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Jul

2024

08

2024 / Jul / 08
The Body Lab Brings Scalable Customization to Body Skin Care
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From: Global Cosmetics Industry Magazine

The Body Lab The Body Lab, a new customizable body care brand, is built on the lessons learned by Eric Delapenha when building and scaling his customized Strands Hair Care brand. read more
Mar

2024

06

2024 / Mar / 06
Made In Cookware’s Growth Flywheel Extends From Professional Chefs To Home Cooks
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Made In Cookware founders Johnathan “Jake” Kalick, left, and Bradford “Chip” Malt. Photo by Matt Conant

From: Forbes
By: Pamela N. Danziger, Senior Contributor, “I study the world’s most powerful consumers — The American Affluent”

Top athletes, craftsmen and women, carpenters or anyone involved in a skilled trade knows to perform their best, they need the best tools, as Benjamin Franklin said, “The best investment is in the tools of one’s trade.” read more
Dec

2023

06

2023 / Dec / 06
One Fast Casual’s Pursuit of Proprietary Tech
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Applications for the software go well beyond daily sales forecasts.

From: QSR Magazine
Cafe Zupas is leveraging bespoke AI tools to predict sales and improve margins.

Cafe Zupas prides itself on serving food that’s made from scratch daily. Its expansive menu of soups, salads, and sandwiches requires over 200 ingredients, with fresh produce being delivered daily. read more
Nov

2023

01

2023 / Nov / 01
Austin’s Famed Franklin Barbecue Is Coming to LA for Just Five Days
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Photo By: Jakob Layman
From: EATER Los Angeles
By: Matthew Kang
One of Texas’s most famous restaurants, Franklin Barbecue, is collaborating with LA’s HomeState to create a chopped brisket breakfast taco for just five days from November 8 to 12. To date, Franklin Barbecue has never appeared in Los Angeles except for a pop-up in 2015 that founder and chef Aaron Franklin conducted with chef Adam Perry Lang. For those who haven’t heard of Franklin Barbecue, it’s regarded as one of the best barbecue places in the world, drawing huge lines every day it’s open. And it’s officially coming to LA next week to celebrate HomeState, an Austin-style breakfast taco specialist, that turns 10 years old this year. read more
Oct

2023

09

2023 / Oct / 09
36 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles
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HIGHLY LIKELY
Photo By: Jeff Mindell//Courtesy Highly Likely
From: Conde Nast Traveler
Reviewed By: Krista Simmons<
Highly Likely has the bright, airy, vibrant vibes of some of Australia’s best all-day cafes. You’ll find all the California takes on breakfast classics on the menu here. All of them are great, but standouts include the fish sandwich, made with locally caught, tempura-battered fish and kosho tartar sauce, or the Japanese porridge bowl with housemade pickles, dashi broth, Okinawa potatoes, mushrooms, greens, miso granola, and a soft boiled egg. read more
Oct

2023

09

2023 / Oct / 09
36 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles
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HOMESTATE
Photo By: Sierra Prescott
From: Conde Nast Traveler
Reviewed By: Krista Simmons<
This lively little taco stand is all about inhaling a few tacos with friends before the tortillas dissolve in your hands. Hungover or not, you’ll inhale these tacos with tortillas handmade to perfection. Start a perfect day with their “Trinity”—eggs, bacon, potato and cheese. The best things in life are simple, especially paired in a winning combination with Southern hospitality and speedy, smiley service. Bonus: the Highland Park location now serves some of the best margaritas in town. read more
Oct

2023

03

2023 / Oct / 03
Remedy Organics Launches Super Ube Glow – The First-Ever Ingestible Beauty Wellness Shake
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From: News Direct
Remedy Organics, the leading producer of award-winning, plant-based, and protein-packed functional beverages, today announced the release of its latest innovation, Super Ube Glow. The new revolutionary blend, designed to nourish from within and promote a radiant inner glow, marks the first-ever ingestible beauty wellness shake to hit the market. read more
Sep

2023

11

2023 / Sep / 11
Here’s how Café Zupas was able to successfully build its own tech stack
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From: Nation’s Restaurant News
By: Joanna Fantozzi

The founders of the Utah-based soup and sandwich chain have backgrounds in tech and built custom AI-based systems instead of going with off the shelf read more

Jun

2023

05

2023 / Jun / 05

This Company Puts Tepache, Mexico’s 3,000-Year-Old Fermented Pineapple Beverage in Easy Reach of U.S. Consumers

posted in Investment

Photo:Greg Dupree / Food Styling by Ali Ramee / Prop Styling by Christina Daley
From:FOOD&WINE
By:Lucy Simon
Two beverage industry pros are bringing Mexico’s oldest drink to the U.S. market for the first time, with astonishing success. read more