Specialty buns and breading will be hot at restaurants in 2013 — which is being dubbed the Year of the Bun.
Food and Beverage Industry
Millennials: Turns Out the ‘Entitled Generation’ Is Willing to Sacrifice
The idea that all millennials act the same way, or that millennials as a group are entirely self-centered and unwilling to sacrifice is just plain wrong.
Beer Enters the Dark Ages
Is black the new pale yellow? Things are looking that way when it comes to beer.
Go National? Not This Fast-Growing Chain
The company wins industry awards. It ranks high in customer surveys. Potential franchisees want it to go national… but it doesn’t. Smart strategy, or huge missed opportunity?
Girl Scouts Use Social Media, Mobile Tech to Break Cookie Sales Records
For the 2012 centennial celebration of the Girl Scouts of the USA, Olivia Ottenfeld had a pretty straightforward goal: sell 2,012 boxes of the organization’s iconic cookies. At 14, she was at a disadvantage compared to the …
You’d Be Hard-Pressed to Find a Hotter Alcoholic Beverage Than Hard Cider
Hard cider has sometimes been portrayed as the old-fashioned “poor cousin to beer.” But unlike the uniformly sweet, fizzy ciders of the past, today’s alcoholic ciders can be dry, bold, fruity, and complex—enough to be interesting long after autumn’s come and gone. And unlike beer, which is mostly considered a “guy’s drink,” today’s …
Right Business, Right Time: Struggling Economy Means Boom Times for Discount Grocer Aldi
The newest grocery store in Manhattan has less than half the selection of a typical supermarket, and features brands you’ve never heard of. And the grocery chain in question, Aldi, is enjoying a remarkable success streak, with …
So About That ‘Unavoidable Bacon Shortage’? You Can Stop Freaking Out Now
Aporkalypse! Baconpocalyse! Bacon-geddon! “Pig out” now! The news that a global shortage of bacon and pork products is “unavoidable” has been met with mass hysteria, albeit mostly the ironic kind. But will there be an actual …
Will Banning or Taxing Soda Really Make Us Healthier?
The taste of soda may be sweet, but the potential consequences of those empty calories — obesity, diabetes, higher mortality, and skyrocketing health care costs — are not. In response, many states and cities in recent years …
How Budweiser Is Trying to Lose Its Stale Image and Appeal to Young Drinkers
The “King” isn’t dead. But considering that Budweiser has seen sales drop for more than two decades in a row, and that last year’s sales decrease of “just” 4.4% was considered a success, it’s hard to claim that the …
Nothing to Hide: Why Restaurants Embrace the Open Kitchen
In the past, restaurant customers may have preferred food to magically appear out from behind closed doors, with no indication whatsoever about how the sausage is made—figuratively or literally. After years of hearing Big Food …
Home Economics: Will Rising Food Prices Ruin the Recovery?
Soaring grain prices threaten to add new troubles to a global economy already in trouble