The amazing thing when you look closely at the food distribution industry, and the food sector as a whole, is how incredibly difficult it is to keep everything running.

For anyone working in the US food sector, and probably beyond, one piece of news dominated the headlines this week: Sysco agreed to acquire Restaurant Depot.

‍

Tortelloni, Tortellini, Shakespeare and why generalized AI tools doesn't understand your business

On one hand, we live in the world of food. In fact, we were born into it. Our founders were raised in families whose work in the food industry spans generations: exporting shrimp and seafood, buying and selling spices, running restaurants.

As an AI company, we know that understanding AI can be complicated. Part of what makes it difficult is that AI is not one thing. It's a combination of concepts, technologies and methodologies.