Ben Walters: Dynamic pricing will inevitably become standard in restaurants
Ben Walters · #62 Pivot or Die · Mar 3, 2025 · at 12:58
Ben Walters, founder of Feedback, pitches venture investors on The Pitch about his platform for enterprise dynamic restaurant pricing.
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“Prices are going to be changing at restaurants. I'm like, I'm convinced, and I've had a lot of conversations with a lot of smart people, and everyone is also with me that the way that the pricing is working right now, it just doesn't make sense.”
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