Industry

Restaurant-Tech M&A Is Up 45%. Positioning Became an Exit Variable

By Jared Castronova 19 August, 2026

Restaurant-tech M&A rose 45% in H1 2025. In a consolidating market, a category gets acquired as a...

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Artificial Intelligence Marketing

Marketing Is the #1 Place Restaurants Use AI. That Changes Who You Compete With

By Jared Castronova 13 August, 2026

Discover how AI is transforming restaurant marketing and competition, with insights on operator...

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Industry GTM Marketing

2026 Restaurant Loyalty Benchmark: What It Means for Vendors

By Paul Molinari 3 August, 2026

Incentivio's 2026 loyalty benchmark covers 4,000+ locations and 19 cuisines. What the...

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Artificial Intelligence Marketing

What Is a Content Marketing Engine? (No Team Required)

By Jared Castronova 27 July, 2026

A content marketing engine is a system of positioning, production, and distribution that compounds...

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Marketing

What Is Owned Media, and Why Restaurant-Tech Brands Can't Rent Their Audience

By Jared Castronova 20 July, 2026

Owned media is the audience you control, not reach you rent from an algorithm. Why restaurant-tech...

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Artificial Intelligence Marketing

Content as a Service: The Model Replacing the $10K/Month Retainer

By Jared Castronova 20 July, 2026

Content as a service swaps the $10K agency retainer and the full-time hire for a flat monthly...

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Artificial Intelligence Marketing

Building Air Cover: Inside a Content Engine That Gets Smarter Every Week

By Jared Castronova 9 July, 2026

Inside Air Cover: edit-learning loops, code-enforced voice checks, freshness-filtered inputs, and a...

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Marketing

How to Market a Restaurant-Tech Company When Operators Don't Read Marketing

By Jared Castronova 8 July, 2026

Restaurant operators don't read marketing. Here's how to reach them anyway: lead with the shift on...

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Artificial Intelligence Marketing

AI Content vs. Human: What the 2026 Data Says About Trust and Rankings

By Jared Castronova 30 June, 2026

The 2026 data on AI content vs. human: who ranks, who gets cited by ChatGPT, who gets engagement,...

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Artificial Intelligence Marketing

AI Slop Is Killing Brand Trust. Here's What Human-Reviewed Content Looks Like

By Jared Castronova 30 June, 2026

AI slop is the low-effort content flooding the feed, and buyers and search engines now discount it....

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