Published January 4, 2016

Flat Beer is Bubbling Up in the Booze Industry

Flat beer is usually thought of as undesirable in the U.S., but a few daring breweries are creating challenging and delicious non-carbonated beers that stretch the boundaries of the drink. Boston’s Sam Adams and Scotland’s Brew Dog both make special high-alcohol beers that don’t require combination because they taste more like spirits or liqueur than traditional beer.

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McDonald’s Menu Boards Now Change Based on Weather

McDonald’s stores across America are in the process of installing new digital menu boards that monitor changes in the weather to generate climate-customized suggestions. The boards use data about which items sell better depending on whether it’s hot or cold outside to highlight certain menu items. They also automatically rotate through different sets of suggestions […]

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Domino’s Absorbs Largest Pizza Chain in Germany

Domino’s Pizza reports that they have purchased the German chain Joey’s Pizza for 79 million euros. Joey’s has 212 stores in Germany, making it the largest pizza chain in the world’s fourth-largest pizza market. The Joey’s acquisition is a strategic move that will allow Domino’s to take advantage of the smaller chain’s local expertise in […]

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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