Insights into the global food economy, restaurants and trends.
The rise of ghost kitchens was prominent during the COVID lockdown because people could not dine out and struggled to buy groceries. For the uninitiated, ghost kitchens are delivery-only food establishments. Regular restaurants have a logistics and food preparation backend and a service frontend that is visible to customers. Meanwhile, ghost kitchens don’t have a…
Not everyone supports maintaining an emergency food stockpile. Some folks see making such preemptive plans as a sign of chronic pessimism. However, it is better to be safe than sorry in emergencies. The recent pandemic was a good example of an emergency that caused toilet paper shortages in the US and food chain disruptions around…
Most US food companies did not see the RFK Jr. artificial additives reform coming. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became the 26th US Secretary of Health and Human Services in February 2025. Last week, the health secretary had a closed-door meeting with the major food companies in the country. The meeting was part of his food…
The adoption of AI in food delivery should not be surprising because technology is disrupting every known industry. Like other manufacturers, food companies have since commenced AI integration in several activities on their production floors. Consequently, some food chains are adopting AI to spread its tentacles to the customer-fulfilment aspect of their business. This piece…
Do you order Domino’s pizza often, and tip the delivery drivers almost every time? Read on as you may qualify for a tip as the pizza chain starts a cash giveaway initiative. The initiative took off in April 2024. Customers will get to benefit cash returns on their Domino’s pizza orders, so far they tip…
