new report shows the restaurant industry’s huge reliance on technology to get operators through the pandemic. DoorDash is now offering self-serve sponsored listings, and teaming up with Hello Alice to offer disaster relief funds and C3, the largest ghost kitchen brand in the industry, is planning an aggressive expansion . In celebrity news, Bobby Flay is leaving the kitchen and Megan Thee Stallion partners with Popeyes.
This week we have the popular dating app Bumble getting into the restaurant game, Mayor Bill de Blasio's declaration on propane-powered heaters in NYC, Wisconsin's controversial approach to addressing the labor shortage, a robot frying up your next order of chicken wings at Buffalo Wild Wings and In & Out's opinion on California's vaccine mandate, plus more important restaurant industry headlines ready for you to digest!
This week, we have an alarming study on hidden chemicals in processed food, another step forward for robot meal delivery, and eating burgers to earn cryptocurrency.
This week, we’re talking about the status of the Biden administration’s nationwide vaccine mandate, DoorDash making some big moves, and a new accessory for your fried chicken.
This week, we’re talking about the latest development in robot delivery, a new look for Yelp, and an extremely lucky lobster.
This week, we’re talking about customers telling vaccine lies, Starbucks and Amazon teaming up, and big chicken news from overseas.
This week, we’re talking about a possible union at Starbucks, a name change for a major restaurant tech company, and a bit of holiday generosity.
This week we’re talking about the Omicron variant and its impact on the restaurant industry, new unionization developments at Starbucks, and a crucial condiment shortage.
