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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

Modern Restaurant Management

Additionally, while other smoothie establishments use gallons of water to clean each blender, Ono’s patent-pending automated self-cleaning blender and robotic systems use 28x less water because it only needs to clean the blade and because it’s blended in the customer’s compostable cup. Parts Town and Heritage Combine.

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State of the Industry and More Restaurant Research

Modern Restaurant Management

" Pandemic Pivots Become Permanent The temporary "pivots" developed during the pandemic — expanded delivery services, outdoor dining options, to-go alcohol offerings, and investments in technology — are the foundation of the industry's "new normal." San Francisco only saw approximately 2 percent growth.

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Orange Is the New Yolk

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In an Instagram reel from last year, a pair of disembodied hands tips a large metal bowl full of neon-orange yolks into a well of flour, an act whose ostensible purpose is to make fresh pasta but whose effect is to freak me out. The orangey, burnished, reddish yolk also became its own kind of signifier for this ‘better egg,’” Morocco says.

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Grubhub Grabbed and Contactless is Everywhere

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By using the Presto Contactless Dining Kit, the modern-day pub was able to successfully reopen for outdoor dining while meeting social distancing requirements. The app also allows for the customer to make contactless payment for the meal and add a tip. That review will be followed by other major composting certification applications.