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"this most stubbornly human industry" | spooky kitchens #43
December 18th, 2022. Automation! Metaverse! And more forward-looking buzzwords in this semi-end-of-year issue.
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"a pat on the back and a bajillion dollars" | spooky kitchens #42
December 4th, 2022. Kitopi cut staff, the internet opened another uber-mediocre restaurant, and the delivery wars visibly cooled.
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November 2022

"chain brands up the wazoo" | spooky kitchens #41
November 20th, 2022. Deliveroo & Zomato bid quick farewells to entire markets, Pepsi declared itself an expert in ghost kitchens, and the confusing…
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"The ecstatic return of Spice with a Y" | spooky kitchens #40
November 12th, 2022. More promise for tomorrow's to-go restaurant industry, KYLO (Ren) Food Hall's ho-hum opening, and Sweetgreen goes full automaton.
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Out for lunch 👻
spooky kitchens will return next week, 11th November 2022.
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October 2022

"shallow pandemic grave" | spooky kitchens #39
October 30th, 2022. The resurrection of eatertainment, the greatest short of all time(?), and a major cloud kitchen shutdown in SE Asia.
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"C-H-A-N-G-E" | spooky kitchens #38
October 22nd, 2022. REEF’s great abandonment, AI robots that aren’t cooking your dinner, and Meituan’s (potential) global ambitions.
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"😳" | spooky kitchens #37
October 7th, 2022. Jay-Z invests in Stellar (aka "New Zume"), a virtual brand CEO says the quiet part out loud, and Cloud's secret lobbying squad.
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"Do! That! Math!" | spooky kitchens #36
October 1st, 2022. Expansions, fundraises, snafus. Another gorgeous week in ghost kitchens.
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September 2022

"if only people were robots" | spooky kitchens #35
September 25th, 2022. Robotics, puffery, and a surprising amount of asterisks.
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"love your queso!" | spooky kitchens #34
September 16th, 2022. Honestly? Kind of a boring week. But still some news worth reading.
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"the next game" | spooky kitchens #33
September 11th, 2022. A ghost kitchen tech stack game changer, some Cloud bologna, and France's slap to the face of rapid delivery.
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