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The modern restaurant: A framework
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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Unbundling the grocery cart
The pandemic changed the way millions of households shop for food, forever. Especially mine.
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The desk lunch is on hold
How Sweetgreen, Chipotle, and fast-casual restaurants are changing their strategies for the times.
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‘Another highly unusual quarter’
Amazon and Apple are going to be fine. But for local retail, Covid-19 is still in control of the narrative.
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Ghia and the new sobriety
Another modern take on the nostalgic apéritif brand — this time, without alcohol.
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Rethinking the Starbucks ‘third place’
Starbucks is betting on a smaller, more efficient ‘Pickup’ concept in big cities. But what else?
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The summer of outdoor commerce
Also: PepsiCo’s big DTC launch: Performance art or actual strategy?
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The audacity of launching now
Tradeoffs abound.
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Shopify’s uninspired vision of the future of shopping
And: The real challenge for Sweetgreen’s new Plates.
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How our favorite restaurants are improvising as they wait for a Covid-19 lifeline
This won’t work for long. But the rush of creativity is inspiring.
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In Conversation
How Dishoom, London’s beloved restaurant group, scales with quality
Co-founder Shamil Thakrar on designing a culture and world — “from Bombay with love.”
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Covid-19 is accelerating a new chapter for commerce and experience
Everyone is improvising every day right now. And some of it is pretty creative.
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Panera’s $9 coffee subscription and the art of forming a habit
And: How Starbucks’ personalized email marketing is the best in the business.
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What The Ringer got right
Also: David Chang’s Momofuku Vegas expansion, and one more thing about the Harry’s situation.
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How ‘canceled’ was Away this Christmas?
Also: The SoftBank slump, Sweetgreen’s year ahead, and weekend reading for ‘Parasite’ fans.
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