Salad Sales Prediction, 3rd Party Delivery, QR Code Entry Ends, Tech Outlook, E-Voucher China
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At Sweetgreen, Seeing the Future of Work in a Desk Salad (NY Times) A favorite lunchtime destination of many urban office workers weathered the pandemic thanks to its digital savvy. It’s confident more people will be returning to their offices soon.
A Pandemic Lifeline for Restaurants, Delivery Is ‘Here to Stay’ (NY Times) As in-person dining returns, home delivering is holding up. For some restaurants, third-party services could become a permanent part of their business.
Scanning QR codes before entering venues like pubs and restaurants 'will be scrapped from July 19 (Daily Mail) Ministers have also suggested face masks will not be compulsory.
Voice bots and Back Office Tasks: A Mid-year Look at Restaurant Tech (The Spoon) Last year’s pandemic-induced chaos accelerated the restaurant industry’s adoption of technology so much that about a decade’s worth of changes happened in the span of a couple months.
Hong Kong restaurants aim for a slice of HK$36 billion e-voucher spending scheme by offering hefty discounts from July 15 (South China Morning Post) Special offer for vaccinated diners only, as battered sector pins hopes on better business over summer.