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A Matcha Shortage Hits TikTok’s Favorite Brands

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matchalover #matchatok #japanvlog #matcha ♬ Yasashi - CXSPER Within Japan, matcha consumption has been on the decline , dropping from 1,174 grams per household in 2001 to 844 grams in 2015, which some experts have attributed to matcha’s association with cultural tea ceremonies over everyday cafe culture.

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Experience Is the Best Teacher: Five Things My Father — and Hard Times — Have Taught Me About Leadership in the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

My wife and I founded Rib & Chop House in Livingston, Montana, in 2001, just months prior to the heartbreaking events of 9/11. We also sent our marketing teams to contact large businesses, hospitals, manufacturing plants, and schools to find out if we could help with food and catering. ”

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-October 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

The Manifest surveyed 501 people about their food delivery and restaurant habits during COVID-19 and found that two-thirds of people ate in-person at a restaurant in July 2020. Nearly two-thirds of people (65 percent) ordered food delivery in July 2020 as food options remain in-demand, but restaurant profit margins decrease with delivery.

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The Kikkoman Soy Sauce Bottle Is Priceless

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Kikkoman Foods A warehouse at the Kikkoman plant in Walworth, Wisconsin. A vibrant green cathedral pickle bottle or a bright blue fruit jar can often be favorite food bottles among collectors. Kikkoman Foods A vintage photographer of the Kikkoman plant in Walworth, Wisconsin. Collectors also seek out beauty,” Ketcham continues.

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In Defense of Prunes

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Widely dismissed as a lowly constipation cure, prunes are, in fact, a superior dried fruit For too long, prunes have been relegated to the health food aisle, paraded out only as a solution to immovable bowels. But unlike basically every other food I’ve started eating for health reasons, I didn’t stop. Shutterstock.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-Year 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

There has also been an increase in review content for Black-owned restaurants and food businesses (up 9X) and nightlife (up 13X). Review mentions of “Back-owned” (and related terms) also skyrocketed, up 426 percent, as people look to support and surface these businesses to the community.

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Preparing your Cafe and Restaurant for the 2020 Recession

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The last time we had an impact like this in Australia was back in 2001, after the 9/11 attacks in New York. I wrote a fairly lengthy article back in 2001 , with advice on how to manage the effects on small businesses – it still holds up well. In Australia, China makes (or supplies parts for) almost everything we use!

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