Strategic insights for food business founders, operators and investors. Twice a month.

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Jun 1, 2026

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3 min read

The trucks were full.

On Bolivia's crisis, the gap between what things cost and what they're priced at, and the businesses that don't survive the distance between the two.

Carla Olivella Ruiz

May 15, 2026

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1 min read

They remembered what we ordered. It was salchipapas.

On customer loyalty, Bolivian food culture, and the thing that actually makes people come back.

May 1, 2026

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3 min read

Technology should work quietly so people can work loudly.

On why the F&B industry is course-correcting on tech — and what that means for how you build.

Apr 15, 2026

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4 min read

Most pricing decisions are guesses dressed up as strategy.

On the most uncomfortable conversation in every food business — and why having it early changes everything.

Apr 1, 2026

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4 min read

The restaurants that became a reason to travel.

On F&B as destination — and what it means when a dining room changes why people visit a city.

Mar 25, 2026

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4 min read

When the system is the brand.

Writing this from Brazil. On a coffee chain that figured something out — and what most food businesses get backwards.

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