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Summer 2021 Food & Beverage Trends

Goliath Consulting

Here we share some of the major food and beverage trends operators can expect this upcoming season. Especially compostable menus.) In the beverage scene , less-sugared, natural products with minimal artificial ingredients are being favored over the sugared juices or carbonated soft drinks. Tractor Beverages is a good example.

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As Consumers Prioritize Sustainability, Forward-Thinking Operators Accommodate

Restaurant Business

Consumer preferences for sustainability—and what operators can do According to Technomic’s February 2024 Industry Insights Report, 45% of North American consumers prefer beverages with environmentally friendly packaging and 59% prefer beverages with sustainable packaging. To learn more, visit www.continentalcup.com.

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AMERICAN RESTAURANTS – AN INTERESTING EVOLUTION

Culinary Cues

Many, saw restaurants and taverns to be American while exposing others to their food, beverage, and style of hospitality. Prohibition and the Speakeasy: Prohibition from 1920-1933 made it illegal to produce, distribute, serve, or consume alcoholic beverages except as a sacrament in the church and for medicinal purposes prescribed by doctors.

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Which Sustainably Packaging Model Is Best for Your Business?

Restaurant365

Reusable, recyclable, and compostable are the three major categories that fall under the sustainable packaging category. Do some research to decide what is best for you based on the kind of food and beverages that you serve. Compostable. Compostable products are defined as biodegradable and non-toxic.

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Coffee News Recap, 7 Apr: Coffee is still the US’ favourite beverage, 2024 World Brewers Cup & Cup Tasters Championship to be held in Chicago & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

European Bioplastics supports motion to make coffee capsules mandatorily compostable. New spring 2023 National Coffee Data Trends Report finds that more Americans drank coffee in the previous day than any other beverage. European Bioplastics is also calling on the European Parliament and Council to impose the legislation, too.

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Can you run a zero-waste coffee shop?

Perfect Daily Grind

We also use compostable and recyclable items, so our landfill bin is only a quarter-full every two weeks.”. According to a UK survey on consumer shopping preferences , more than half of people surveyed were interested in food and beverage businesses which include zero-waste practices.

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6 Tips to Make the Switch to Sustainable To-Go Containers Painless

Cheetah

The alternatives are compostable or biodegradable (PLA) food containers. In fact, many composting facilities do not accept them anymore and the overall environmental impact of creating and processing a compostable to-go container could be worse than a recyclable plastic one. Kari-Out – Compostable paper to-go packaging.