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The Digital RestaurantWhy Agile Marketing is the Essential Restaurant Skill in the Digital AgeSend us a textThis week on The Digital Restaurant, Carl is joined by Jennifer Kern, CMO of Qu, for a fast-moving conversation about the headlines shaping restaurants, technology, and consumer behavior.We kick off with a surprising stat: half of adults are ordering kids meals. (01:00) What does this say about QSR value wars, portion sizes, and how brands like CAVA and Starbucks are reframing value through experience, not just price?Next, we examine Chipotle’s partnership with Zipline (05:00), which involves testing drone delivery in Dallas. Is th...
2025-09-0227 min
The Digital RestaurantBeware, Be Kind of Viral InfluencersSend us a textIn this episode of The Digital Restaurant, Carl is joined by Emmy Award–winning storyteller Mike Duffy of Yum Crunch. Together they break down five timely stories shaping restaurants and tech:McDonald’s bets on web ordering through DoorDash—does convenience outweigh control?Yum Brands’ Byte platform fuels $9B in digital sales and rewrites the restaurant tech stack.Social listening lessons: Cracker Barrel’s backlash vs. KFC’s potato wedge comeback.Drone delivery’s tipping point—new FAA rules, Texas rollouts, pizza robots in LA, and the Ghost Kitchen 3.0 vision.The power and peril of inf...
2025-08-1845 min
The Digital RestaurantWho wins the Super App Race? - with Guest Host Alayna SullivanSend us a textIn this week’s episode of The Digital Restaurant, Carl is joined by Alayna Sullivan, Senior Director of Corporate Comms at Olo, fresh from Food on Demand. Together, they cover five big stories shaping the restaurant and off-premise landscape, including DoorDash’s mega acquisitions, Chipotle's new catering pilot with Olo, and the rising footprint of Wonder.Timestamps:00:01:30 – Chipotle x Olo Catering PartnershipChipotle pilots Olo’s Catering Plus with promising early featuresAverage catering check size = $350+ 🗨️ “We are going to see more and more improvements whe...
2025-05-1227 min
The Digital RestaurantWhy does Yum want to own the tech stack - with guest host Cijoy OlickalSend us a textCarl welcomes guest host Cijoy Olickal, a restaurant tech expert, to break down key industry trends.🔹 2025 Restaurant Industry Outlook – $1.5T in sales, shifting consumer habits, tech’s impact on profitability, and labor challenges. Articles One, Two, and Three🔹 Yum! Brands' Tech Strategy – Is building a proprietary tech stack the right move for a global franchise? Articles One and Two🔹 Wonder’s Expansion – Mark Lore’s meal kit & marketplace strategy—how does it compare to DoorDash and Uber Eats? Articles...
2025-02-1733 min
Lost Boys To Found FathersProper Perspective During Difficulty with Jared Taylor Author of Praise and PrayJared Taylor graciously joins Will and Gabe on this episode sharing he and his wife's story of the birth, life, and passing of of their daughter Alayna, and the importance of maintaining a proper perspective even when facing the loss of a precious child. Purchase Jared's new book Praise and Pray on Amazon or Walmart.com. Also check out their ministry website PraiseAndPray.org
Jared can be found on IG and FB @JaredGTaylor
2023-05-2340 min
I Need More CoffeeCertifications and Sourcing with Gail Sullivan, CMP, HMCC, CISI chat with Gail Sullivan about all the letters after her name, a day in the life of a Senior Sourcing Manager and the sweetest coffee so far.
2020-07-2949 min
Close KnitEPISODE 49:: Charlotte X.C. Sullivan of May West - Leading with Curiosity & Magic of MilkweedIn episode 49 of the Close Knit podcast, I spoke to Charlotte X C Sullivan, one of two folks who run May West: a textile innovation collaboration between Charlotte and Alayna Rasile-Digrindakis. Charlotte walks me through how May West formed, through connection and feeling, and how this has continued to inform their work with milkweed. We discuss the way that clothing, and fashion, can serve as armor, a way to cloak and protect yourself through circumstances in life. She explains to me how her collaboration with Alayna began, and how their expression of feeling has impacted their process, and how...
2019-06-0749 min
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalWhat Is Visible: A Novel by Kimberly ElkinsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212506to listen full audiobooks.
Title: What Is Visible: A Novel
Author: Kimberly Elkins
Narrator: Jo Howarth
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 20 minutes
Release date: June 3, 2014
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A vividly original literary novel based on the astounding true-life story of Laura Bridgman, the first deaf and blind person who learned language and blazed a trail for Helen Keller. At age two, Laura Bridgman lost four of her five senses to scarlet fever. At age seven, she was taken to Perkins Institute in Boston to determine if a child so terribly afflicted could be...
2014-06-0311h 20