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The Feed — 158 episodes
158- Designing a clean prepared meals startup with Chris Clark of Locale
157- Live discussion on Amazon's omnichannel grocery strategy
156- Live discussion on restaurant AI agents
155- Building the infrastructure of food with Mott Smith of Amped Kitchens
154- Rewriting the meal kit with Whitney Pegden of Blue Apron
153- Using GenAI for reservations with Sagar Mehta of OpenTable
152- Centralizing restaurant comms with Randall Hom of Hostie
151- Live discussion on personalized menus with Foodini
150- Building the future of personalized nutrition with Jonathan Wolf of ZOE
149- Live discussion on $DASH X $ROO & SevenRooms
148- Fermenting the world's best teas with Young Stowe of Unified Ferments
147- Bridging the offline media gap with Tom Shea of Adgile
146- Designing next-gen packaging strategies with Delanie Thurlow of Grounded
145- Scaling from farmers markets to suburbs with Kasia Bednarz of FARE
144- Creating new social tonics with Taylor Sewell of Hippie Water
143- Transforming restaurants into memberships with Vivien Sin of The Third Place
142- Disrupting the frozen breakfast category with Ayeshah Abuelhiga of Mason Dixie
141- Leaning into online catering with Peter Venti of FamilyMeal
140- Reinventing pasta with Aaron Gatti of Brami
139- Dissecting the world of D2C food with Ellis McCue of Mealogic
138- Analyzing KFC's new Saucy offshoot with Brandon Barton of Bite
137- Streamlining digital hospitality with Avi Goren of Marqii
136- Curing loneliness over group meals with Max Barbier of Timeleft
135- Growing a regenerative poultry farm with Heidi Diestel of Diestel Family Ranch
134- Reframing the restaurant business with Eli Feldman of Shy Bird
133- Building the LinkedIn of hospitality with Alice Cheng of Culinary Agents
132- Turning cannabinoids into ingredients with Missy Bradley of Caliper Holdings
131- Building a next-gen hummus brand with Nick Wiseman of Little Sesame
130- Automating kitchen prep with Jose Alonso of Caldo
129- Cutting meat consumption in half with Drew Arentowicz of 50/50 Foods
128- Powering multi-brand experiences with Neil Thompson of NextGen Kitchens
127- Building the circular platform for beverages with John Thorp of Aerflo
126- Rethinking restaurant funding with Johann Moonesinghe of InKind
125- Building better seafood with Ofek Ron of Oshi
124- Reimagining sustainable online grocery with Cristina Berta Jones of Picnic
123- Scaling restaurant brands into suburbs with Ville Lehto of Huuva
122- Automating restaurant phones with Alex Sambvani of Slang.ai
121- Fermenting whole cut steaks with Amos Golan of Chunk Foods
120- Using potatoes as molecular bioreactors with Maya Sapir-Mir of PoLoPo
119- Gamifying restaurant loyalty with Matt Smolin of Hang
118- Building the modern platform for wine & spirits with Phil Mikhaylov of Unicorn
117- Converting traffic into customers with Abhinav Kapur of Bikky
116- Applying the scientific method to food with Nathan Myhrvold of Modernist Cuisine
115- Reversing type 2 diabetes with Sami Inkinen of Virta Health
114- Analyzing retail expansion strategies with Prime Site Construction & Advisory
113- Predicting supply chain shocks with Francisco Martin-Rayo of Helios
112- Designing trickster sugars with Ali Wing of Oobli
111- Building an AI-based restaurant GM with Matt Wampler of ClearCOGS
110- Growing a multi-dimensional booking platform with Matt Tucker of Tock
109- Bringing transparency to kitchen food safety with Christine Schindler of PathSpot
108- Automating fast casual dining with Stephen Goldstein of Kernel
107- Building intelligent machines for foodservice & CPG with Rajat Bhageria of Chef Robotics
106- Empowering CPGs to sell into foodservice with Reed McCord of First Bite
105- Curating top restaurant lists with Judy & Eliot Frost of Beli App
104- Optimizing third-party delivery with Priyam Saraswat of Voosh
103- Diving into the gut microbiome with Dr. Joseph Weiss of UCSD
102- Creating a better burger robot with Aniai
101- Designing new seafood alternatives with Anne Palermo of AQUA Cultured Foods
100- Digitizing local farms with Cole Jones of Local Line
099- Automating grocery delivery with Ellen Brune of AutoStore
098- Scaling digital hospitality with Sai Alluri of Momos
097- Decentralizing local food with Michael Robinov of Farm To People
096- Putting food and beverage on-chain with Derek G Taylor of Happy Friday Coffee
095- Scaling modern salad chains with Nick Kenner of Just Salad
094- Doubling down on natural sugar with Marcus Antebi of goodsugar
093- Using generative AI in food with Kevin Brown of Innit
092 - Building circular economies with Page Schult of Topanga.io
091- Redefining plant-based cooking with Matthew Kenney of Ascention
090- Powering next-gen CPG distribution with Arik Keller of Mable
089- Creating new alternative proteins with Martina Lokajova of Tempty Foods
088- Optimizing restaurant pricing with Colin Webb of Sauce
087- Building America's online bakery with Ismail Salhi of Wildgrain
086- Consolidating last-mile deliveries with Alex Blum of Relay
085- Building "fermentation as a service" with Edward Shenderovich of Synonym
084- Bringing local markets into the e-commerce era with Bobby Brannigan of Mercato
083- Digitizing restaurant procurement with Dante DiCicco of Zitti
082- Building the consumer frontend for future foods with Ben Berman of Tomorrow Farms
081- Uncovering the tensions in the restaurant industry with Jensen Cummings of Best Served Creative
080- Empowering the next generation of culinary influencers with Kristen Barnett & Trevor Kerin of CCW
079- Analyzing the current state of restaurant tech with Stefan Hertzberg of ItsaCheckmate
078- Leveraging AI to unlock nature’s full potential with Karthik Sekar of Climax Foods
077- Feeding good gut bugs with Marc Washington of Supergut
076- Building the plug & play online grocery platform with Brad McNamara of Morrissey Market
075- Defining table stakes for modern restaurateurs with Shawn Walchef of Cali BBQ
074- Delivering dinner from microenterprise home chefs with Morley Ivers of Cookin
073- Dissecting the robotic delivery pipedream with Dmitry Shevelenko
072- The Willy Wonka of Algae With Elliot Roth of Spira
071- Building the world’s first caffeine replacement with Jeffrey Dietrich of Rarebird Coffee
070- Reimagining microwave cooking and frozen foods with Steph Chen of Anyday
069- Fixing the broken incentives of our food system with Justin Mares of Kettle & Fire
068- Democratizing the private chef with Carlos Ventura Jr. of Feast & Fettle
067- Breaking down Amazon’s fulfillment network with Marc Wulfraat of MWPVL
066- Arming the coffee rebels against Starbucks with Dane Atkinson of Odeko
065- Engineering a pre-alcohol probiotic with Zack Abbott of ZBiotics
064- Prescribing food as medicine with Josh Hix of Season Health
063- Democratizing investment in agricultural land with Tim Luckow of Farm
062- Taking the "ice cream truck" approach to delivery with Baris Karadogan of Jingle
061- Using microalgae as a future protein source with Yonatan Golan of Brevel
060- Dissecting delivery business models with Professor Len Sherman of Columbia Business School
059- Designing innovative foodservice programs for convenience stores with Jerry Weiner
058- Converting convenience stores into delivery hubs with John Nelson of Vroom Delivery
057- Preventing food waste from eating grocers' margins with Stefan Kalb of Shelf Engine
056- Putting local restaurants on the blockchain with Michael Saunders of Captain & Supper Club
055- Measuring your gut microbiome using smart toilets with Kevin Honaker of BiomeSense
054- Investing in CPG and the software powering it with Carle Stenmark of VMG Partners
053- Owning the end-to-end omnichannel convenience platform with Art Sebastian of Casey's
052- Rebooting the independent grocery operating system with Brandon Hill of Vori
051- Building the global first-party QSR delivery logistics network with Zach Noren of Uber Direct
050- Going beyond the luxury of online grocery with Sarah Mastrorocco of Instacart
049- Building a global fungi-based protein platform with Karuna Rawal of Nature's Fynd
048- Personalization & the current state of restaurant tech with Brandon Barton of Bite
047- Delivering inventory as a service to local restaurants with Na'ama Moran of Cheetah
046- Dynamic pricing meets hospitality with Marc Lotenberg of Dorsia
045- Scaling micro food halls with Jordan Bramble of Local Kitchens
044- Ringing in the fungi-based meat revolution with Tyler Huggins of Meati Foods
043- Growing global host kitchen marketplaces with Rishi Nigam of Franklin Junction
042 - Building the backbone for digital food with Zhong Xu of Deliverect
041- Redesigning systems behind donation-based community meals with Matt Jozwiak of Rethink Food
040- Rescuing retail food waste to improve accessibility with Josh Domingues of Flashfood
039- Inside the world's first molecular beverage printer with Matt Mahar of Cana
038- Building the next-gen KFC of ghost kitchens with Alex Munoz-Suarez of Fuku
037- Investigating next-gen alternative foods with Larissa Zimberoff of Technically Food
036- Your friendly neighborhood ghost kitchen with Atul Sood of Kitchen United
035- The AWS of automated fast casual with Stephen Klein of Hyphen
034- Empowering next gen TikTok chef influencers with the co-founders of Provecho
033- Owning the end-to-end restaurant marketing funnel with Brendan Sweeney of Popmenu
032- Omnichannel ordering for physical and digital brands with Nabeel Alamgir of Lunchbox
031- Cashierless convenience stores with Michael Suswal of Standard AI
030- Building a faster next-gen food conglomerate with Chaz Flexman of Starday Foods
029- Building the rails for instant commerce with Dan Folkman of Gopuff
028- Transforming the modern drive-thru with Alice Crowder of Krystal
027- Automating the pizza industry with Clayton Wood of Picnic
026- Food as virtual "drops" with Kristen Barnett of Hungry House
025- Building virtual restaurant brands with former Nextbite VP of Brand Development Liz Moskow
024- Fixing the restaurant labor shortage with Jordan Boesch from 7Shifts
023- Optimizing virtual brands for restaurant chains with George Jacobs of Acelerate
022- The flywheel of omnichannel retail with Mike LaVitola of Foxtrot
021- 3rd party food delivery regulation with Andrew Rigie of NYC Hospitality Alliance
020- Scan & pay restaurant payments with Christine De Wendel of Sunday
019- The original 30-minute omnichannel grocer with Barnaby Montgomery of Yummy.com
018- Fungi-based meat enhancement and replacement with Paul Shapiro of Better Meat Co.
017- Bringing Domino's tech to 50k independent pizzerias with Ilir Sela of Slice
016- The power dynamics of online grocery with David Bishop of Brick Meets Click
015- 10 Minute grocery delivery with Ashwin Wadekar of Gorillas
014- Hyperlocal, personalized meal solutions with Ellis McCue of Territory Foods
013- Vertically integrated food delivery with Chris Baggott of ClusterTruck
012- Dark store grocery with Pradeep Elankumaran of Farmstead
011- The original cloud kitchen with Jaydeep Barman of Rebel Foods
010- Leveraging AI in fresh grocery with Matt Schwartz of Afresh
009- The future of convenience stores with Frank Beard & Sam Polk of Everytable
008- The next generation of alt protein with Darcey Macken of Planterra
007- The growth in pickup with Stas Matvinyenko of Allset
006- QSR 3.0 with Michael Lastoria of &pizza
005- Promoting diversity in food with Rahanna Bisseret Martinez
004- Personalized nutrition and the gut microbiome with Richard Sprague
003- Grocery of the future with Bill Stenger of KNAPP group
002- The necessary evil of delivery apps with Alex Canter of Ordermark
001 - Plant and Cell-based Food Innovation with Big Idea Ventures