The RoboBurger requires human workers to stock the machine and to check it if on-board sensors report tech trouble.
April 1, 2022Compared to total households, a significantly higher percentage of vegetarians and vegans place a high or medium priority on recyclability, recycled content, and packaging with little or no plastic. The gap between the share of vegetarians and vegans and total households that place a high or medium priority on compostability and reusability in food packaging is even larger.
March 21, 2022Where big companies step in, innovations tend to happen faster. We’ve long seen that retail-level and fulfillment innovations take off when giants like Walmart and Amazon adopt a process or policy.
March 21, 2022A rose by any other name would smell as sweet… with apologies to William Shakespeare, consumer products suppliers and branding professionals know differently.
March 11, 2022So you think your business won’t be impacted by the fighting in Ukraine and accompanying sanctions on Russia? Maybe…
March 8, 2022This week, DoorDash announced that it would buy table-side contactless ordering and payment technology firm Bbot.
March 7, 2022In a labor market where workers can be hard to come by and customers still have high expectations for quick service, retailers must get creative.
February 28, 2022Freedonia analysts participate in a group chat where they share news, notes, and commentary of general interest... or things that entertain us.
February 14, 2022The grocery market experienced much faster than average growth in 2020 and 2021 since people were staying at home more than usual due to remote work and schooling.
February 1, 2022Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea that a restaurant (save for the fast-food segment) would devote serious resources to expanding its operations in the take-out sector would be treated with derision. However, the COVID-19 has dramatically changed how the restaurant industry looks at carry-out.
January 13, 2022