1112: Meredith Sandland, CEO of Empower Delivery and Author of Delivering the Digital Restaurant

Restaurant Unstoppable with Eric Cacciatore

Meredith Sandland is the CEO of Empower Delivery and the co-author of 2 books, Delivering The Digital Restaurant: Your Roadmap To The Future Of Food , and Delivering The Digital Restaurant: The Path to Digital Maturity, both co-authored with Carl Osbourne. Prior to co-authoring those books, Meredith spent two decades in consulting, corporate strategy, and restaurant development. After Building 1,000+ restaurants the Chief Development Officer at Yum! Brands’ Taco Bell, Meredith observed that the on-demand economy was starting to affect restaurants. Meredith joined ghost kitchen start-up, Kitchen United as employee #4 to create their business model, raise initial capital, and serve as the public face of the Google Venture-backed disruptor.

Meredith previously joined Restaurant Unstoppable for episode 842!

Favorite success quote/mantra: "Be intentional."

In this episode we will discuss:

• Tech stack
• Delivery
• Ghost kitchens and virtual brands
• Dynamic pricing
• AND MORE!

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Contact the guest:

• On the web: https://www.empower.delivery
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredith-sandland/

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