Ritual Eats Week and Talking About EAT Club

This edition of MRM's Daily Bite includes news from Ritual and Apple Pay, DoorDash, The Vilcek Foundation, Dinova, EAT Club, The James Beard Foundation, The Summit and Delaget. 

Send news items to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

'Ritual Eats Week' LaunchesFrom March 5-16, Ritual and Apple Pay are launching a first-of-its-kind national food festival called “Ritual Eats Week.” During Ritual Eats Week, thousands of restaurants across the country will offer promotions with exclusive dishes and select menu items offered at affordable prices up to 50 percent off in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. Any customer who orders with the Ritual app and pays with Apple Pay will have access to these exclusive daily deals.

The restaurant industry serves as a leading indicator of the economy, and the higher cost of restaurant lunches is turning Americans away from their lunchtime food scene. According to Ray Reddy…