BONUS 🤤 “The Food Pod” — Our Best Food stories from 2024

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

(Warning: You’re gonna need 8 napkins for this episode):

#1. Haribo Gummy Bears is now the biggest candy business on earth… because it’s done the same thing for 100 years. (1/22/2024)

#2. The hot new IPO this year? It’s Bubble Tea… Boba tea chains are IPO’ing for billions, but Bubble Tea may face a Bubble Tea Bubble. (5/6/2024)

#3. While all the other food chains struggled this year, one didn’t: Shake Shack… The $10 Shackburger proves perception overpowers prices. (8/5/2024)

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0:00.0	This is Nick.
0:07.4	This is Jack.
0:08.2	And today's food pod is the best one yet.
0:11.2	The top three food stories you need to know today.
0:13.9	Now, Basties, this is episode number three of our holiday bonus week.
0:17.5	It's the best of food.
0:19.1	Our best stories of the year on food, beverages, and
0:21.7	restaurants. And Nutella. Send this episode to your buddy who works as a chef or in a kitchen.
0:26.6	Or just send it to your hungriest buddy. You know what? Send it to your buddy who can get you
0:30.0	a 7 p.m. at Carbone on a Friday night. Send it to that smell. Yeah. That's what you got to do. It'll be a quid pro quote. You send them a great podcast. They send you a great reservation. And they're going to get promoted. Jack, three
0:41.3	stories for today's food pod. What do we got? Our first story is from January 22nd. My birthday.
0:45.8	We got an inside look at one of the world's oldest businesses, Haribo gummy bears.
0:51.4	Haribow, they became the biggest candy company on Earth by staying the same.
0:57.0	For our second story, we're going back to May 6th.
1:00.0	That's when the new hot IPO of the year was Bubble Tea.
1:03.0	Bubble tea.
1:04.0	Boba tea chains were IPOing for billions.
1:07.0	But Bubble tea may actually be facing a bubble tea bubble. And our third and final story is from
1:13.2	August 5th. While all the other food chains were struggling, one was rising. Yes. Shake shack.
1:19.5	Shake shack. The $10 shack burger is proof that perception overpowers prices. But Yeties,
1:26.3	before we hit that wonderful mix of stories.
1:28.5	Fantastic mix of stories, Jack.
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