Corn production remains low contributing to high food prices
The U.S. Department of Agriculture isn’t expecting a high surplus in corn crops for next year– the surplus increase will be up less than 1 percent from what was predicted last month.
Higher corn prices will reflect on the pricing of everything from soft drinks to cereal and food
The newest additions to Pret A Manger is located at 1 Astor Place (East Village) and 350 Hudson Street (Soho). The Midtown West location at the corner of 45th and 6th Ave is expected to open next week.
Grub Street New York gives us the inside scoop…
https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/12/pretamanger_nowopenastorplace/
Eli’s Bread opens in Grand Central
The new bread bakery addition opened in the space where Corrado Bread and Pastry once lived. All baked goods will come from their Upper East Side location for now until their on-site kitchen space is completed.
The New York Times reports…
https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/12/elisbread_nowopengrandcentral/
Meet the 1st New York City vegan food truck, The Cinnamon Snail
The vegan food truck first debut in Midtown yesterday and today in Flatiron.
The Cinnamon Snail offers a full menu of breakfast and lunch vegan items
https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/09/thecinnamonsnail_foodtrucknyc/
Mismatched Dishes Photo by Huffington Post
Huffington Post also highlights the 11 food trends they’ve seen over the past year in addition to next year’s outlook.
Read more here…
https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/09/huffingtonpost_2012trends/
Trucks will be parked on North End Avenue everyday from 11am to 3pm. David Cheikin, director of Brooklfield Properties which owns the World Financial Center, is currently figuring out how everything will work with The New York City Food Truck Association.
Look out to see Taim Mobile, Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream, Mexicue and more
https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/09/foodtrucks_in_batteryparkcity/
“Operation Cookie” started in 2003 after one of the organizers of NYWCA saw a need to bring a little piece of New York to troops overseas.
The baked treats for this project were gathered from various drop off points in Manhattan and shipped out this past Monday
https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/09/nywca_donatesoperationcookie/
2012 rings in a “Bull Market” for U.S. dairy exports
Jerry Dryer, a market analyst and President of J/D/G Consulting, highlights that U.S. dairy exports has seen record export levels this year ranging from 13 to 14 percent.
Dryer notes that one of the reasons is due to a rapidly growing world population
https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/08/usdairyexport_bullmarket2012/
Local Legends: Celebrating Regional Cheeses & Wines presented by Artisanal and Greenmarket GrowNYC
Next week, Wednesday, December 14th from 6:30 – 8:30pm, Artisanal will show us all of the local food that most tend to overlook
Register now. Tickets are $75.00.
https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/08/artisanalcheeseevent_dec14/
Research conducted by NPD Group shows a direct correlation between the unemployment rate and the traffic levels in fast casual places such as Denny’s and Marie Callender’s.
Grub Street San Francisco reports…
https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/08/finedining_increasetraffic/
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