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

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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. She previously served as editor in chief of Winsight Grocery Business View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? Sign up here.

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How to attract and retain the best baristas & roasters

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Strada has been around since 2012, and we have rebranded four times, not because we were lost, but because we kept evolving,” Evani says. Rebranding only works if it lives in how we speak, how we serve, how we train, and how we handle feedback. We aim to build meaningful experiences around coffee, not just serve it.

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Would You Fly Around the World for Your Favorite Food Creator?

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Elizabeth Minchilli has been offering food tours in Rome since 2012 and has long collaborated with culinary figures, like chef and restaurateur Evan Kleiman, for group travel. Maliks first group trip was to Jordan, where she lived while serving as a U.S. Tway Da Bae A meal during one of Tu Nguyns Vietnam trips.

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The Best Babka Recipes, According to Eater Staff

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Its hefty enough to qualify as cake, and Ive served it for birthdays on several occasions, with a few candles poking up among the braids. Sensing that perhaps this was somehow underkill, Melissa tops the whole thing with a rich chocolate streusel that would make Augustus Gloop absolutely plotz.

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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. In both, a 28-gram serving is 160 calories. In 2019, a serving had 240 milligrams and now its 200 milligrams. Theres also a change in sodium.

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The Top 25 Cheesesteaks in Philadelphia Ranked

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Max’s offers all the standard cheesesteak options, served on a soft Italian roll with your choice to add onions, peppers, mushrooms and more. Cosmi’s Deli Source: Instagram 1501 S 8th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147 Cosmi’s Deli is a small corner shop in South Philly, serving up sandwiches since 1932.

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Standing in the Shade of My Abuelito’s Lemon Tree

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Later in the week, my abuelita Rosa will slice and serve these same lemons over steaming bowls of menudo, juicy ceviche, and thick jicama sticks dusted with Tajn. In my hometown, Greenfield, California, my maternal abuelito, ngel, served as a farmworker in the grape fields for over 40 years until his passing at 72 years old in 2012.