Restaurant innovation
Question # 1 What if guests help order food?
Tablets at tables
http://www.torbenrick.eu/blog/business-disruption/disrupting-restaurant-industry/
http://www.opentable.com/
Question # 2 What if guests or robots help cook food?
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/technology/article101724032.html
http://www.1jour1chef.com/
Paris restaurant invites an amateur cook to become chef each night.
At fishing restaurant http://www.zauo.com/, if you catch the fish yourself, it is cheaper.
Japanese restaurant ZAUO http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/japanrestaurant-zauo-gives-patrons-fishing-gear-to-catch-theirown-seafood/story-e6freuy9-1226202884815
Question # 3 What if guests or robots help deliver food?
http://www.impactlab.net/2012/08/28/restaurant-in-china-staffed-entirely-by-robots/
Haohai Robot Restaurant. Harbin, China.
At http://spiga-ristorante.ch/, customers order and pay for their food right at the entrance.
A mobile device that customers get when ordering and paying for the food, lights up when the food is ready. Customers then pick up their food themselves. After finishing eating, customers bring their plates, cutlery, and glasses near the dishwashing machine. Some results of self service: 1. Prices are lower. 2. Customers get a little exercise. https://www.facebook.com/spigaristorante/photos/a.359917147466617.1073741831.359551147503217/393235250801473/
Question # 4 What if a meal costs less on Wednesday than on Saturday?
Be upfront with customers about using dynamic pricing.
https://hbr.org/2012/12/why-online-retailers-new-prici
Question # 5 What if cyclists get a free salad or dessert?
At Brazilian cafĂŠ Le Repas, cyclists get a free salad
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eco-cafe http://www.lerepas.com.br/
Question # 6 What if restaurants sell or give away unserved food?
Sources http://www.duesseldorfer-tafel.de/ http://www.foodforall.us/
Question # 7 What if the location of a restaurant changes?
Vegetable bus
http://inhabitat.com/torontos-converted-veggie-bus-brings-produce-to-food-desert-areas/
Question # 8 What if the cafeteria is also an extra workspace?
Outside restaurant opening hours, Restolib’ use restaurants for, for example, cooking classes and table decoration workshops. Sources http://www.restolib.fr/ http://www.coolbusinessideas.com/archives/monetizing-every-restaurant-hours/
https://www.fastcompany.com/3061602/the-future-of-work/why-freelancers-are-paying-to-work-in-high-end-restaurants-before-they-op
Question # 9 Which apps can help us cook for each other?
Sources https://www.cookapp.com/ https://eatfeastly.com http://www.eatwith.com/ http://eatwithme.net/ https://www.kitchensurfing.com/ https://www.margr.it/ http://www.super-marmite.com/