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Revolutionizing School Food in Colorado

Chef Ann Foundation

By listening to and designing our Pre-Apprenticeship program for the people at the heart of the issue, we’re not just filling jobs — we’re cultivating a new generation of empowered, culturally aware, and skilled professionals who can drive positive change in school kitchens across the nation.

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Using digital menu boards to boost the bottom line

Restobiz

As technology continues to drive change in the foodservice industry, menu boards matter. In fact, studies show that digital menu boards can increase sales by as much as 38 per cent. From a customer’s first impression to providing a positive experience, digital signage can impact how diners see your restaurant and whether they return. Whether […] The post Using digital menu boards to boost the bottom line appeared first on Restobiz.

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Celebrating Culinary Traditions of Southern Appalachia

Modern Restaurant Management

Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar released a micro documentary “A Journey Through Appalachia,” which celebrates the unique ingredients, techniques and culinary traditions of southern Appalachia. The video follows Tupelo Honey’s four-time James Beard Award semifinalist Executive Chef Eric Gabrynowicz on a week-long exploration of this rich food culture, “Appalachian culture has shaped our food in so many ways, and this is our way to pay homage to our roots,” sa

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Apple Pay, A Catalyst for Growth in Hospitality

Hospitality Net

However, Apple Pay has defied this trend for mobile payments, completely spearheading the shift towards contactless and mobile transactions.

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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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Global alternative protein trends to watch

GFI

August 22, 2024 Share this page on Facebook Share this page on Twitter Share this page on LinkedIn Alternative protein progress is advancing all around the globe Alternative proteins are a solution that can work anywhere, and as part of our ongoing work for their advancement everywhere, we analyze the state of the alternative protein industry across global regions and the pillars of plant-based, fermentation-enabled, and cultivated meat, eggs, and dairy.

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Emotion-Based Ad Targeting in QSR Environment

Modern Restaurant Management

Artificial Intelligence is not normally associated with emotion, but PMG recently partnered with Wurl to use their AI-powered emotion targeting to align their clients' QSR ads with content that conveyed emotions related to hunger and cravings. The result: PMG found was a 40 percent increase in incremental store visits and 48 percent lift in incremental sales.

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How to Calculate Pour Cost: A Bar Owner’s Guide

Sculpture Hospitality

Ready to master your bar’s profitability? Learn how you can calculate your bar’s pour cost and identify inventory variance for higher profit margins.

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Dry Sanitation in Food Processing: Enhancing Safety for Low-Moisture Foods

Food Safety Magazine

Dry sanitation is a pivotal practice in the food processing industry, particularly for facilities that produce low-moisture or low-water-activity foods. This article explores some of the trending technologies and approaches being developed to ensure the microbial safety of low-moisture foods in dry food processing facilities.

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Farm to Fork Profile: Minnesota’s Campus Farms

Bon Appetit Management Company

Students from the Carleton College Organic Farm and St. Olaf College’s Garden Research and Organic Works (STOGROW) pose together during a visit. About an hour south of the Twin Cities, Northfield, MN is home to Carleton College and St. Olaf College, liberal arts institutions set against the backdrop of the state’s rolling farm country. For over a decade, students at both colleges have worked in collaboration with Bon Appétit and faculty advisors to build leading campus farms, which serve as

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Alain.AI: Creating a Chef’s Digital Twin

Modern Restaurant Management

Alain Coumont founded Le Pain Quotidien focused on organic ingredients and the brand is now adding a new ingredient to the mix: artifical intelligence. Partnering with November Five, Le Pain Quotidien launched Alain.AI, a tool that can be called the world's first digital twin of a chef-founder and used to help with menu development, recipe standardization, and culinary innovation. "As a restaurant business, we use AI to go faster and to develop the business further," Annick Van Overs

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Radisson Hotel Group scores with hotel opening at Toughsheet Community Stadium

Hospitality Net

Radisson Hotel Group is delighted to announce the opening of The Bolton Stadium Hotel, a member of Radisson Individuals, located in the heart of North West England and attached to the home of Bolton Wanderers Football Club. With 125 comfortable rooms and suites, panoramic pitch-side views, an all-day restaurant, bar, and lounge, as well as several modern meeting rooms, the hotel is the perfect venue for guests visiting the stadium or business travellers arranging meetings and events.

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Expansion Roundup: A Soldier Field Kickoff, a 100-Unit Milestone, More

Foodservice Equipment Reports

With the eighth month of 2024 nearing an end, brands of all shapes and sizes are propelling themselves toward their next goals and locations. From nontraditional restaurants to new territories and franchisees who are doubling down, there is no shortage of recent expansion announcements worth noting.

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EFSA Identifies Emerging Chemical Risks to Food Safety

Food Safety Magazine

A recent European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) technical report has summarized emerging chemical risks to food safety identified by the agency and its processes for doing so, covering the period 2020–2023.

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Embracing Hyperlocal Ingredients: Transforming Menus and Communities

Modern Restaurant Management

Buying locally has been trending for quite a few years for several reasons. People have become increasingly aware of climate change and the importance of ethical sourcing. Consumers want to support their communities, and do so by attending and buying from family owned businesses, art fairs, and local brands. Their desire to shop local has extended to farmers markets and the food industry.

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ibis Styles Brings Global Chic and Local Charm to Karnataka’s Cultural Capital

Hospitality Net

Accor, a world-leading hospitality group, and Brigade Hotel Ventures Ltd. (BHVL) are delighted to announce the launch of the first ibis Styles property in Karnataka, located in the cultural capital of India. This marks the opening of the third ibis Styles hotel in India, following successful launches in Goa. ibis Styles Mysuru will be the fourth hotel opening between Brigade and Accor, enhancing this partnership further.

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FoodSpace Opens Test Kitchen, Culinary Studio

Foodservice Equipment Reports

Foodservice design firm FoodSpace, led by President and CEO Joe Schumaker, has opened a one-of-a-kind, 5,600-square-foot test kitchen and culinary studio. Located in Meridian, Idaho, the facility serves as “an agnostic platform where chefs, manufacturers and innovators can test and compare products under real-world conditions,” the company says in the release.

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Navigating CFM Requirements for Optimal Commercial Kitchen Ventilation

HoodFilters

Efficient commercial kitchen ventilation is more than just air cleanliness. It’s crucial for safety. It also ensures compliance and supports operational excellence in any food service environment. Effective ventilation systems rely on the concept of CFM, or cubic feet per minute. CFM measures the volume of air your ventilation hood can remove each minute.

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Best Practices for Surviving in a Cautious Landscape

Modern Restaurant Management

With guests searching for value, how can local restaurants compete and thrive in such a competitive market and build trust withconsumers who are more cautious about price and safety than ever? "Value has been the buzzword for restaurants across the map over the past year or so, but while guests want to realize value, food costs have been volatile and credit card processing and other fees cut into the bottom line," Mani Kulasooriya, Co-Founder & CEO of Cut+Dry, an all-in-one platform

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Hyatt Plans for 2029 Opening of Park Hyatt Sapporo

Hospitality Net

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with Heiwa Real Estate Co. Ltd., for a new Park Hyatt hotel in Sapporo. Scheduled to open in 2029, the hotel will be situated in the economic and cultural center of the Hokkaido Prefecture in northern Japan. It will be the fourth Park Hyatt branded hotel in the country and will complement the award-winning Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono, a luxury mountain retreat located in Hokkaido’s le

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Chick-fil-A Ushers In Next Drive-Thru Evolution

Foodservice Equipment Reports

Five months after opening its first mobile pickup restaurant, Chick-fil-A is heading in yet another direction: up. Today, Aug. 22, the brand will welcome its first customers at an all-new elevated drive-thru in Stockbridge, Ga.—just south of metro Atlanta. The concept boasts four drive-thru lanes, an elevated kitchen and a conveyor-driven meal transport system.

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ICX Summit: Customer feedback paramount to brands' success

Fast Casual

Customer feedback is crucial for retail and restaurant success, driving improvements in products and services based on customer preferences. Learn innovative strategies on gathering and utilizing customer insights from industry experts at the Interactive Customer Experience Summit in Charlotte this September.

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Food Safety Things to Consider When Renovating a Facility

Food Safety Tech

When food and beverage manufacturers aim to increase total throughput, they often face facility size constraints. Manufacturers can either expand their current facility or move operations to a larger building. Due to property dimension limitations and the need for substantial additional square footage, procuring a new facility is the most common approach.

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The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts welcomes leadership development programme grads as newest hires

Hospitality Net

The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts celebrated the graduation of the Leela Leadership Development Programme (LLDP) Class of 2024 at The Leela Palace New Delhi on 5 August (Monday).

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Hoshizaki Welcomes 2 New Directors

Foodservice Equipment Reports

Hoshizaki America has appointed two new directors, enhancing its leadership team. Details include the following: Last week, Hoshizaki announced several other enhancements to its leadership team.

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Cornell dining workers go on strike as students return to campus

FoodService Director

The workers, which are represented by United Auto Workers (UAW) 2300, are asking for a salary increase.

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Restaurant supply chain: How Paris Baguette became the master

Fast Casual

Eric Galkin, chief supply chain officer of Paris Baguette, reveals the restaurant supply chain solutions he's created to ensure each local unit is well-equipped with the tools and supplies it needs.

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Swissôtel Nusantara Opens in Indonesia’s New Capital City, Nusantara

Hospitality Net

Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts, a globally recognised symbol of Swiss hospitality excellence, is delighted to announce the opening of Swissôtel Nusantara in Indonesia’s new capital city, Nusantara, East Kalimantan. Embracing the brand’s ethos, ’Life is a Journey - Live It Well,’ this new property offers an unrivalled experience, seamlessly blending premium hospitality, comfort, and purpose-driven living.

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Topgolf To Swing Past 100-Unit Milestone

Foodservice Equipment Reports

On Sept. 6, Topgolf will open its first establishment in the state of Iowa. The two-level concept, featuring 72 outdoor, climate-controlled hitting bays, is located in West Des Moines. Beyond its token tech-enabled golf, Topgolf’s full-service restaurant and bar will serve items such as injectable doughnut holes and cheesy macaroni bites.

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Harnessing Americans’ Knack For Snacking

FoodInsight

Put simply, snacking is increasingly important in American life, and it is likely here to stay. As the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) stated in their Report, “Snacking is prevalent – almost universal.” The 2025 DGAC agrees, presenting at a recent meeting that 93% and 95% of children/adolescents and adults older than 20 years, respectively, consume one or more snacks per day.

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How Texas Christian University's Healthy Frogs program brings a well-rounded approach to student wellness

FoodService Director

The program offers student a variety of events and opportunities to help them feel more confident about their health.

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