The Tony Robbins Podcast He Sold to Amazon for $500M and Walmart for $3B, Now They're Tackling Food
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Jan 23, 2026 
Tony Florence, NEA Co-CEO and veteran venture investor; Marc Lore, serial entrepreneur behind Diapers.com, Jet.com and Wonder. They discuss reinventing food with vertically integrated food-tech. Topics include Wonder’s micro-fulfillment kitchens, culinary engineering that runs many restaurants from one site, tight delivery economics, data and AI for personalized meals, and the VCP framework for scaling big ideas.
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One Kitchen, Thirty Restaurants
- Marc Lore built a 2,800 sq ft kitchen that runs 30 restaurant brands and produces 560 unique meals.
- He iterated six years to invent cooking processes that finish fresh, hot, and consistent for delivery.
Delivery Radius Is A Core Product Decision
- Tight delivery radius and sequencing ensure multiple-restaurant orders arrive hot and synchronized.
- Vertical integration of cooking, software, and delivery preserves quality and speed.
Integration Improves Unit Economics
- Vertical integration raises unit-level economics by increasing throughput and reducing labor and occupancy.
- Owning the stack enables best-in-class contribution margins and faster payback.