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Shrimp Toast

Food Management

Crispy bread and succulent shrimp team up for a touchdown in flavor in this savory game-day recipe by Executive Chef Alejandro Najar of the Butcher's Cellar.

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Looking at loyalty and building genuine customer connection

Restobiz

By Jessica Brill Today’s competitive marketplace is filled with so many loyalty apps, how can restaurant operators stand out amid continued increased inflation, rising guest expectations, and evolving dining habits? Studies show that adding a loyalty program increases visits and customer spending by 30 per cent, and that’s why restaurateurs must develop a strategy to […] The post Looking at loyalty and building genuine customer connection appeared first on Restobiz.

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Your roadmap to more plant-based items on patient menus

Food Management

Offering plant-based options on healthcare’s retail side is one thing, but patient menus pose their own challenges. Physicians Committee Nutrition Education Specialist Anna Herby, DHSc, RD, CDE, hooks us up with some powerful resources so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel.

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AI and Robotic Revolution: A Glimpse into the Future of the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

Imagine this: It’s the year 2035. You walk into your favorite restaurant, but there’s no human host to greet you at the door. Instead, you're welcomed by Tao, a sleek robot host programmed to seat you efficiently based on your preferences, even remembering your favorite booth from past visits. You take your seat at a table embedded with a touchscreen menu.

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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Aramark reports growth in 2024 as consumers continue to spend at sporting events and corporate sites achieve higher levels of participation

Food Management

In 2024, foodservice provider Aramark saw the sports and entertainment sector leading its growth. The company also noted success in its other segments, driven by volume, pricing and new business, and it reported easing on inflation.

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Rush Bowls founder leaves financial world for restaurants

Fast Casual

In this episode of the Restaurant Operator Podcast, host Mandy Detwiler, editor of Pizza Marketplace and QSRweb, talks to Rush Bowls founder Andrew Pudalov, who started out in finance before trading dollar signs for menu items.

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Study Finds High Rates of Fish Fraud in Seattle Sushi Restaurants

Food Safety Magazine

A recent study of salmon sold at Seattle, Washington grocery stores and sushi restaurants found 18 percent of samples to be mislabeled overall, with one-third of “wild-caught” salmon sold at sushi establishments being mislabeled.

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Food Waste Regulations

Food Safety Guru

It is time to prepare for the new recycling waste legislation coming into effect in England on 31st March 2025 The new legislation will require businesses in England to separate their dry recycling and food waste from their general waste. This is part of the UK governments initiative to standardise waste practices under the Environmental Act (2021).

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Preventing E. coli Contamination of Leafy Greens: Advanced Sanitation Practices and Exposure Reduction

Food Safety Magazine

The challenge of mitigating E. coli in leafy greens calls for a rigorous, multifaceted approach that includes stringent sanitation practices, facility design optimization, and the use of advanced microbial control methods.

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Garner launches in Europe with first hotel openings in Germany

Hospitality Net

IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), a global leader in hospitality, launches new midscale conversion brand, Garner, in Europe with its first hotels opening in Germany. The brand’s debut is in partnership with NOVUM Hospitality, one of Europe’s largest private hotel operators.

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Study Finds High Rates of Fish Fraud in Salmon Sold at Seattle Sushi Restaurants

Food Safety Magazine

A recent study of salmon sold at Seattle, Washington grocery stores and sushi restaurants found 18 percent of samples to be mislabeled overall, with one-third of “wild-caught” salmon sold at sushi establishments being mislabeled.

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Global hotel performance begins to normalize

Hospitality Net

Global hotel revenue per available room (RevPAR) increased by 12.8%, relative to pre-pandemic 2019 levels, through the first eight months of 2024. Though performance continues to be robust, demand decelerated for a second consecutive quarter, driven by softening leisure travel stemming from declines in consumer savings, particularly in the United States.

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Ep. 181. Johanna Velez: Dedicated to a Culture of Consistent Improvement

Food Safety Magazine

In this episode of Food Safety Matters , we speak to Johanna Velez, Vice President of Quality Assurance for Monin Americas, about how she encourages modernization, solves non-conformances, upholds an “Excellent” food safety rating, and reinforces a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration. Bob Ferguson also discusses his latest “Food Safety Insights” column on processors' adoption of testing technologies at the international level.

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Accor to open first Handwritten Collection hotel in Croatia

Hospitality Net

Accor announces today the signing of the first Handwritten Collection hotel in Croatia. Thanks to the partnership with Jadran hotels Rijeka, the iconic 135-year-old Hotel Continental in Rijeka will join Accor’s boutique collection. The property is set to welcome its first guests in 2026.

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259. Restaurant Technology Guys Podcast Ep. 259 – Revolutionizing Restaurant Financing: How InKind is Changing the Game

The Restaurant Technology Guys

Introduction In the ever-evolving restaurant industry, securing capital is a significant hurdle for many aspiring and established restaurateurs. Traditional financing methods often fail to cater to the unique needs of these entrepreneurs, which is where InKind steps in with a novel approach.

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2025 travel & wellness trends according to the experts

Hospitality Net

The landscape of travel, spa, and wellness is always transforming with technological advancements, changing consumer preferences, and shifting global paradigms.

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USDA Testing for 2023 Shows 99 Percent of Foods Do Not Exceed Pesticide Residue Tolerances

Food Safety Magazine

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released its Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary for 2023, which showed more than 99 percent of sampled products to be compliant with pesticide residue tolerances set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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IHG Hotels & Resorts to debut in Ujjain with signing of a Holiday Inn hotel

Hospitality Net

The 100-key new-build hotel is set to open in 2028, bringing world-class hospitality to the city.

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Heat Up the Stage at MURTEC 2025: Apply Now for RTN's Ring of Fire!

Restaurant Technology Network

RTN's Ring of Fire seeks out the most innovative, impactful new solutions from established technology companies and puts them on stage at MURTEC to share their smoking-hot tech.

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The Future of Hotel Budgeting: Automation and Data-Driven Upselling

Hospitality Net

Ahh, budget season… a time every hotelier knows all too well. It’s that annual crunch when departments scramble to justify their numbers, and finance teams work around the clock, pulling their hair out trying to predict next year’s revenue.

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Fifth Edition of the Handbook for the Safe Handling and Processing of Nuts Released

Food Safety Magazine

The Peanut and Tree Nut Processors Association (PTNPA) has released the Fifth Edition of the Handbook for the Safe Handling and Processing of Nuts.

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Punthill Sunshine officially opens its doors

Hospitality Net

Australia’s fastest growing apartment hotel operator, Veriu Group, has continued the ambitious roll out of its successful Punthill apartment hotel accommodation model with today’s official opening of its latest Victorian property - Punthill Sunshine.

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NEW in Specifi: Angelo Po

Foodservice Equipment Reports

Angelo Po has been reconciling functionality and beauty for more than 100 years, innovating solutions and design through a flow of inspirations, generated by a sincere commitment to sustainability and an active dialogue with customers.

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Appart’City Selects IDeaS G3 RMS to Optimise Revenue Across European Aparthotel Portfolio

Hospitality Net

Appart’City, France’s leading aparthotel operator, has partnered with IDeaS, a SAS company and world’s leading provider of hospitality revenue management software and services, to optimise revenue management decisions and automate related processes across its portfolio of 90 properties.

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Dickey’s, Famous Brands, Dine Brands Share Strategies at MUFES

Foodservice Equipment Reports

Operators looking for ideas on growing their chain restaurant’s footprint outside the U.S. will want to attend the panel discussion “Global Expansion Strategies” at FER’s Multiunit Foodservice Equipment Symposium, taking place January 27-29 in Clearwater Beach, Fla.

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JMBM’s Real Estate Practice Receives National Tier 1 Ranking in 2025 Edition of “Best Law Firms”

Hospitality Net

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is pleased to announce that its Real Estate (including its Hospitality Transactions) practice has received the highest possible designation of National Tier 1 in the 2025 edition of U.S. News and World Report – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms.

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A Global Summit to Celebrate the 14th Anniversary of the Mediterranean Diet: “The Lifestyle That’s a Heritage”

Future Food Institute

A Development Model for a Sustainable Future November brings with it the celebration of the 14th anniversary of UNESCO’s recognition of the Mediterranean Diet as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This year, the Global Summit “Mediterranean Diet Feeds the Future” in Portici (NA) and Pollica (SA) from November 14th to 17th, presents a unique opportunity to demonstrate to the world that the Mediterranean Diet is more than a diet.

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Evolution in technology delivers revolution in experience for SSE Arena Belfast

Hospitality Net

The SSE Arena, Belfast, is a beacon of success, a venue that has delivered sensible, simple innovation consistently since it first opened in 2000. With a focus on fan experience, delivering an atmosphere that engages and entertains, Northern Ireland’s biggest live events venue has gone from strength to strength with technology at the core of that drive.

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Study Shows Impact of WGS on Foodborne Illness Outbreak Detection in Canada

Food Safety Magazine

Between 2017 and 2019, Canadian public health laboratories transitioned to whole genome sequencing (WGS) for foodborne illness outbreak surveillance. A recent study shows the positive impact of this transition of national outbreak detection and response for important foodborne pathogens.

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Opening of Morickap Lord’s 83, Trademark Collection by Wyndham

Hospitality Net

M/s Lord’s 83 Holidays LLP, a leading hospitality company based out of Wayanad, Kerala today announced the opening of Morickap Lord’s 83, Trademark Collection by Wyndham in partnership with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts which is the world’s largest hotel franchising company with more than 9,200 hotels in 95+ countries.