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A look at the future of virtual restaurant brands

A Deeper Dive: Robbie Earl, co-founder of MrBeast Burger operator Virtual Dining Concepts, joins the podcast to discuss the digital-only brands.

Marketing

Inside 7 Brew's no-frills loyalty program, where nearly every guest is a member

Thanks to a sign-up process that is baked into its operations, 92% of transactions at the fast-growing drive-thru coffee chain come from known guests.

Tech Check: If you blinked, you may have missed three funding rounds, two acquisitions, a “never-before-seen” new product and a bold executive poaching. Let’s get caught up.

We tried a bunch of loyalty programs—and talked to a few experts—to find out what works and what doesn’t in the growing field of loyalty.

Jeff Galletly, who previously was a VP with Tim Hortons USA, takes on the rapidly growing digital brand as it wraps a fundraising round with "Shark Tank"-affiliated investors and prepares to go public in Canada.

Restaurant interest in the technology is growing as labor costs rise. Bite said the fundraise will help it meet the demand.

ExpandShare is designed to simplify and digitize restaurant employee training with readymade modules and a mobile app.

The company uses AI and historical sales data to adjust restaurants' menu prices in real time.

Customers would be able to see the commissions that DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub charge to restaurants. Opponents say it would also expose that data to competitors.

Cybersecurity site BleepingComputer.com said the company's virtual machines were encrypted by cyber attackers, resulting in the three-day outage. The report cites unnamed sources and internal emails.

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