Vegan & Vegetarian meat substitutes and the potential health risks of these food types.
Generally speaking, vegetarian and vegan lifestyles can be extremely healthy when eating a plant-based diet full of wholefoods, fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, legumes etc. Recently, however, there has been an influx of a wide variety of new vegan and vegetarian processed products that do not provide consumers with all of the health benefits you might expect from adhering to a meat-free diet. It is important to ensure that you read the back of the package to really understand what is packed into these faux meat processed foods that may negatively impact on consumer’s health.
Great Service in an Era of Labour Costs and Technology
Will Guidara, one of the owners of Eleven Madison Avenue in New York, has been quoted as saying that it’s “compassion and passion [that] gives a fantastic dining experience.”
As every successful restaurateur will tell you, passion is the reason that they started their venture in the first place. It’s what continues to drive their activities. But passion alone can only take you so far.
Jay Rayner, the UK food critic, has recently written that he, “does not regard the table primarily as a place of nutrition. That’s just something which, happily, comes with the territory. It’s a place of joy.”
THE FUTURE OF FOOD IS EXCITING
Trends that will shape the future of your food and hospitality projects for 2020.
Trends are no longer limited to the cuisines on offer or the style of service. The ‘whole experience’ is what matters. Customers have feelings, opinions and are savvy when it comes to choosing where to spend their money. However, food and service will always be at the heart of hospitality.
2016 brought in a new set of data delivered by Intermedia on what it means as Australia to ‘eat out’. It’s the first time data has been assessed like this thanks to a combination of operator research, consumer interviews and statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Here's what we learnt.
There is a lot that goes into a successful food and beverage offer from the customer service right through to the overall look and feel of the space. It would be simplistic to say that you could follow five simple steps in order to bring about business success. However, there are definitely things that can be done to boost the sales of your business which take little effort but gain maximum benefit. Here are five simple marketing hints from the Future Food team...
Food delivery is not a new concept. The hospitality industry has included it as a service since the very beginning however it was always limited in what was on offer, capped to pizza concepts or the local Indian take away joint. Today, thanks to the enhancement of technology, the use of smart phones and a collective group of masterminds you can now order almost anything and have it paid for, tracked and delivered right to your door...
and stay up to date with food and hospitality trends, travel and news.
