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What farmers can learn from restaurants

18 Jan 2019

In the latest episode of Tech Talk by Rabobank, Wes Lefroy, an agricultural analyst from Rabobank Australia is joined by Paula Savanti, New York-based senior analyst for Consumer Foods.

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"Dining on data" is the theme of the conversation and Wes and Paula have a discussion on how restaurants are implementing data in marketing, and how this affects their strategic and operational decisions. They talk about the lessons farmers can learn from this.

Click here to listen to the podcast.

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