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Published December 31, 2015

Customers Want Plant Protein More Than Ever

Veggie-forward menu items have gained an increasingly prominent place on restaurant menus in recent years, and the trend shows now sign of abating. Over a third of American restaurants now include at least one vegetarian entree on their menus, and almost 15 percent of the key Millennial generation eat only plant-based foods when dining out. Now more than ever, it’s key to serve vegetarian proteins at your business.

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Which Insect Flour Makes the Best Cookies?

Catherine Lamb of Lucky Peach magazine recently went where no baker has gone before. Inspired by futurists’ predictions that humans will be forced to eat insects soon, she decided to see which type of ground-up insect made for the best Toll house chocolate chip cookies. Of the four bug flours she tried, only earthworm made […]

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Automation Can Save Time and Money

Automation technology has revolutionized the quick-service and fast-casual restaurant industry. These sorts of businesses use automated inventory tracking, POS systems, and food safety solutions to take some of the guesswork and labor out of running a restaurant. For some reason, full-service restaurants have been slower to embrace the automation revolution. This is a shame, because […]

Published December 30, 2015

Turning a Janitor Job Into a Hot Dog Empire

When Farouk Diab emigrated from Israel to the U.S. in 1975, the first job he got was as a pat-time janitor at a Wienerschnitzel. Within two years, he had worked all the jobs at the restaurant and was given the chance to become a franchisee. He’s been the number one franchisee for the chain one […]

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The 15 Most Gorgeous Restaurants of ’15

Food quality is obviously the most crucial factor by which to rate restaurants, but it isn’t the only important facet of the dining experience. Well-done interior decor can elevate a restaurant from being merely good to great. Eater has collected the 15 best-looking restaurants of 2015, and boy are they stunners. Eater’s “Stone cold Stunner […]

Published December 29, 2015

Should Soda be Regulated Like Alcohol or Tobacco?

Former New York Times food writer Mark Bittman thinks that people shouldn’t be allowed to drink soda until they are 14 or 16 years old. Although a legal drinking age for soda is unlikely to happen anytime soon, it is true that too much soda is harmful for kids. Many food chains are responding to health risks by removing soda from their kids’ menus.

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Burger King Won Twitter With its Miss Universe Response

The Miss Universe Pageant has been all over the internet of late because host Steve Harvey initially crowned first runner-up Ariadna Gutierrez-Arevalo as the winner before realizing his mistake and taking her crown away. Burger King took advantage of the brouhaha surrounding the pageant by tweeting a picture of someone wearing a Burger King crown […]

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Bitter is the Next Flavor Frontier

Culinary consumers are showing a greater willingness to be challenged of late, and restaurants are taking advantage by filling their menus with bold flavors. Salty, spicy and sour have all became popular in recent years, but the newest flavor trend on American menus is bitter. Bitter first became popular in the beverage world, with cocktail […]

Published December 28, 2015

Grants Are Available for World-Beating Female Chefs

The James Beard Foundation is sponsoring 22 grants for ambitious female chef/restaurateurs to be trained by top-tier chefs for a year with all their living expenses paid. This program is a great effort to reduce the gender gap in kitchens, which will be good for everyone who works in the restaurant industry.

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What’s Behind the Resistance to Digital POS Systems

Many restaurants are embracing digital point-of-sale technology but a recent study showed that 63 percent of restaurants still don’t use digital POS systems. Justin Guinn, a restaurant researcher at Software Advice, says that the number one reason restaurant owners give for not switching to digital is cost. However, digital POS systems are now much more […]

Yearly Archives: 2015

Published December 31, 2015

Customers Want Plant Protein More Than Ever

Published

Which Insect Flour Makes the Best Cookies?

Published

Automation Can Save Time and Money

Published December 30, 2015

Turning a Janitor Job Into a Hot Dog Empire

Published

The 15 Most Gorgeous Restaurants of ’15

Published December 29, 2015

Should Soda be Regulated Like Alcohol or Tobacco?

Published

Burger King Won Twitter With its Miss Universe Response

Published

Bitter is the Next Flavor Frontier

Published December 28, 2015

Grants Are Available for World-Beating Female Chefs

Published

What’s Behind the Resistance to Digital POS Systems

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