ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
The latest on technology affecting the restaurant industry - for better and for worse.
Update frequency:
every 18 days
Average audio length:
21 minutes
Guest interviews
Has sponsors
English
United States
118 episodes
since Dec. 27, 2021
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Send us Fan Mail
Restaurants have crossed a line.
AI adoption is accelerating. Digital sales are growing. Tech spend is rising.
But here’s the problem… very little of it is actually working.
In this episode, Carl sits down with Jen Kern (CMO at Qu) to break down the 2026 State of Digital Report and…
SEARCH PAST EPISODES
Search past episodes of The Digital Restaurant.
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Send us Fan Mail
Carl is joined by Rishi Nigam, CEO of Franklin Junction, to break down the most important stories shaping restaurants and consumer technology as we close out 2025. From GoPuff’s latest funding round to Cloudflare’s massive outage and the rising role of synthetic data, this episode …
Send us Fan Mail
Special guest host Kim DeCarolis joins Carl for a lively dive into the week’s biggest restaurant and tech stories for the last episode in Season 2.
They start with American Express’s growing influence in restaurant loyalty and ask whether Amex has become the new partner of choice. …
Send us Fan Mail
Are delivery marketplaces like DoorDash and Uber Eats about to be disrupted by ChatGPT?
Carl welcomes Atul Sood, former McDonald’s and Kitchen United executive, to explore how AI and automation are reshaping the food world — from ChatGPT’s new app integrations to robotic hospital k…
Send us Fan Mail
This week on The Digital Restaurant, Carl is joined by Jeremy Julian, host of the Restaurant Technology Guys podcast and CRO of CBS NorthStar, for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of restaurant technology.
We dive into highlights from FSTEC, explore new benchmarks from InTo…
Send us Fan Mail
This week, Carl welcomes special guest host Markus Pineyro of Oomi Kitchen to dive into five major stories shaping restaurants and technology.
Is first-party delivery really the answer? We explore the economics, customer experience, and hidden costs behind running your own fleet.…
Send us Fan Mail
This week on The Digital Restaurant, Carl is joined by Jennifer Kern, CMO of Qu, for a fast-moving conversation about the headlines shaping restaurants, technology, and consumer behavior.
We kick off with a surprising stat: half of adults are ordering kids meals. (01:00) What does …
Send us Fan Mail
In this episode of The Digital Restaurant, Carl is joined by Emmy Award–winning storyteller Mike Duffy of Yum Crunch. Together they break down five timely stories shaping restaurants and tech:
McDonald’s bets on web ordering through DoorDash—does convenience outweigh control?
Yum …
Send us Fan Mail
Carl returns from a July break with Bernadette Heier of Food on Demand to unpack five stories that signal where restaurant tech is heading next.
01:00 – Olo acquired by Thoma Bravo • $2B all-cash deal • A chance to reset outside the public markets • Could this unlock faster innovat…
Send us Fan Mail
This week on The Digital Restaurant, I’m joined by a new co-host — Alex, an AI avatar — as we break down five headlines showing how delivery, automation, and AI are shaping the next wave of restaurant operations:
01:10 – Olive Garden’s off-premise engine is hummingUber Direct integ…
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Carl Orsbourn, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
PODCAST SEARCH ENGINE
You can use our website to search 3,820,667 podcasts and 195,268,746 episodes by people, places, or topics.
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious, and
I listen to podcasts.
‐ Albert "Llamacorn" Einstein
SEARCH PAST EPISODES
Search past episodes of The Digital Restaurant.
PODCAST IS CLAIMED
This podcast page is claimed and managed by
@carl533
EDIT
Thank you for helping to keep the podcast database up to date.
