Shake Shack’s New Brooklyn Location at Flatbush Ave

Last Sunday marked the opening of Danny Meyer’s third Shake Shack location in Kings County. The Shack is located at 170 Flatbush Avenue near the Barclays Center and is in walking distance of several neighborhoods such as Fort Greene and Park Slope. It is also easily accessible by public transportation using the subway lines at the Atlantic Avenue station which is directly across the street. What will be known as the Flatbush Shack will be serving all the classics, but will also be serving a location-specific custard called ‘Nothin’ But NETS,’ as a tribute to the Brooklyn Nets. The custard consists of a chocolate and vanilla custard mix with marshmallow sauce, chocolate sprinkles and crunchy bits.

The Fudge-eddaboutit custard, which originated at the Downtown Brooklyn Shack location consists of a blend of chocolate custard, chocolate sauce, baked chocolate cloud cookie and Brooklyn Mast Brothers dark chocolate chunks topped with chocolate sprinkles and will also be featured at this new outpost. The Brooklyn Pie oh My custard ( featuring vanilla custard blended with a slice of seasonal pie from Four & Twenty Blackbirds) from the DUMBO location will also be served at the Flatbush Shack.

The Flatbush location will donate 5% of sales from the Brooklyn Pie oh My concrete to STOKED as part of Shake Shack’s mission to Stand For Something Good. STOKED is a mentoring program based in Brooklyn that teaches life skills through action sports in order to accelerate youth development. The Flatbush Shack is also keeping with Shake Shack’s commitment to the environment as it is constructed with sustainable and recycled materials as well as using features such as energy-efficient kitchen lighting and equipment. The Shack’s tabletops are made from reclaimed bowling alley lanes from CounterEvolution bowling alley in Brooklyn.

To read more about the opening of Shake Shack’ third Brooklyn location, click here

 

UN Food Agency Reports Low Global Food Prices

According to the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization, global food prices were at a six-month low in this past month of July. This was mostly due to the decreases in dairy, grains and oilseeds which evened out the rising prices of meat and sugar. FAO’s price index measures the price changes for oilseed, dairy, meat, sugar and baskets of cereals. The index averaged 203.9 points in July, a 4.4 point difference compared to June, or  a 2.1% decrease. This 203.9 figure was 1.7% below that of the previous July 2013.

The Food and Agriculture Organization’s cereal price index which was down 5.5 percent from June, and significantly lower than last year’s figure. According to the food agency this was due in main part to the expectation of large quantities of exportable supplies and the excellent production possibilities in many major producing countries. FAO raised its projection for global cereal production from 18 million tonnes to 2.498 billion tones and also increased the world outlook for cereal stocks to being 5% higher than the previous estimate which was set at 576 million tonnes.

To read more about the statistics surrounding the six-month low in world food prices from FAO, click here