Chipotle Branding Vet To Nextbite, NYC First To Mandate Vaccine, Danny Meyer Insight, Vietnam Delivery Rollercoaster, Zomato CEO On The IPO
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Chipotle Branding Veteran William Espey Joins Fast-Growing Virtual Restaurant Company Nextbite (Yahoo Finance) Espey will lead Nextbite’s creative team as the company rapidly expands its portfolio of virtual brands that include George Lopez Tacos and HotBox by Wiz Khalifa, along with a growing collection of concepts from the best-selling Miss Mazy’s Amazin’ Chicken to Grilled Cheese Society.
New York becomes first U.S. city to mandate COVID vaccines to enter restaurants (Reuters) The policy will be enforced starting Sept. 13. It is similar to measures taken in France to curtail the spread of coronavirus.
Video: Shake Shack Founder Reveals The One Thing His Competition Can Never Copy (Forbes) Restaurateur Danny Meyer discusses the difference between service and hospitality and shares with Moira Forbes why feelings, not food, are his restaurants' greatest competitive advantage.
Delivery apps rise and fall on Vietnam COVID roller coaster (Nikkei Asia) Fortunes swing wildly as lockdown spurs demand but cuts mobility.
I think we raised the right amount of money, says Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal (Deal Street Asia) The founder started the company in 2008 as a menu listings platform and grew it to a $13 billion publicly traded food delivery company in 13 years.