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Why the social media burger wars are good for the industry

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the weekly restaurant news discussion podcast looks at the McDonald’s-Burger King rivalry, the coffee market and what’s wrong with Sweetgreen.

The burger chains are all in a social media war right now.

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast The Week in Restaurants looks at the ongoing social media war pitting most of the industry’s burger chains against each other. We explain the issue, and why it may be good for the industry.

We also try and diagnose whatever is wrong with the fast-casual salad chain Sweetgreen.

And we look at the coffee market, including Dutch Bros, the Luckin-Blue Bottle acquisition and Black Rock Coffee Bar.

On Tech Check, Senior Tech Editor Joe Guszkowski talks Olo’s new customer-facing app.

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