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Happy Monday CFIN members! 

Every Monday, we’ll give you a heads up on what will be appearing on YODL this week and around the food world. 

The YODL Menu 

• Monday: The Tablesetter
• Tuesday: Takeaways from CFIN’s second members-only virtual event, Robotics in Action: Seeing is Believing
• Wednesday: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning are changing the food industry
• Thursday: CFIN’s most recent Food Innovation Challenge, which focuses on creating safer, more secure food supply chains
• Friday: Weekly News Roundup

Around the Food World 

• PIC, NPC, Protein Highway, and Humane Society International Canada, has released Game Changers: Canadian Opportunities In Alternative Protein a report outlining how Canada is translating the challenges of the alternative protein industry into competitive growth opportunities. 
• The Golden Pencil Award winners have been announced. 
• Collision takes place Jun 20, 2022 09:00 (ET) to Jun 23, 2022 17:00 (ET). 

Something to Celebrate 

June 24 is the Seventh Annual National Food Truck Day, celebrating the more than 35,000 entrepreneurs who own and operate food trucks across Canada and the U.S. The food truck industry was estimated to be worth $1.16 billion as of 2021, and has grown at an average rate of 12.1 per cent since 2016. Consumers aged 25 to 44 account for 43 per cent of food truck spending, with those aged 18 to 34 more likely to frequent food trucks. 

Food Facts 

According to Zippia Research, the most profitable food truck menu items to serve are: 

1. Burgers 
2. Indian street food 
3. Stone baked pizza 
4. Loaded fries 
5. Grilled cheese 
6. Falafel 
7. Macaroni and Cheese