Food delivery apps are reshaping the restaurant industry — and how we eat — by inspiring digital-only establishments that don’t need a dining room or waiters. Source: NYT > Business – Mike Isaac and David Yaffe-Bellany
For Celebrity Chefs, Politics Proves Precarious
Three New York restaurateurs — David Chang, José Andrés and Christina Tosi — pleaded with the developer Stephen Ross to cancel a fund-raiser for President Trump. Source: NYT > Business – Amelia Nierenberg
DoorDash Buys a Rival, Caviar, for $410 Million
The deal escalates the intense competition in food delivery. Source: NYT > Business – Erin Griffith
Secret of a New York Farm Stand’s Success: An Eye for the Next Big Thing
The Greenmarket go-to for high-end chefs is run by an upstate couple who custom-grow new varieties, using labor and techniques from Egypt. Source: NYT > Business – Priya Krishna
P. Rajagopal, Indian Restaurateur Convicted of Murder, Dies at 71
His restaurant chain, Saravana Bhavan, known for tasty vegetarian food at low prices, continued to expand into more than 20 countries even after his conviction. Source: NYT > Business – Amie Tsang
Chipotle, With Food-Safety Issues Behind It, Recovers Strongly
Four years after a series of damaging food-safety scares chased customers away, the fast-casual restaurant chain’s stock is at a high. Source: NYT > Business – David Yaffe-Bellany