Published June 13, 2017

The latest in tech: Scheduling, delivery and automation

There are plenty of apps and/or websites that are designed to help make life a little easier, and at this year’s NRA Show, several companies revealed their plans to help integrate automation into their systems. An example of integrating automation into an app includes one company that delivers food by way of ordering directly from […]

Published June 12, 2017

Kombucha brews customer appeal

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 […]

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What Gen Z restaurant consumers want

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 […]

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NYC Doesn’t Care About the Menu-Labeling Delay

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 […]

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Tweet What You Eat: Diners and Restaurateurs Embrace the ‘Food Selfie,’ Online Ordering and the Fight Against Food Waste

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 […]

Published June 9, 2017

What makes the mocktail

The mocktail drink is a great way to entertain guests who are not interested in consuming alcohol for their own personal reasons. Because alcohol is not included inside of a mocktail, the host has the opportunity to customize and create a drink that is complex, rich in flavor, and equally satisfying as its cousin the […]

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5 trending takes on all-day breakfast

All-day breakfast! Yes, it’s a thing. It’s pretty popular as well. Some people like bagels all day, others like yogurt mixed with granola. Some people just love eggs all day, especially in assisted living communities and hospitals that sell these types of foods annually. They are healthy – with the Good Egg Breakfast Sandwich and […]

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Chefs serve spring on a platter with edible flowers

Food is typical most of the time – but one chef pulls a unique choice of meal out of his sleeves. Edible flowers, that is, if you’re into eating those kinds of herbs. It’s a spring-type of meal, and surprisingly, edible flowers have been around for quite some time. These are actual, real flowers, not […]

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Beverage experts share their biggest career lessons

Experienced drink experts in large cities write about some of the best ways to succeed in the business. They include being mentored, because it’s so hard to keep up contacts when you switch from restaurant to restaurant. Also, be a good team, educate yourself, train yourself, and be a good manager. Also, build good relationships […]

Published June 8, 2017

Head-on seafood: Some like it whole

A very unlikely sight in the United States of America, a fish cooked whole. It is really rare and really you do not see it in many restaurants. It is catching on though, because it is a fantastical sight and the flavor is out of this world. Because it is cooked whole, the flavor is […]

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