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

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Culinary and Cocktail Trend Forecasts Kimpton is returning with its annual Culinary + Cocktail Trend Forecast highlighting predictions from its global team of restaurant and beverage talent. Freeze-Dried Fruit & Veggie Powders Freeze drying fruits or vegetables enhances both flavor and texture in beverages.

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Boosting Profits One Sip at a Time: The Power of Specialty Beverages

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More specifically, a specialty beverage break. Rethinking Beverages The typical drink upsell—soft drinks and coffee or tea—has decreased over the past few years as customers increasingly eat restaurant food at home. One in four respondents order specialty beverages more than once a week.

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New Year, New Deals: How Smart Operators Keep More Profit

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Where to Tap into Hidden Revenue If you want to boost profits, the quickest way isn’t to raise menu prices or cut portions, it’s to go straight to the source of your costs: manufacturers, distributors, and beverage companies. Reach out to these manufacturers or their brokers and explain how much product you purchase annually.

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Social Marketing: Insights from Meta’s Restaurant Summit

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“Webrooming,” or researching online before buying in person, has risen 1.95x over the last four years, showing that the food and beverage journey for shoppers often starts in the digital world. What kind of creative works best in restaurant and food advertising? The proof is, well, in the pudding.

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Vibe Check: Elevating Experience for Better Guest Engagement

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Tableside caviar service A prosciutto cart An authentic kaiseki tasting experience and members-only Japanese whiskey lounge Tableside s’mores These are just a few examples of ways restaurants across the country are hoping to attract guest by elevating the dining experience and creating a vibe highlighted by superior food and presentation.

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Waste Reduction for Better Food and Increased Sales

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Until recently, Beyond Green Sustainable Food Partners was mainly a foodservice consulting company for schools and other large institutions, and we catered food to preschools on the side. Historically, we have trained cafeteria staff to cook food from scratch while also reducing food and labor waste.

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Rising Fraud Among Restaurant and Delivery Services (Infographic)

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A fraud scheme where cybercriminals leverage the Telegram messaging platform to steal from restaurants and food delivery services was just identified by research and analysis from Sift’s Digital Trust and Safety Architects. Consumers have likewise responded, as the number of smartphone food delivery app users has increased from 36.4