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

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From salted egg yolks and chili crunch fusions to mushroom-infused teas and freeze-dried fruit powder garnishes, Kimpton’s in-house experts share the standout ingredients, menu items and techniques that will come to the table in 2025.

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How the Pandemic Has Forever Changed the Way We Eat

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As President of the Food & Delivery segment of Novolex, I’ve had a front seat to these dramatic changes, and to the challenges facing the industry as it struggles to survive and adapt. According to SEC filings, food delivery apps experienced tremendous growth in 2020 earning a combined $5.5 Alcohol To-Go Will Expand.

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Understanding Clients’ Needs for a Workable Return to the Restaurant Experience

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Over the past few weeks, we have met with clients, attended roundtables, observed trends and polls, and have kept our creativity flowing, to develop design solutions to help sustain our food and beverage industry partners through COVID-19 and beyond. Cleanliness Is Front and Center. Redefining that experience will be important.

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

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” Their answers touched on a variety of subjects including AI, virtual reality, virtual kitchens, staffing and retention, social media marketing, sustainability and third-party delivery. Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality. Guests will demand a personalized journey when food is delivered to their door.

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Adapting Post-COVID: What’s Changing For Restaurants?

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Since the start of the crisis, restaurants affected by mandatory closures have pivoted to delivery and takeout to sustain their businesses, with nearly half of Americans willing to leave home to purchase restaurant meals as long as there is a low or zero-contact way to pick up the orders. and abroad. and abroad. Going Contactless.

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Leverage Technology that Streamlines Your Back-Office Work

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Others are plastic and can sustain a drop. As managers, our foundation was built in the front-of-house as servers, bartenders, or hosts (even if we started out in kitchen.) Here's what you're empowered to do when you're next to your staff and in front of your guests. Some are glass and will shatter on impact.

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2023 Outlook: Trends and Challenges Restaurants Will See, Part Two

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Typically smaller but more frequent increases, especially on the big movers, will produce better, more sustainable results. Typically smaller but more frequent increases, especially on the big movers, will produce better, more sustainable results. For part one, click here. – Tim McLaughlin, Founder & CEO, GoTab. "We

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