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# App-Based Digital Cafeterias
Cloud Cafe Lets Employees Choose and Pay for Their Own Daily Meals

By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2020-12-08 | Lifestyle
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/digital-cafeteria
References: [prnewswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zerocater-introduces-cloud-cafe-a-digital-cafeteria-revolutionizing-how-employees-eat-301187928.html) & [ZeroCater](http://ZeroCater.com)

Corporate catering and snacks platform ZeroCater is introducing [Cloud Cafe](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cloud-cafe) as an app-based digital cafeteria that has the potential to support companies of all sizes. The digital cafeteria solution lets employees to choose and pay for their own daily meals, which are individually packaged and provided by caterers and restaurants.

Powered by food recommendation engine [FoodIQ](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/foodiq-fabea), Cloud Cafe shares a rotating selection of meals so that options are always fresh. Created for the post-COVID workplace, the app-based digital cafeteria gives companies the flexibility to pay for all, a portion or none of employees' daily meals. This solution also addresses the fact that people are returning to hybrid workforces and companies are finding that they need safe new options when it comes to the [food programs that they offer](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/corporate-wellness-program).

Image Credit: ZeroCater

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 2.8/10
- Popularity: 23% | Activity: 53% | Freshness: 9%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: North America

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### What Makes This Trend Stand Out

- **App-based Digital Cafeterias:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Developing personalized meal recommendation algorithms to enhance the employee dining experience.
- **Cloud Cafe:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Integrating a digital payment system that allows seamless payments for employees' daily meals.
- **Post-covid Workplace Solutions:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Implementing contactless delivery and individually-packaged meals to meet the safety requirements of hybrid workforces.

### Sectors Adopting This

- **Corporate Catering:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Creating tech-driven platforms that enable companies to provide flexible and personalized dining experiences for employees.
- **Restaurant Industry:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Developing partnerships with app-based digital cafeterias to offer meals that cater to the evolving needs of companies and their employees.
- **Food Tech:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Building advanced food recommendation engines that leverage data and AI to provide tailored meal options to individuals.

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