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Hear at the Echo Park farmers market

Higher alcohol ready-to-drink beverages are gaining traction, despite opposing trends for no and low alcohol also running in tandem. Southern Glazer’s tells db why this is a trend to watch. thedrinksbusiness.com/2026/05/why-rt…

It’s wild how popular it was to catch someone so off guard with this move

Is this good or bad? Are they all highly occupied?

Wild to see the reservation game still has so much room to be reinvented

This is great America needs more tech - AI & automation to help bring in a 100k new biodynamic farms, ranchers, dairies, etc.

NYC has a secret coffee shop inside a 100-year-old bank. It's called Conwell Coffee Hall in FiDi. One of the coolest interior spaces in NYC: - gold revolving doors - 1920s Art Deco design - marble teller counter - bankers' lamps and leather couches They have 10/10 coffee with signature blends: - "The Vault" - "Skyscraper Medium Roast" - "Sleep No More Espresso" It's Conwell Coffee Hall by day (brunch + coffee) and Conwell Cocktail Hall by night (candles, cocktails + live DJs) AND it's open until 10pm 👀

The hosts of @AcquiredFM spent hours researching Vanguard and what they found looked a lot like Costco. 🔗: on.wsj.com/4wCfQo8

Who in LA can help us test autonomous delivery for us to commercial addresses?

Total bev-alc dollar sales fell 4.7% in the latest 2-week period, per NIQ data, but spirit-based RTDs outperformed, up 17.3% 📉🍹 Cutwater (+121%) and Sun Cruiser (+119%) surged, while High Noon lost share and FMBs dropped 12.3%. More data: brewbound.com/news/rtd-cockt…

Good article on the growth of cold beverages, and specifically cold coffee. Consumers are drinking more at home, but the coffee category in restaurants continues to outperform the broader industry. I appreciate having some of my thoughts (and our Technomic data) included.

.@shaunmmaguire on Starlink Mobile: "Direct to cell will probably be even bigger than the original consumer internet business."⁣ ⁣ "The unit economics are incredibly good."  "This is cell service from space. Pretty insane."

@rohanrkumar @a16z Menu looks good

Hey @a16z

Kyuramen Group acquires matcha gelato concept to grow across U.S. Offering varying grades of matcha in gelato and drinks, Aokō Matcha will grow as a standalone concept and within Kyuramen locations. ow.ly/IL1J106yums

Figure launched yesterday aiming to hit 8 hours of autonomous work We’ve now crossed 30 hours of continuous operations with no downtime 🔥🔥🔥 We also welcomed Rose to the team - helping push us past 38,000 packages processed

Very cool

This is an interesting growth story for soda

@nicktorg @WholeFoods Saw your collab at Ronnie’s Pronto today. Future of CPG is a lot more collabs and LTOs

The TRUFF team crushed the new Aioli innovation. Drizzle it on grilled steak, fish tacos, lemon pepper wings, sweet potato fries, shrimp skewers, and whatever’s next. Now available nationwide exclusively at @WholeFoods 🔥😋

"The LEGO Group is the world's largest tire manufacturer by volume, producing over 300 million miniature rubber wheels annually." Thanks for the fun fact of the day @PalmerLuckey. Sure they may be small, but a tire is a tire!

Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital has taken a stake in Shopify, according to people familiar with the matter, marking a rare bet from the venture firm on a public company bloomberg.com/news/articles/…