How The ‘First’ Food Vending Machines and Cloud Kitchens Changed The Way We Eat | Ahead of Their Time | FD Finance
Dining out was once a novelty, only for the wealthy. So how did we get from white linen tablecloths to eating Michelin-starred food in the comfort of your own home, just by the click of an app? See how the restaurant industry has changed radically by technology and societal preferences that have made dining more affordable through novel inventions like Horn and Hardart’s Automat, and TiffinLabs shifting how we get our food from brick and mortar establishments, into the cloud.
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For every company that’s making headlines today, there were those a decade or two ago that had already espoused a similar product, service or idea. For instance, there was Vestron before Netflix, and Quorn before Impossible Foods.
Delve into the business stories of ten pioneering companies in five different sectors – examining one who was an early predecessor that operated in a burgeoning market, and another, in today’s world that seems to have caught on to a winning formula. What are the lessons to be gleaned? And how their life-changing products and services have shaped the way we live, eat and connect.