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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

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” “We are controlling our reservations for winemaker dinners to keep the atmosphere more intimate. Reservation platforms are used often to book tables, but we have seen an increase in people calling and wanting to speak with a person at the restaurant to make reservations.

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What’s Next After Farm-to-Table?

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But for chefs looking to emphasize the latter, it still starts at the source. This radically seasonal, regional restaurant sources its ingredients exclusively from the ocean, climate-adapted farms, and wild plants of the Mid-Atlantic. They source sunflower and canola oil from Pennsylvania farms. Take chocolate , for instance.

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MRM Research Roundup: Top F&B Trends to Watch

Modern Restaurant Management

Diners prefer walk-ins to reservations : Diners were more spontaneous and made more plans to meet up and walk into restaurants. Walk-in parties accounted for almost three-quarters of restaurant tables and were twice as common as reservations. Nearly three-quarters (71 percent) of all reservations were made on mobile.

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Quality Control

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In Extra Virginity , Mueller describes how Veronica Foods CEO Mike Bradley tried to go to the FDA and the California Department of Food and Agriculture to take action against those passing off fake olive oil, to no avail. The onus of finding and ensuring quality would have to fall upon Veronica Foods. Supermarket oil this was not.

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An Eater’s Guide to Visiting (and Drinking) Champagne 

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The resident chef Valérie Radou creates the bistronomic menu, sourcing entirely from local Champenois producers, after going through and tasting Ruinart Brut, Ruinart Millésimé, Ruinart Blanc de Blancs, and Ruinart Rosé cuvées with the oenological team. Starting from $26 for lunch). Sacré Burger (Reims).

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The Country’s First Native American Woman-Owned Brewery in the U.S. Doesn’t Want to Be Its Last

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And three-leaf sumac from Navajo Agricultural Products Industry, another tribally affiliated business, appears in a limited-release Foeder-Aged Farmhouse Ale. Foraging and sourcing heritage ingredients connects Sheppard to her culture, which she views as a way of reclaiming sovereignty. “I We’re reclaiming our history and narrative.

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Coffee News Recap, 28 Oct: Flat whites could hit £4 in the UK, former Luckin Coffee CEO launches new Cotti Coffee chain in China & other stories

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Research from UK roaster finds 76% of young consumers believe sustainably-sourced coffee is important. Hawaii Agricultural Research Centre receives US $1.37 Starbucks to open three-storey Reserve location in the Empire State Building. The Specialty Coffee Advent Calendar is available to purchase until 5 November 2022.

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