How Generative AI can aid digital hospitality

In this week's The Digital Restaurant podcast, we discuss the following key headlines, and here are some of our key quotes. To get the transcript of our podcast - head?here .

Articles mentioned in the video:

1. The ongoing rise of pizza vending

"Sysco deliver the supplies into these, so there's no real human component for Pizza Forno themselves" - Carl

2. Doordash building its own virtual salad brand

"In a time where they've just said, we're gonna get rid of a bunch of virtual brands, they are now launching a virtual brand" - Meredith

3. Deliveroo combining grocery & prepared food delivery

"Deliveroo have noticed that when you look at the orders that are happening for either dinner or lunch delivery, within a few minutes, customers are then making a separate transaction to then order their groceries or their convenience food offering." - Carl

4. Catering on the rise again

"The big publicly held chains were talking about the rise of catering in their public earnings calls, and they are citing that as a huge growth engine inside of their businesses." - Meredith

5. Generative AI hits the cookie trade

"To be able to use the intelligence of what the restaurant knows about you, and your ordering habits and generate a message that makes it more custom, more personalized - that could be really powerful" - Carl

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Saul Cooperstein sums up earnings season.

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Come and meet Carl Orsbourn & Meredith Sandland at CREATE in Palm Springs on October 2nd!

The CREATE Experience, hosted this Oct. 1-3 in Palm Springs by Nation’s Restaurant News, is an engaging and interactive event for restaurant leaders who are looking to plug in with their peers, gain practical insights and have a relaxing retreat while they’re at it. We’ll be there hanging out in the CREATE Media Lounge, and you can come say hello in between sessions on technology, finance, customer experience, and more. Head to create.nrn.com for more information and to register?for?free.

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