US Labor, Orduo, Grubhub's NYC Chaos, UK Consumer Behaviour, McDonalds in Russia & More...
🔪 The top F&B industry news from the past week
19th May 2022
The Tighter Labor Market Is Making Restaurants More Like Factories
📍 USA | Justin Fox | Bloomberg
Will the number of staff working in the food industry overtake that of manufacturing?
Orduo rolls out new restaurant online ordering platform for resellers
📍 USA | Verdict Food Service
Orduo has a new white-label ordering platform for the US market.
‘This can’t be real’: Grubhub promotion turns New York City restaurants into a ‘war zone’
New York | Wilfred Chan | The Guardian
“The deal resulted in 6,000 New Yorkers placing an order every minute, overwhelming kitchens and delivery workers”.
UK Consumers Are Cutting Back on Restaurants and Fashion, But Not Travel
📍 UK | Josie Clarke | Bloomberg
A new survey suggests that the UK public is more likely to cut back on eating out (as opposed to travel) with the looming cost-of-living crisis.
McDonald’s to Sell Russian Business to Licensee
📍 Russia | Michael Dabaie | The Wall Street Journal
“Fast-food giant says licensee Alexander Govor to operate restaurants under a new brand.”
Big news: Time Out Market is coming to Japan
📍 Japan | James Manning | Time Out
Time Out Market Osaka “will assemble the best chefs from Japan’s food capital under one roof.”