
Kristen Hawley
Fast Company contributor focused on restaurant technology and the future of hospitality, author of the newsletter Expedite and an expert on dining and food-service innovation.
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Mar 30, 2026 • 38min
Inside the innovation shaping food and dining
Kristen Hawley, restaurant tech expert and author of Expedite, and Clint Rainey, reporter on the business of food, unpack innovations reshaping dining. They explore Row 7’s flavor-first veggies, Kraft Heinz’s AI-guided ketchup reformulations, QuikTrip’s premium beverage taps, and Shia’s nonprofit lab proving sustainable restaurant practices can work. Short, sharp, and full of industry-changing examples.


