The Best One Yet
👵🏽🥡 “Silver Swipers” — DoorDash’s grannie growth. Softbank’s Nvidia ghosting. Italy’s Tortellini tariff. +McRib Bitcoin
12 Nov 2025
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Wednesday, ceviche Wednesday, November 12th. And today's pod is the best one yet. This is a T-Boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Jack, can I say about the best feeling in the world? I would love to hear this. Go ahead. We know we always say the Yetis are everywhere out there.
Well, two years ago, we did our live show in San Francisco and one Yeti took a photo with us and she posted on Instagram, one day we'll be on T-Boy. Do you remember that? I mean, yeah, there were a bunch of people at the San Francisco show. You don't remember that. I mean, take a lot of photos. Take a lot of photos. Well, yesterday we covered her company, One Skin, the co-founder, Alessandra.
She was on our live show two years ago. Yeah.
No way.
And she said one day we'd cover her and boom, we covered her big company on the pod. How wild is that? We were just talking about those PhD founders of that skincare company. I know, from Brazil. Well, insane. Congratulations on all the success, Alessandra. Like we like to say, there's a Yeti or a Bestie at every company.
And if you're building something out there, one day we hope to cover your company too. Jack, let's hit today's pod. What do we got for the three fantastic stories? For our first story, SoftBank, the famous WeWork-loving venture capital firm, just sold its entire $6 billion stake in NVIDIA. Because SoftBank is ditching one AI lover to hook up with another.
For our second story, in the ranking of fastest-growing brands, DoorDash is number one right now. Yes, it is. But it's thanks to your Nana. That's right, senior citizens are driving a DoorDash surge, but DoorDash doesn't even realize it. And our third and final story. The next time you hit the grocery store, there may be no Italian pasta in aisle six.
That's right, because Italian pasta is about to get hit with the biggest tariff of all, 107%. So we got to talk about the tortellini tax. Che pensi di questo? Tortellini, tortellivi. But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. Fantastic mix of stories. Love the mix today, Jack. The McRib. Yes. The questionable meat has been on and off the McDonald's menu since 1981.
Farewell tours, dramatic returns, and guess what? The McRib just came back this week. But did you know that this pork sandwich comes with pickles, onions, and financial returns? Because there's no better economic indicator than if the McRib is on the McD's menu. We covered this story the last time McRib was on the menu. We did, we did.
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Chapter 2: Why is DoorDash the fastest growing brand in America?
Your portfolio, you may want some fries with that. Jack, let's hit our three stars.
15 years before this song, two boys from the Northeast met in the dorm. They had an idea to cause a cultural storm. It's the best one yet, but the best is the norm. Jack Nick.
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For our first story, the fastest growing brand right now, it's DoorDash, but it's growing fastest among boomers.
Chapter 3: What factors are driving the DoorDash surge among seniors?
It's proof that senior citizens are the next big opportunity for tech. We call them silver swipers. Sorry, one sec, Jack. Yeah, did you want rice with that, grandma? Okay, yes, yes, she does. All right, besties. Now, every year we all drool over the big publication of one particular report. The fastest growing brands report from Morning Consult. Yeah, morning consult.
This is basically a popularity contest for marketers, right, Jack? It measures growth in purchase intent from America's biggest brands. And what is purchasing intent exactly, Jack? Basically, how many Americans are buying, considering buying, or engaging with a brand compared to last year? Okay, so you're telling me it's a click measuring contest. That's what it is.
Now, interestingly, in the report, it said that people earning over $100,000, for them, AI brands are jumping in the rankings. ChatGPT and Google's Gemini are numbers one and two in the fastest growing brands. But for Americans making under $50,000, there are zero AI brands that they're using right now.
For people at that income level, they're just trying to save a buck or two with Fruit of the Loom or a discount tire brand. Okay, but here was the one shocking surprise. The fastest growing brand overall is DoorDash, the delivery app. And the bigger surprise is that it's not driven by millennials or Gen Z ordering late night noodles. It's driven by baby boomers.
Sit down, stand up, and sit back down again because senior citizens are the fastest growing DoorDash users apparently. Boomer burritos, old people pad thai, Nana wants an empanada. So Yeti's Jack and I call this demographic the silver swipers. And old people making DoorDash hauls, they happen for more reasons than you realize. The first reason is independence, right?
It's harder to cook as you age, and you're less likely to dine out at Dorsia as you age. So delivery apps are the new lifeline for food. Ordering through a phone keeps grandma young. The second reason is high disposable income. Boomers, they're in their retirement era, and they have enormous, historically enormous wealth.
Yeah, millennials cut Chipotle out because of the 30% delivery fee, but grandpa's monthly 401k distribution... It doesn't mind. It's feed tolerant. And the third reason boomers love DoorDash is the comfort. Interestingly, the biggest DoorDash boomer power users were single boomers. Yeah, it's actually sad to think about, but we're talking about divorced, widowed, living alone boomers.
The ability to get their favorite food, that was providing emotional support. Their husband or wife used to make spaghetti meatballs. Now they get it through DoorDash, and that's a nice thing to think about. Yes, it is. But besties, as Jack and I dove in T-boy style to the data, we did have one outstanding question, right, man? Is DoorDash aware that their fastest growing user is 55 and older?
Because Jack and I checked the last four earnings calls from DoorDash in the last year and... No match for the senior citizens in those, Jack. 10,000 boomers are turning 65 years and retiring every day. And they all eat three meals a day. So why haven't we seen like a DoorDash ad on cable TV lately during football games? Or an AARP. Or sponsoring the local bingo event. Or pickleball, whatever.
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