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No Time, No Food To Waste: The Parish’s Chef Travis Peters on surviving labor shortages, other industry issues

Labor shortages continue to ravage the restaurant industry, driving operators to think strategically to survive. It’s, in fact, one of...

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Tip Toe Back Into Innovation

Comfort foods clearly dominated restaurant delivery and pick-up orders during 2020. Now that customers are back to in-house dining, they...

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Fresh, Healthy, & Convenient

As more customers return to dining out, labor shortages are leaving operators less time for back of house prep. Budgets...

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Fruit Forward

Until recently, vegetables have claimed the spotlight in the meat-free and flexitarian segments—but fresh fruits are making a play for...

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Hand-Held Options

Hand-held snacks and sandwiches are experiencing a surge in global creativity. Tacos, toasts, banh mi, and jianbing…wrapped, stacked, and folded!...

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Plant-Based Explosion

First there were vegetarians, then vegans, followed by flexitarians…and now the diet gaining the most traction is known as climatarianism....

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Trends: Broad Audiences

For most of the 2000s, foodservice operators have been mindful of what the younger generations (Millennials and Gen Z) want...

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Trends: Arabic Foods

Say Middle Eastern foods and you may think hummus and falafel, maybe kebabs. Say Mediterranean cuisine and olive oil, tomatoes,...

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Trends: Global Crepes

Thin pancakes stuffed with an array of sweet or savory ingredients, crepes are a versatile dish with international variations. French...

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Trends: The Evolving Chef’s Hat

Foodservice operators’ roles are changing in big ways. In the era of #metoo, open kitchens, and morphing delivery platforms, many...

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Trends: Alternative Fries

The light, crispy French fry is one of the world’s most beloved side dishes, but with low nutritional value and...

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Trends: Spill the Beans

Diners are increasingly hyper-focused on high-protein and plant-based foods. Alongside all of the new-fangled, lab-based, cell-cultured options out there is...