Trends we spotted | Week 33
Domino's Pizza België X Bicky
O2 SURFTOWN MUC - credits SURFTOWN
Rendering of the O2 SURFTOWN MUC - credits SURFTOWN
Serve Robotics delivers Shake Shack in LA
Serve Robotics delivers Shake Shack in LA
Rendering of Hotel MOHI by Appellation
Microsoft X tech start-up Curbit
At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. With this week links to articles about:
- Another ‘100 Best of’ list. The World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops!
- Shake Shack will use autonomous robot delivery by Serve Robotics via Uber Eats in the Los Angeles area.
- The O2 SURFTOWN MUC, Germany’s first and Europe’s largest surf park, recently opened its doors. They have a new globally unique wave technology.
- Utah’s Powder Mountain will soon double as a skiable outdoor art museum. That’s a great way to visit a museum, skiing through it!
- The Appellation chain announced the opening of urban resort MOHI by Appellation in Morgan Hill, Silicon Valley’s next culinary capital, in fall 2025.
- Curbit announced a collaboration with Microsoft to deliver innovative AI solution to the restaurant industry.
- Spotted on Instagram: Japanese Koshu Grapes aka Pink Cotton Candy Grapes. The grapes look delicious!
- Domino’s Pizza Belgium puts the popular Bicky pizza back on their menu. A collaboration with Bicky. The Bicky burger is a true classic in Belgium.
Enjoy reading!
The World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops
From now on we also have a list of the World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops. To identify the finest coffee shops across the globe, the organization has established a comprehensive set of criteria to ensure a thorough and fair assessment. Check out what they focus on in their evaluation on their website, linked in the title or check out their LinkedIn page.
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Shake Shack will use autonomous robot delivery via Uber Eats in the Los Angeles area
Serve Robotics Inc., a leading autonomous sidewalk delivery company, and Shake Shack Inc. recently announced a partnership to deliver Shake Shack using Serve’s autonomous delivery robots via Uber Eats. Customers who order from select Shake Shack restaurants in Los Angeles through Uber Eats may receive their order via Serve’s innovative autonomous robots. The partnership marks another step forward in the expansion of sidewalk robots on Uber Eats, which has been offering Serve’s autonomous deliveries in Los Angeles since 2022, and is poised to lead to future expansion across the U.S. More details in their press release, link in the title.
O2 SURFTOWN MUC recently opened
The O2 SURFTOWN MUC, Germany’s first and Europe’s largest surf park, recently opened its doors. The press conference, offered a first glimpse into the future of surfing.
The O2 SURFTOWN MUC stands out thanks to its globally unique wave technology, which uses 34 individually adjustable air chambers to generate precise waves up to 2.2 metres high – at the touch of a button, just like a piano. This technology not only makes the O2 SURFTOWN MUC a flagship project for German surfing, but also attracts international attention. More details in their press release, linked in the title.
Rif010, a similar project, recently opened in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Surfing in the city centre!
Utah’s Powder Mountain will soon double as a skiable outdoor art museum
Utah’s Powder Mountain is best known for its skiing, but the resort is pushing its way into the art world, too. The mountain will soon become home to an open-air sculpture and art park, the resort recently announced. The addition of an outdoor museum is just one of many developments the former Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is making since he took over the mountain last year. Select works will be on view during the coming ski season, while a grand opening is slated for 2026. More details in the article on Robb Report, link in the title and on their website.
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Hotel MOHI by Appellation | Chain to open urban resort in Morgan Hill, Silicon Valley’s next culinary capital
Appellation, the groundbreaking ‘culinary-first’ hotel brand by celebrated American chef Charlie Palmer and luxury hospitality veteran Christopher Hunsberger, joins forces with visionary vintner Frank Léal of Léal Hospitality to announce Hotel MOHI by Appellation. Set to debut in fall 2025 in Silicon Valley’s charming Downtown Morgan Hill, the opening will mark the first full-service luxury boutique hotel of the destination. We wrote about the plans for the Appellation hotel chain back in 2022. More details in their press release, link in the title.
Curbit announced a collaboration with Microsoft to deliver innovative AI solution to the restaurant industry
Curbit.ai, the restaurant tech company that specializes in cutting-edge capacity management solutions, announced a collaboration with Microsoft to broaden the market reach of its innovative service. As part of their agreement, Microsoft will provide critical digital infrastructure and state of the art AI and real-time capabilities enabling Curbit to offer enterprise-grade speed of service analysis, accurate guest expectations, real-time order progress and robust kitchen performance and sentiment analytics.
Curbit solves a pressing problem for restaurant operators and delivery service providers by analyzing real-time speed of service to accurately predict order readiness. The result is fresher food, minimal wait times and streamlined operations. Curbit’s real-time data provides insights into kitchen performance, highlighting areas for operational enhancement, like optimization of order flow and fulfillment processes. More details in their press release, link in the title.
Japanese Pink Cotton Candy Grapes
Spotted on Instagram at the account of Japan Explores (link in the title): Japanese Koshu Grapes aka Pink Cotton Candy Grapes. Koshu grapes are a unique variety native to Japan, primarily grown in the Yamanashi Prefecture. They have a thick skin and are pinkish-purple in color. Koshu grapes are best known for producing Koshu wine, a light, crisp white wine with delicate flavours and a slightly citrusy taste. More details in the embedded post below! The grapes look delicious!
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Domino’s Pizza Belgium puts the popular Bicky pizza back on their menu
Bicky has been present in the Belgian fry shop world since 1981, with around 850 exclusive Official Bicky Dealer sales outlets today. Bicky is part of GoodLife Foods, the Dutch company that also has the snack brands Beckers and Mexicano® in its portfolio. The Bicky burger is a true classic in Belgium. Domino’s Pizza joined in with this in 2020 with the launch of the Bicky pizza. A successful strategy that left people wanting more: the equally popular Vol-au-vent pizza was launched that same year. A year later, the pizza chain transformed another Belgian classic – the frikandel or currywurst – into a pizza with the launch of the Frikan’Belge.
There are two variants of the Bicky pizza available: the Bicky Original with minced meat and the Bicky Chicken with chicken, both finished with mozzarella. The base is deliciously fresh, hand-stretched dough. And the pizzas are really Bicky like with all the unique Bicky ingredients. So expect the three legendary sauces (tomato, hot sauce and dressing), the Bicky Cucumb’ Salad and the famous Bicky onions. Check out how to order in Belgium, link in the title.
