Series 2 kicks off with guest host Cijoy Olickal

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

Articles mentioned in the video:

1. The State of the Industry Report Overview

"When it comes to technology, only 28 percent report that tech investments have improved profitability...so is this a function of technology not working to improve profitability or is it a function of just not having the reporting lens." - Carl

2. Yum's plan behind Byte

"?When you get a sprawling organization, you were trying to eliminate friction with your external vendors. But now have you just recreated that friction internally and internalize that friction? So it'll be interesting to see how they manage through that..." - Cijoy

3. Do meal kits help Wonder become a super app?

"So this idea of being able to find additional channels and to have multiple choice. I think is really powerful." - Carl

4. How CPK is striving to access more diners?

"?I really think the benefits with the vending machine are probably going to be more in brand recognition to guests. And that's one level to me. The bigger level is potential franchisees." - Cijoy

5. Doordash's 2024 was better than many restaurants

"...my guess is that advertising ramped up massively and is now a significant portion of their revenues " - Carl

Additional Articles:

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7. Sponge Bob's a hit at Wendy's

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