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Smartfood Popcorn Doesn’t Hit Like It Used To

EATER

In 2012, Frito-Lay announced it was expanding the Smartfood line of snacks, adding new flavors for the first time in the brands history. Relying on a corporation to provide your favorite food means you have no control over it. Even after Frito-Lay bought Smartfood in 1989, for a long time it was just Smartfood.

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Restaurants with Strong Brand Identities Captivate Gen Z

Modern Restaurant Management

Born between 1997 and 2012, Generation Z is a demographic known for being tech-savvy and socially conscious. Optimize Mobile Ordering Creating and executing a convenient mobile ordering experience for your customers is extremely important, and it will keep them coming back for ease of use and accessibility.

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Why Are the World’s Greatest Mangoes Almost Impossible to Buy in the U.S.?

EATER

But the dealer had a strange system: You had to message him on WhatsApp, order in bulk a week ahead of time, and send someone to pick up the product from an airport cargo bay. It was 2018, and that order of mangoes was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. In every single case, the mangoes were sourced off WhatsApp.

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7 Restaurant Management Book Recommendations

7 Shifts

You have countless things to do and countless people to please, and while orders might be low now, it won’t be long before it feels like you’re just surviving through shifts. Published: 2012 ?? 90% of restaurants fail, and it’s not because of poor food. Goodreads: 4.23 Let’s face it, restaurant management is a tough job.

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Facebook Scammers Stole Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Posing as Luxury Restaurant Suppliers

EATER

The online seller claimed to be Regalis Foods, a well-known purveyor of seafood and other high-end culinary goods based in New York. Ruth is just one of more than 1,000 customers who have fallen victim to online scammers impersonating Regalis Foods since January 2022. I will hurt somebody. Call me back. I’m tired of f **g with y’all.”

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The Fermented Foods Industry Is Built on Global Ingredients. So Why Are Its Most Visible Faces White?

EATER

While the fermented foods industry evangelizes products rooted in global, often East Asian, traditions, its most visible faces are predominantly white The first time I tasted kombucha was in 2010, at a Whole Foods in San Francisco. Or look at GT’s Living Foods, started by George Thomas Dave. Dingding Hu.

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The Stages of Gentrification, as Told by Restaurant Openings

EATER

Gentrification is a process, one that today generally begins with investors seeking out affordable communities in order to transform them for profit. In order to explore the relationship between restaurants and gentrification, Eater requested restaurant health inspection data from several U.S.

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