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Snacks / Sunday, April 12, 2020
  • It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... toilet paper, Tylenol, and a croissant. Alphabet's Wing is the drone delivery startup created out of Google's X Lab for "save-the-world" projects. As part of an FAA-approved test project, Wing's drones are flying groceries, medicines, and even pastries to early adopters in Christanburg, VA. Now demand for its drone-delivery service has surged dramatically (delivery via sky is very anti-germy), which could accelerate mainstream-ification of this futuristic service.

  • A light at the end of the breadstick basket... Olive Garden's parent Darden Restaurants' sales are down over 60% as 100% of its dining rooms shut. Buuut, Olive Garden's take-out sales have jumped a saucy 142%, while LongHorn Steakhouse's 3X'd. Darden also served up news that it has $1B in doughy cash on hand, and that it's slashing exec pay in half to help it survive this pasta drought. The stock jumped 45% over the week.

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