DMK Restaurants, Sharebite, Popeyes, Butler Hospitality, Vita Mojo & More...
🔪 The top F&B industry news from the past week
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Tour the new Assembly food hall by DMK Restaurants
📍 USA | Mike Buzalka | Nation’s Restaurant News
The 30,000-square-foot venue in Arlington will operate with a single mobile ordering system ‘incorporating all the concepts so groups can easily mix and match food and drink orders that are then brought to their tables.’
Food benefits platform Sharebite raises $39M
📍 USA | Alicia Kelso | Restaurant Dive
‘Sharebite, a platform that enables restaurants to deliver food to corporate clients, has secured $39 million in Series B funding. The company will use the funding to grow and launch new product.’
Popeyes Says Supply-Chain Problems Are Making It Tough to Rid Chicken of MSG
📍 USA | Leslie Patton | Bloomberg
Popeyes is struggling with chicken supply amidst recipe changes.
Hotel ghost kitchen company Butler Hospitality quietly dissolved in May
📍 USA | Aneurin Canham-Clyne | Restaurant Dive
Ghost kitchen and foodservice company Butler Hospitality has quietly ceased operations, leaving many hotels without fulfilment.
Vita Mojo Raises US$30 Million to Help Restaurant and Hospitality Chains in Europe Tackle the Digital Future
📍 UK | Business Wire
‘Vita Mojo’s full-stack software aims to automate manual tasks, grow sales and improve customer experiences amid labour shortages and a shift to online ordering and takeaway.’
Why Paris’ Old School Bouillons Are Back in Business
📍 France | Lucas Oakeley | Suitcase
Move over bistros, old-school bouillons are back.
China’s restaurants going digital to stay afloat
📍 China | Hu Yanyan | China Daily
With covid scuppering revenue in China, restaurant operations were rapidly brought online.