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

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I pulled the car around and watched a massive garage door open to reveal my prize: a stack of mango boxes on a dolly cart, this batch with a going price of about $8 per fruit. In every single case, the mangoes were sourced off WhatsApp. is the second largest importer of mangoes in the world, with the majority sourced from Mexico.

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The Immense Human Cost of Keeping Thailand’s Palm Oil Flowing

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Most of SPFT’s members are like Somrudee and her parents, Chai and Usa Suwannaphat, who followed her in 2011 — ordinary people who never owned much of anything, drawn by the promise of a plot of earth where they could grow enough food for themselves and their children. One of the ripened pods on a palm fruit.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-September 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

15 percent have ordered alcoholic beverages with food for delivery or takeout, on par with the 18 percent of Canadians that say they’re likely to do this. It is expected alcohol sales will grow as suppliers and operators adapt packing and pricing models to bolster alcohol sales with delivery. Delivering Excellence.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature Ono Food Co, DoorDash, Parts Town and Heritage Foodservice, Rouxbe, Presto, Burger King and Uber Eats, Pared, Tork, Restaurant Technologies, Willie Degel, Bolay, Ritual, Preoday and TISSL, AdTheorent and Voodoo Doughnut. Ono Food Co. Ono Blend Founders Daniel Fukuba and Stephen Klein.

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An Eater’s Guide to Visiting (and Drinking) Champagne 

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Champagne & Food Experiences. Their Prestige cuvée, a Blanc de Noirs aged longer, is more powerful and therefore better complemented by heartier foods such as steak, truffle pastas, and cheese. Prices available upon request. The “picnic” experience at Piot Sévillano. Piot-Sevillano. Philipponnat.

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The Lost Soybeans of Okinawa

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In an excerpt from “Eating to Extinction,” author Dan Saladino visits Okinawa where one farmer is hoping to bring back one of the world’s rarest soybeans Our food supply is suffering from a diversity crisis. This is the argument Dan Saladino lays out in his book Eating to Extinction: The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them.

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Eater’s Guide to Idaho’s Snake River Valley

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The capital, Boise, has led the boom (with a surge in housing prices to match), as remote workers migrated east from the Bay Area and the Pacific Northwest in search of more space, cheaper rent, and a quieter lifestyle. Plus there’s a thriving food scene powered by a strong Basque community and chefs quickly gaining national recognition.

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