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National Restaurant Association Show 2018
The Windy City is blowing in something very special this weekend: The National Restaurant Association Show 2018. TableSafe is excited to be attending this event from May 19-22 in Chicago, IL. More than 100,000 people will be making the trip to McCormick Place to learn about the latest innovations in foodservice. They will also have…
Watch: The Kraft Heinz Company Is Giving Startup Brands a Boost
Heinz is using their experience as a global leader in the food and beverage space to shape the future of food. The Springboard Incubator was designed to help nurture, scale and accelerate the growth of disruptive brands. Kraft Heinz revealed the first brands it’s working with– five startups they will guide through its inaugural Springboard…
Watch: HSBC and ING Complete Blockchain Trade Finance with Cargill
Banking and financial services HSBC and ING have completed a trade finance transaction for agri-food trading company Cargill. The transaction was completed using a single blockchain system. It was a push to boost efficiency in the multi-trillion-dollar funding of international trade. The Cargill transaction marked the first use of a single, shared digital application rather…
Watch: Chili’s Suffers From Data Breach
Chili’s, part of the Brinker international restaurant group, announced it was the victim of a data breach this weekend. Brinker said that some customer credit and debit card information had been compromised, but no social security numbers or birth dates had been stolen because the group does not collect that information from diners. The restaurant…
Watch: Amazon Is Crushing the Pet Food Industry
“Pet products are among the fastest-growing online retail categories and Amazon is leading the way,” said David Sprinkle, research director for Packaged Facts. Amazon is at the head of the pack of websites for pet product purchases earning 55 percent of those who purchased pet products online. Chewy, PetSmart, Petco, Walmart and Sam’s Club are…
Listen: Food-Delivery Robots are Leaving San Francisco After Strict Regulations
Small Graf: Starship Technologies is taking their self-driving food-delivery robots out of San Francisco after several complaints from community members and strict regulations from the city government. They company is looking to implement the robots in areas that are more open to the idea.
Watch: Restaurant Chains Are Now Required to Post Calorie Counts
An FDA Regulation passed in 2010 went into effect this week. The regulation requires that chain restaurants in the US post calorie counts for their menu items. The rule applies to all restaurants, supermarkets, and movie theaters with more than 20 locations. Posting calories allow consumers to make informed eating choices when they’re out. Chains…
Watch: First Data Invests in Restaurant Software Company Salido
Salido, a restaurant software startup, has raised $12 million in Series A funding, with First Data as an investor. Salido’s point-of-sale hardware and software can extract customer data for restaurants. The program details exactly what customers order, how much money they spent, and details how much time their customers spend at the table. Restaurants will…
Watch: BevNET Live to Host the Beverage Industry’s Biggest Influencers
BevNET Live, the beverage industry’s largest community gathering, is coming to New York on June 6th and 7th. Industry leaders will discuss the latest trends, significant milestones, and host talks about where the beverage industry is headed. Top brand leaders from Vita Coco, Chobani, Zevia, Humm Kombucha, Stonyfield, Bhakti, Revive Kombucha, Nestle are expected to…
Watch: Starbucks and Nestle Team Up For $7 Billion
Starbucks sold Nestlé the rights to offer its coffee and tea in stores for a whopping $7 Billion. Nestle will sell Starbucks products in supermarkets, restaurants and catering operations. Nestle hopes the deal will contribute positively to its earnings per share and organic growth targets from 2019. About 500 Starbucks employees will join Nestle, and…
Watch: Nestle to Buy Starbucks’ Retail Coffee Trading Business Reportedly
Nestle, the world’s largest coffee company, is reportedly close to acquiring Starbucks’ bagged coffee and bottled drink operation. The deal could bring in $3.8 billion for Starbucks, and would not include the sale of any of the company’s 28,000 cafes. Nestle is also the world’s largest packaged food company and could begin selling Starbucks products…
Halo Top Ice Cream is Crushing the Competition
Halo Top Low-calorie Ice Cream made $324 million in sales in their first year of business. It did so well, that sales from the cool treat surpassed the next five new food brands combined. IRI Worldwide’s 2017 New Food and Beverage Product Pacesetters list benchmarks new brands in the market. Halo Top topped the IRI…
Watch: LG’s New ThinQ Technology Makes Photography a Snap
LG just announced the G7 “ThinQ” smartphone. ThinQ is LG’s artificial intelligence designed to recognize what you’re photographing and adjusts the camera settings for a perfect shot. With the G7, it can recognize 18 different objects and subjects. That includes people, flowers, pets, food, sunsets, sunrises, beverages, beaches, snow, low light, and “basic” auto modes….
Listen: How Wingstop’s Branding is Staying Ahead of the Curve With Megan Sprague
On today’s Food & Beverage podcast, we sit down with Megan Sprague, Communications Associate for Wingstop. We get to hear how Wingstop stays culturally relevant to build its brand, both internally and externally (the Migos may or may not get a shout-out). Plus, Megan tells us how digital ordering is pushing the company to…
Part 2: Deciphering Black Holes with Hunter Gabbard of LIGO
On Part 2 of our podcast series with Hunter Gabbard, we discuss some really odd things about black holes, energy, and how a black hole “disappears”. For the latest news, videos, and podcasts in the Food & Beverage Industry, be sure to subscribe to our industry publication. Follow us on social media for the…
Watch: E. Coli Outbreak Worsens With 1 Dead and 121 Reported Cases
E. Coli Outbreak Worsens With 1 Dead and 121 Reported Cases According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one person in California is dead as a result of an E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce. The lettuce in question comes from the Yuma, Arizona area and has infected people in 25 states. Of…
Food To-Go Industry to Reach New Heights
Consumer demand for packaged snack food to go is on the rise. It’s expected to surpass $55Billion by 2020, and doesn’t look to be slowing down any time soon. Growing sales of snacks are not the only thing expected to grow, healthy bites are one of the other hot food trends as well. Traditional savory…
WHY PLANT-BASED PROTEIN IS GAINING POPULARITY
Nutrition fanatics and health-conscious consumers have focused plenty of attention on protein lately. People who are on specialty diets like keto and paleo, seniors who need to maintain muscle mass, active athletes, people who want to lose weight, and more are turning to protein as a solution. This popular perception of protein’s role in nutrition and…
Watch: Seaga Debuts New Beverage Vending Machine
Today, Seaga released its latest multi-beverage vending machine; The Prosper. The Prosper optimizes floor space, without compromising product variety, for an overall increased product margin. The machine features 18 selections and allows an extensive product range of 8 oz. to 20 oz. beverages. There’s even a media player option to further enhance the purchasing experience!…
Watch: Demand For Fresh Food Drives Cold Box Deliveries
Refrigerated containers known as “reefers” can keep food fresh for more than a month. As demand for fresh food skyrockets, companies are looking for economic cold shipping options. Refrigerated boxes make up 7% of total container volumes, and demand increased by 5% to 6% in the last five years. Containers including reefers move about $4…
Delivery Apps Deliver Customers—to the Door
With apps like UberEats, GrubHub, and DoorDash, it’s easier than ever to get food delivered. Where once primarily pizza was all consumers could get delivered—from places that had their own drivers—now people can get almost any food delivered from myriad restaurants, whether the establishment has it’s own delivery drivers or not. Restaurants like Sonny Bryan’s…
Watch: Connected Packaging Devices for Beverages? Welcome to the Future
Beverage packaging is adding new tech into their designs that promote connectivity like never before. Companies are leveraging QR Codes, NFC, and Augmented Reality in a variety of innovative ways. Want to listen to music while you drink? Scan the bottle with your mobile device. Last year, Sharp End IoT partnered with Malibu Rum to…
Watch: E. Coli Outbreak in Romaine Lettuce Climbing; Pennsylvania Hit Hardest
31 new cases of E. coli have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over the past week. The CDC disclosed the outbreak on April 10th, and the total number of cases has reached 84. So far, 42 people have hospitalized and nine developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure….
Watch: Packaging Insights from Beer Institute
According to the Beer Institute’s annual Report, draft beer accounts for nearly two-thirds of all on-premise beer volume. Draft beer accounted for 10.6 percent of the 204 million barrels of beer throughout the U.S. in 2017. Aluminum cans are on the rise in the U.S., however, aluminum has lost market share due to the growing…
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