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Analyzing Cava’s IPO filing
Is the fast-casual Mediterranean chain ready for pickup?
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Can canned beans have their tinned-fish moment?
Also: Ghia’s latest bottle design (and numbers). And, what’s Magic Spoon working on?
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Foxtrot has a new CEO. What’s changing and what isn’t?
And: A few notes from Aesop’s $2.5 billion sale.
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Shopify’s actually-clever consumer rewards program
Also: Chipotle is playing offense again.
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Why every new restaurant feels like an old diner
What’s behind the lunch-counter renaissance? Nostalgia, but also a desire to do the simple things well.
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Noma’s evolution, René Redzepi, and the future of restaurants (and chefs)
And: What the Ace Hotel got right on the way to its $85 million acquisition.
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Brands
Foxtrot is the store that every neighborhood deserves
Can Chicago’s upmarket convenience chain scale across the country?
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A24, the cool film studio, wants to sell you a membership
Highbrow brilliant? Also: Chipotle says it’s ‘finally getting back to pre-pandemic operations’.
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Sweetgreen’s new ‘Sweetpass’ is a hint of things to come
Think of this as an example mini-game in the personalized future of marketing.
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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 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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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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Goop Kitchen’s taste test
And a
Consumer Trends
update.
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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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Apple’s pandemic year, Starbucks and the reopening
Also: New office hours availability for members.
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The audacity of MrBeast Burger
YouTube’s star creator launched a virtual burger chain with 300 delivery-only restaurants. It’s on fire, for now.
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The things that inspired me in 2020
A year-end gift guide for the mind.
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Why Jon & Vinny’s LA restaurant group just bought a tiny grocery chain
In the Instacart era, “we feel that the neighborhood grocery is going to become important again.”
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