Customers are loving Kombucha and restaurants are listening to their desires. It is more and more being served in restaurants, either on its own, in cocktails or with tap water. Kombucha is a fermented tea, so it takes a while to get it brewed. The fermentation process takes a few days and the turn out is fantastic. The taste is sublime and the feel is of it is just as good. Get yourself a cup of Kombucha today.

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  • Restaurants are serving the fermented tea served on tap and in cocktails and desserts.
  • Kombucha is a fermented tea that has been gaining popularity for the past couple of decades among the health-food crowd.
  • Kombucha is made by adding sweetener, usually sugar, to brewed tea, along with scoby, an acronym for “symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast.

“Kombucha is a fermented tea that has been gaining popularity for the past couple of decades among the health-food crowd.”

Read more: http://www.nrn.com/naturally-inspiring/kombucha-brews-customer-appeal

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Gen Z represents those people born between 1995 and the late-2000s. They are in their teens now, but they are set to become the restaurant market’s biggest consumers in the very near future. So it is important for the industry to get a grip on what will be most important to their future Gen Z customers.

Some findings are not particularly unique to Gen Z: good food value and quality, food safety and facility cleanliness, and welcoming ambiance. Where things change is when you factor in the technology they have known all their lives. They want to order their food from their phone and have it waiting for them, they want greater transparency as to the ingredient sources, and they want their restaurants to have a strong social media presence.

And one last thing, this generation has proven to be more adventurous in the culinary arena. Restaurants are going to have be more forward thinking in their menu options to attract this upcoming clientele.

Read more: What Gen Z restaurant consumers want

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The Food and Drug Administration issued a delay on a law that would mandate that restaurants would have to signs and information available about the food. This includes anything from calories and fats to sugar and everything in between. New York did not bat an eye and chose to enforce this themselves, and are ready to fine businesses that do no comply. There was a loud cry from restaurant groups claiming that it was unlawful.

Read more: NYC Doesn’t Care About the Menu-Labeling Delay

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Results from the 2017 American Express Restaurant Trade Survey reveals that technology and social media are significantly changing the way individuals, particularly millennials, are approaching the food and restaurant industry. Take-out apps like Grubhub and Seamless are popular among millenials and are changing the way restaurant businesses operate. Research shows that 24% of restaurant businesses are now using websites and mobile apps to expand accessibility and advertising to their food products. Additionally, social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are allowing diners to post photos of their meals on the web which allows for free advertising for restaurant businesses.

Key Takeaways:

  • Millennial consumers are more likely than any other generation to order take-out using a mobile app or website, according to the survey, which covers a wide array of consumer trends impacting the rest
  • A trusted partner is essential to ensuring that restaurateurs spend their time making food and focusing on the diner experience, rather than managing and delivering orders.
  • According to the survey, 15% of restaurants have already adopted or plan to adopt a no-tipping policy, and 14% said they might eliminate tipping if their competitors do.

“Millennials were twice as likely (62%) than Baby Boomers (28%) to have used a restaurant’s mobile app or website to order take-out in the past month.”

Read more: https://www.restaurantnewsresource.com/article94610.html

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