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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

Modern Restaurant Management

Culinary and Cocktail Trend Forecasts Kimpton is returning with its annual Culinary + Cocktail Trend Forecast highlighting predictions from its global team of restaurant and beverage talent. Freeze-Dried Fruit & Veggie Powders Freeze drying fruits or vegetables enhances both flavor and texture in beverages.

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New Year, New Deals: How Smart Operators Keep More Profit

Modern Restaurant Management

Where to Tap into Hidden Revenue If you want to boost profits, the quickest way isn’t to raise menu prices or cut portions, it’s to go straight to the source of your costs: manufacturers, distributors, and beverage companies. On top of that, I upgraded all my beverage coolers and dispensing equipment at no cost.

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How to deep clean coffee shop equipment

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While cleanliness shapes a cafe’s reputation from a customer’s perspective, the unseen practices behind the bar have far broader implications for equipment longevity , coffee quality, and customer and staff health. You may also like our article on why equipment longevity needs to be a priority for coffee shops.

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What Restaurants Need to Know About RTD Adult Beverage Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

In this challenging year, one bright spot for the industry has been the booming popularity of ready-to-drink (RTD) alcoholic beverages. For the three years leading up to the pandemic, RTD alcoholic beverages were the fastest-growing category, up almost 20 percent, as sales of spiked seltzers such as White Claw and Bon & V!v

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S.

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Five Major Trends In Commercial Cooking Equipment

Modern Restaurant Management

Over the past decade, the restaurant business has been changing with the innovations in cooking equipment and advent of ghost and cloud kitchen. These are the future of commercial cooking and the cooking equipment industry must be ready for it. These equipment will allow chefs to cook food to perfection. 3D Printing and Food.

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Why Strong Beverage Programs Matter (Podcast)

Modern Restaurant Management

In this episode of The Main Course host Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia discusses why restaurants need to think about their beverage lineup with Luke Emery, CEO of Tractor Beverage Co. A strong beverage program can help. “Restaurant margins are thin, especially now.

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