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Hurry to Compete in Star of the Bar. $5000 Prize!
Do you have what it takes to create an awesome culinary cocktail that might soon sweep the nation? If you think you might, there’s still time to enter the National Restaurant Association and International Wine, Spirits & Beer “Star of the Bar” competition—but not much time. Start Your Ovens to End Child Hunger!
More than 17 million American children are impacted by hunger. Share Our Strength, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, offers a variety of ways for professionals and food enthusiasts to get involved. The Great American Bake Sale is a simple, fun way to raise money to benefit Share Our Strength. Join national bake sale spokesperson and TV Food Network star Sandra Lee as she seeks to rally her peers and fans to end child hunger by 2015. Give your menu a makeover with these easy tips
Next in our series from MenuMax – Giving your menu a makeover. According to the recent research results conducted by the NPD group, more and more consumers are looking for quality of ingredients as well as flavorful, and nutritionally rich menu options. Restaurant Nutrition in the National Spotlight
FoodChannelPRO will be bringing you industry insights and nutrition tips directly from the staff at MenuMax -- former restaurant owners, managers, professional chefs, and a nutritionist. In this article, they tell us how Mrs. Obama's focus on ending childhood obesity has now turned to look at the restaurant industry. Cookbook For A Cause – Café Reconcile
Café Reconcile, a nonprofit restaurant training ground in New Orleans, offers a cookbook to support their cause. While this cookbook only features a couple dozen recipes, they are filled with heart and soul from an organization that works to return a city to a place of pride and believes in the importance of families and friends dining together. Social Media Today
Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare … badges, likes, followers … influencer, visibility, conversion—if you don’t know what each of these terms means with regard to social media, you are probably not getting a great ROI with your current marketing. Genesis of Breakfast Trends in Foodservice
The Food Channel has released its predictions for the Top Ten Breakfast Trends in 2011. In what is quickly becoming the most competitive meal of the day, breakfast is spilling over into other dayparts and making its way onto new menus. Find out how to get more out of or extend your breakfast menu offerings by exploring these trends. Fancy Food Show Moves
Pack your grocery bags and head a little further south than before—the Summer Fancy Food Show is moving to Washington, D.C. Labeled “the largest marketplace for specialty foods and beverages in North America,” this event showcases many products buyers will be sourcing for the coming year. Nostalgic Mixes With New to Create Comfortable Feelings
Customers are stepping back in time to recreate their feelings of togetherness and comfort in new ways. Restaurants are keeping up with this retro trend and making sure their establishments offer what customers want – on the plate and on the television. NRA Partners with Kendall College to Bring International Foodservice Sustainability Symposium to Chicago
The National Restaurant Association and Kendall College have partnered to bring together some global leading experts in the sustainability field together with foodservice professionals for an exchange of insights, information and ideas. In the first-ever meeting of its kind, the International Foodservice Sustainability Symposium will immediately follow the close of NRA Show 2011 and offer an opportunity for open dialogue and sharing centered around fast-changing and –growing sustainability issues. Claims of Health Benefits Alter Consumers’ Purchase Behavior
The trend of medicinal claims on food labels has experienced growth lately, but the Federal Trade Commission seems to be cracking down on the practice. Dannon’s recent run-in with the FTC came as a result of the claims that yogurt products DanActive and Activia can promote digestive health and boost the body’s immunity system. Dannon is not alone in its claims of health benefits from its food products, and the recent spotlight on those claims may spark a reverse on the labeling trend.
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