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5 articles from Sofia Marchetti

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24 August 2026

Sofia Marchetti · 4 min read

UK Dark Kitchens Bet on AI to Escape the Ghost Kitchen Graveyard

With Europe's dark kitchen market valued at $7.4 billion and climbing, UK operators are turning to AI-driven demand forecasting and multi-platform aggregation to solve the unit economics that killed the first ghost kitchen wave. But a sharp drop in food brand trademark filings suggests not everyone is buying the recovery story.

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17 August 2026

Sofia Marchetti · 4 min read

MarginEdge's $80M Bet: The Restaurant Back-Office AI Race Gets Serious

An $80 million Series D puts MarginEdge's total funding at $162 million and signals that the fight for the restaurant back office is no longer a skirmish - it's a full land-grab. With Toast, Crunchtime and a clutch of well-capitalised challengers all closing in, operators need to understand what's actually at stake.

10 August 2026

Sofia Marchetti · 3 min read

AI Goes Operational: UK Restaurants Shift from Pilot to Profit as Back-of-House Tools Hit Critical Mass

With over 60% of UK restaurants now running some form of AI in operations and The Caterer dedicating a flagship webinar to AI workflow efficiency, the sector's experimental phase is over. The question is no longer whether to automate - it's who gets left behind.

3 August 2026

Sofia Marchetti · 4 min read

Radisson's AI Price-Match Goes Live: What It Means for the OTA War and UK Hotel Margins

Radisson Hotel Group has deployed real-time AI price-matching across its entire global portfolio, automatically detecting and meeting lower OTA rates on its own booking site - no screenshots, no claims forms, no waiting. For UK hotel operators watching the move, the question isn't whether to follow; it's whether they can afford not to.

31 July 2026

Sofia Marchetti · 4 min read

Fake Mould, Real Losses: AI Food Fraud Hits UK Restaurants as Brand Filings Crater

UK food safety consultancy Food Alert is already handling live cases of AI-generated food fraud - manipulated images and legally framed complaint emails squeezing refunds from restaurants and takeaways. Meanwhile, UK Class 29 trademark filings have collapsed 69% in Q3 2026, leaving the very brands under attack with no IP shield.

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