🧠 Turning Dining into a Multisensory Show

June 06, 2025

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🍽️ What’s Cooking?

Wonder’s Big Bet on Food-at-Your-Door

Marc Lore’s startup Wonder, which blends food delivery with mobile kitchens, is planning to go public by 2028. Its business model focuses on “fast-fine” dining—high-quality meals from top chefs delivered quickly through a fleet of mobile kitchens. Wonder isn’t just delivering food; it’s building a scalable system that brings restaurant-quality dining to homes with consistency. ​Read more.

🃏 Running a Smoother Kitchen

Use Heat Maps for Kitchen Prep Zones

Track where staff move during peak hours, then redesign your kitchen layout based on that movement. Creating heat maps of frequent traffic zones can help eliminate bottlenecks, reduce foot traffic collisions, and shorten prep time. Even small changes—like repositioning a chopping station—can lead to faster, safer service.

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🚀 Scaling Up

Turning Dining into a Multisensory Show

London’s “Sensory Feast” is changing the way we think about restaurant growth. Instead of adding more tables, the show combines storytelling, live performance, scent, music, and creative plating to deliver a full-body dining experience. This approach shows how restaurants can scale by diversifying formats, selling tickets instead of meals, and attracting both food lovers and experience seekers. Read more.

🦾 Fresh Ideas

Lunchbox and UrbanPiper Partner to Expand Restaurant Tech Globally

Two restaurant tech firms—Lunchbox in the U.S. and UrbanPiper in India—have teamed up to help restaurants manage online orders more efficiently. The partnership aims to offer restaurants a single platform that connects with multiple delivery apps, point-of-sale systems, and marketing tools. By joining forces, the companies plan to expand their reach across North America, the Middle East, and Asia. This move reflects growing demand for simple tech solutions that can scale with restaurant needs worldwide. ​Read more

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