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Blue Bottle is testing oat milk ‘as the default option’
Also: Lunch is back! And more of Chipotle’s reopening takeaways.
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Hard seltzer, but actually good
White Claw Summer is here again. But these craft startups are worth your attention.
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What will Instacart become?
The online grocery service has a new CEO, with a massive opportunity — and big questions — ahead.
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Coworking with childcare sounds like a dream
Work culture is due for a reinvention. What role can clubs like LA’s new BümoWork play?
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Great Jones and the shallow allure of the ‘girlboss gotcha’ story
Also: Amex’s new Platinum card and Noma’s new CPG brand.
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Is the future of coffee in your freezer?
Cometeer is a startup that sells meticulously crafted — and surprisingly good — frozen coffee in pods. Will enough people care?
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What will happen to Sweetgreen?
The 2010s’ favorite salad brand has a new look. Can it re-accelerate after a spoiled pandemic year?
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How Lovevery became new parents’ go-to subscription box
A business model that makes sense, to entertain and educate kids — and parents.
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What’s up with ‘opt-out of Mother’s Day’ emails?
Also: Apple’s new podcast subscriptions, and the brilliant flatness of “International Netflix Generic.”
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Why’s everyone talking about tinned fish?
Fishwife, a Los Angeles-based startup, is reinvigorating a grocery category one can at a time.
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Why Sweetgreen just shredded its loyalty program
Also: How Nike wants to own the customer relationship — everywhere. And Squarespace’s pre-IPO bet on Tock.
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From the Editor
What I’ve learned in the second year of running a subscription newsletter business
We’re still here. And we’re having a baby!
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Goop Kitchen’s taste test
And a
Consumer Trends
update.
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NFTs, digital art, and the value shift between IRL and virtual life
Trevor McFedries explains crypto’s pop-culture moment, why Gen Z is different, and how he’s building a ‘modern Marvel’ with Brud and Lil Miquela.
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New rules for the restaurant business
It’s time to think beyond being chefs and hosts and more like merchants, publishers, creators, and community leaders.
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Danny Meyer explains how the dining experience will change
Also: Shopify’s curious consumer brand.
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Clubhouse has built the AOL chat for audio
Is this the future of radio?
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Bring back slogans!
Brand marketing has changed profoundly in the internet era. But I miss a good tagline.
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Cities aren’t over
But they’ll be different. It’s like a software update.
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Apple’s pandemic year, Starbucks and the reopening
Also: New office hours availability for members.
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