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Week in Review: Fast casual’s good year, Dave's gets sold, El Pollo Loco’s potential buyer and more

Restaurant Business

Nearly half (48%) of those who drink alcohol are trying to drink less, but that number climbs to 68% for Gen Z (those born between 1997 and 2012), according to recent data. The salad chain said it also sees opportunity in California, where the fast-food minimum wage is $20 per hour. Members help make our journalism possible.

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Smartfood Popcorn Doesn’t Hit Like It Used To

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In 2012, Frito-Lay announced it was expanding the Smartfood line of snacks, adding new flavors for the first time in the brands history. Relying on a corporation to provide your favorite food means you have no control over it. Even after Frito-Lay bought Smartfood in 1989, for a long time it was just Smartfood.

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Subway names Jonathan Fitzpatrick CEO

Restaurant Business

Before that, he worked for several years with Burger King, working in operations and franchising before becoming the chain’s chief brand and operations officer from 2011 to 2012. But store closures have returned this year amid a difficult operating environment for much of the fast-food space. By Jonathan Maze on Jul.

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Medellín’s Cafes and Farms Are Taking Back Colombian Coffee

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They’ve also helped reshape dynamics around the supply chain and the economic significance of Colombian coffee. For decades, their primary business was exporting beans, but in 2012 they turned their attention to the local market with a cafe on Medellín’s Primavera Street. She is the former editor-in-chief of Food & Wine en Español.

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Who’s Paying for the Great Delivery Wars?

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It’s probably not Uber Eats, Postmates, or Grubhub 2020 was an undeniably big year for food delivery. Benefitting the most from this disruption to an already broken food supply chain are third-party delivery apps, such as UberEats, Grubhub, and DoorDash. Shutterstock. When did delivery apps get so powerful? What’s next?

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Entering China’s Emerging Coffee Market

Perfect Daily Grind

Besides a few Starbucks outlets which were considered quite expensive at the time, there were two Western food restaurants… that served basic espresso drinks… Most Chinese coffee consumers, however, were still drinking Nestle or Maxwell instant coffees on campuses, at their offices, and even at home”.

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Why Are the World’s Greatest Mangoes Almost Impossible to Buy in the U.S.?

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since 2010, supply chain and logistics challenges have limited it to a scant national presence, even in the specialty groceries where you might expect to find them. My father, honestly not a big food lover, was praising God upon eating them. Although the Pakistani mango has been approved for import to the U.S.