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Why Strong Beverage Programs Matter (Podcast)

Modern Restaurant Management

In this episode of The Main Course host Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia discusses why restaurants need to think about their beverage lineup with Luke Emery, CEO of Tractor Beverage Co. A strong beverage program can help. “Restaurant margins are thin, especially now.

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What Restaurants Need to Know About RTD Adult Beverage Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

In this challenging year, one bright spot for the industry has been the booming popularity of ready-to-drink (RTD) alcoholic beverages. For the three years leading up to the pandemic, RTD alcoholic beverages were the fastest-growing category, up almost 20 percent, as sales of spiked seltzers such as White Claw and Bon & V!v

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Understanding Legality of Non-Alcoholic and Cannabis-Infused Beverage Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

There has been a lot of fluidity in the beverage sphere over the past few years with the rise of mocktails and other nonalcoholic experience. Alternatively, there's been an uptick in the cannabis-infused beverages market – with the $2.04 Non-alcoholic spirits and similar beverages are a growth category.

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Exploring Food Culture

Modern Restaurant Management

" Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door: 50 American Chefs Chart Today’s Food Culture " by Emmanuel Laroche offers insights from leading chefs and readers will walk away with advice and inspiration from noted chefs, restaurant owners, bartenders, and industry leaders, all of whom have shared their stories in their own words.

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How the Restaurant Industry Can Harness Technology to Improve Accessibility and Inclusion

Modern Restaurant Management

Technological advances are helping pave a path towards a more widely accessible food service landscape – both in-person and online. In fact, use of AI in the food and beverage market reached $3 billion in 2020 and is on pace to reach nearly $30 billion by 2026, according to Mordor Intelligence. Embracing Innovation.

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The Restaurant of the Future

Modern Restaurant Management

between 2018 and 2030. "The Food trends and menus will naturally evolve to reflect the increasingly health-conscious, ecological mindset of the consumer. Artificial intelligence with knowledge of cooking techniques, food chemistry, recipes, and alcohol could produce unexpected new culinary and beverage experiences.

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Address F&B profitability before it takes you under

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F&B is increasingly a cost centre for hotels, steadily losing profitability since 2018. Profitability in food and beverage (F&B) dropped by over 30% in the last five years. In 2018, hotels’ F&B profit margin stood at an average of 32%, but fast-forward five years and this fell 10 percentage points to 22%.