31 - From Agave Straws to AI: Rethinking the Restaurant Supply Chain

Patrick Bishop didn’t start with a pitch deck. He started with a truckload of agave straws, and a decision to bet on himself. In this episode, Patrick, Founder & CEO of Reroute Americas and Reroute AI, shares how a sustainability insight turned into a fast-growing hospitality supply business, and why inefficiencies in restaurant inventory management pushed him to build an AI platform from scratch. We talk about:Why sustainable products don’t have to cost moreHow a hurricane wiped out 40% of the business, and forced a pivotWhat hospitality gets wrong about inventory, forecasting, and wasteHow AI can reduce over-ordering while improving ESG reportingThe moment Reroute shifted from distribution company to tech companyA candid look at building in a legacy industry, and redesigning systems most people accept as “just how it works."