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

Modern Restaurant Management

High menu prices have been an issue in the industry in recent years due to inflation, resulting in a decline in traffic as diners wish to spend less. In 2025, operators can offer elevated foodservice experiences at more affordable prices through emphasizing value in LTOs to drive sales.

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Why Culinary Programs Fail

Culinary Cues

Programs need to either find ways to stabilize enrollment or come up with some other source of funding to support their efforts. Every product that a student handles in class should carry a price tag. Yes, even faculty members need to continue to engage in the learning process. You can’t teach what you don’t know.

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Coffee News Recap, 20 Jun: NCA report says specialty coffee consumption is at 14‑year peak, Vietnam robusta exports hit record high & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

As the C price dips to multi-month lows, this challenge may become easier to achieve. New York City, New York, US) Wed, 18 Jun – Coffee futures drop to multi-month lows as illycaffè CEO projects arabica prices to stabilise at US $2.50 cents/lb – the lowest price since late January.

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7 key restaurant revenue streams to prioritize in 2024

7 Shifts

Profitability remains a challenge for many restaurants, especially with prices for ingredients and labor going up. Diversifying your income sources can help offset rising costs and boost your overall profitability. Cooking classes and workshops About 33% of Americans watch cooking shows regularly.

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How does foreign exchange affect the price of coffee?

Perfect Daily Grind

For the most part, both the price of arabica and robusta rely on futures contracts. These are legal agreements to buy or sell a particular commodity at a predetermined price on a set date. Fluctuations in the market can influence prices paid by roasters and consumers and prices paid to farmers, as well as their production costs.

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Coffee News Recap, 13 Jun: Gesha scores 98 points at 2025 BoP, potential IPO for Pret A Manger & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

This set the precedent for future astonishing auction prices, which have since surpassed US $10,000/kg. With the 2025 BoP auction scheduled for 6 August, all eyes will be on the bidders of the 97- and 98-point coffees, as many eagerly anticipate the extent of the prices they’re willing to pay. in the year-ago period.

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The Fermented Foods Industry Is Built on Global Ingredients. So Why Are Its Most Visible Faces White?

EATER

Because I am Chinese-Malaysian (then a rarity in the industry), many customers assumed our product was of Asian origin, and I endured racist comments about its price point, taste, and provenance; many retailers and customers found tibicos hard to pronounce and asked why we didn’t call it by its more commonly used name, water kefir.

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