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

Modern Restaurant Management

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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Be Prepared: Cocktail and Beverage Trends for Events

Modern Restaurant Management

A trendy cocktail and beverage selection can truly transform an event and now is a good time for event planners to recalculate and learn about trends so they will be prepared and armed with knowledge when businesses are back up and running. Mixologists are experimenting with seltzer-based recipes and teas combined with fewer spirits.

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Great Brands Leverage Food & Beverage Success

NewPoint Marketing

Great Brands: Examples of Iconic Food Brand Growth In the ever-evolving world of food marketing, some great brands have stood the test of time, becoming household names and icons of their respective industries.

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A Recipe for Success

Modern Restaurant Management

In the food and beverage business, “buzz” is a valuable commodity that can make your restaurant, bar, or brewery the place to be. Once this buzz is generated, though, how can you stop the new restaurant in town from hiring away your sous chef and stealing your chef’s “secret recipes” in the process?

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2025 Restaurant Outlook: A Recipe for Success with Risk Management

Modern Restaurant Management

By mid-2024, 82 percent of food and beverage operators were still actively recruiting, with chefs and cooks comprising 30 percent of open roles. Economic shifts including inflation-driven cost increases in food, utilities and supplies; regulatory changes and climate-related disruptions will continue to challenge restaurant operators.

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Food Delivery and Service Robots: Changing Face of Restaurants Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

The prominence of food delivery and service robots has increased in the overall restaurant industry. In this blog, we will discuss the changing face of the restaurant industry as a result of the introduction of food delivery and service robots. This is owed to the uncertainties faced by the restaurants at the global level.