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Published January 11, 2016

It Might Be Time to Update Your Catering Style

When’s the last time you thought about updating your catering business’ style? Things have changed in the catering industry, and old expectations of formality have been replaced with a desire for hip and fun catering displays. Ditch the silver trays, tuxes and scrunched-up tablecloths in favor of chalkboard signs, understated china and metal risers.

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6 Strategies to Appeal to Millennials

Millennials have earned a reputation as a picky and fickle generation, and these tendencies extend to their choice in restaurants. To appeal to this important demographic, you’ll need to avoid being boring at all costs. This applies to everything from the words you use on your menu to the customization options for your food to […]

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Chick-Fil-A Replaces Coleslaw With Superfoods

Chick-Fil-A is ditching a bit of its Southern heritage in order to line up better with customers’ preferences for healthy items. The chain will be replacing their classic coleslaw with a superfood salad containing kale, broccolini, nuts and dried cherries. The new nutritious side was created with the help of James Beard Award nominee Ford […]

Published January 8, 2016

Food Safety Crisis Management

As recent headlines make painfully clear, every restaurant needs to have a food safety crisis plan in order to respond to threats quickly and effectively. When an outbreak hits, response efforts should be comprehensive and transparent. The revenues spent on an in-depth crisis response are nothing compared to the potential lost revenue cause by an inadequate response.

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Whiskey Fans Horrified at Destruction of Pappy Van Winkle

Pappy Van Winkle is the most coveted and desirable bourbon in America, with people regularly waiting months or even years to score a bottle of the stuff. The Franklin county Sheriff’s Office in Kentucky recently busted a whiskey thieving operation and confiscated all of the gang’s stolen goods, including 28 bottles of precious Pappy. Although […]

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Happy Birthday to the First Fast Food Burger

White Castle, America’s original quick service burger chain, will celebrate its 95th birthday this year. The chain, founded in Wichita, Kansas in 1921, established the model for later chains like Burger King, McDonald’s and Wendy’s. The iconic White Castle slider was named the most influential hamburger in the world by Time Magazine in 2014. To […]

Published January 7, 2016

The Importance of Consistency

Consistency in every part of the restaurant experience is going to bring in more repeat business than doing some things exceptionally well and other things poorly. Customers measure their affinity for a restaurant by how their meal was from the moment they walked in to a restaurant to the second they walked out, not by the excellence of one or two components.

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Wendy’s is the Next Chain to Announce Cage-Free Plans

Cage-free eggs appear to be having something of a moment in the quick service industry, with many popular chains announcing their plans to go cage-free in the upcoming years. Wendy’s is the latest brand to announce its timetable for switching to cage-free eggs, pledging to complete the transition in its U.S. and Canadian stores by […]

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PB&J a New Way

Like so many classic American comfort foods, peanut butter was popularized at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904. Since then, the product has taken over American pantries, with 94 percent of U.S. households eating the stuff at home. The classic way to eat peanut butter, of course, is the peanut butter and jelly sandwich, […]

Published January 6, 2016

U.S. Chefs Win Silver at ‘Olympics of Cooking’

The Bocuse d’Or, held once every two years in Lyon, France, is sometimes called the ‘Olympics of Cooking.’ Until 2015, no American team had won a trophy at the Bocuse, which makes it super exciting that the French Laundry’s Phil Tessier finally brought home silver for the U.S. in 2015.

Monthly Archives: January 2016

Published January 11, 2016

It Might Be Time to Update Your Catering Style

Published

6 Strategies to Appeal to Millennials

Published

Chick-Fil-A Replaces Coleslaw With Superfoods

Published January 8, 2016

Food Safety Crisis Management

Published

Whiskey Fans Horrified at Destruction of Pappy Van Winkle

Published

Happy Birthday to the First Fast Food Burger

Published January 7, 2016

The Importance of Consistency

Published

Wendy’s is the Next Chain to Announce Cage-Free Plans

Published

PB&J a New Way

Published January 6, 2016

U.S. Chefs Win Silver at ‘Olympics of Cooking’

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