Here are some of newest trends showing up on restaurant menus this year. Botanical and functional beverages: Hibiscus, lavender and elderflower teas, sodas and cocktails are showing up on menus along with the use of turmeric, anise, and rosemary. Customers are also looking for drinks that have health benefits such as antioxidant ingredients. Nostalgic flavors … Read More
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That is a pretty scary statement, but some preliminary evidence does connect the number of meals regularly eaten away from home and the risk of dying from heart disease and cancer. Everyone enjoys eating out and many restaurants provide high-quality foods. But sadly, as a rule, most meals eaten away from home tend to be … Read More
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The pandemic has created a rollercoaster ride for restaurants and those who love eating out. First everything was closed, then reopened for take-out only. Then pop-up outdoor tents and structures began to appear, some even in roadside parking spots, to accommodate limited outdoor dining. Finally, in many states indoor dining began with limited capacity and … Read More
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New food experiences have become a new form of entertainment. Heading to a restaurant and sharing an exotic meal with friends is very meaningful to millennials and GenZers. These experiences are important to collect and share with others in real life or online, like their parents may have collected and displayed things in the past. … Read More
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Globally, high blood pressure, hypertension, is the leading risk factor for death from heart disease. Meals eaten away from home are often higher in calories, saturated fat and salt. These types of meals are thought to contribute to high blood pressure. In a study looking at Asian university students over 27% of these young adults … Read More
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The Green Restaurant Association (GRA) is a national, non-profit group that provides the official Certified Green Restaurant mark. It has been working with the restaurant industry since 1990 to help each restaurant measure its environmental accomplishments through various categories such as water efficiency, waste reduction, recycling, sustainable building materials, sustainable foods, energy use, preferable disposables, … Read More
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If you have eaten out recently you may have noticed that more and more restaurants are now posting calories on menus. Beginning in May 2018, the FDA set in place a policy requiring restaurants with more than 20 locations to clearly list the calorie count of food items. This policy change hopes to encourage consumers … Read More
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Music can be the ultimate mood setter. Faster beats ignite excitement while slower music can help you relax. And, it seems music can make all the difference in what we order at a restaurant. Dipayan Biswas, PhD, at the University of South Florida conducted the first study on how the volume of ambient music helped … Read More
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Dinner in a box can sound too tempting to pass up but there is a downside to this convenience. Even though more than 8 million Americans have tried meal kit delivery, customer retention is a headache for most companies. With deeply discounted enticements on first orders, many don’t return to sign up for the ongoing … Read More
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It is estimated that close to one-third of our meals are eaten away from home and for younger adults close to 45% of all the meals they eat are made by someone else. A recent study showed there is a link between meals eaten away from home and high blood pressure. Meals away from home … Read More
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