Webinar: Trends in Retail Food Marketplace

On Wednesday October 15th the National Restaurant Association is hosting a panel discussion webinar event that will touch upon the current trends in the retail food marketplace. This will include discussing the growing threat of ready made foods commonly sold by traditional grocery and convenience stores. The panel discussion will help you learn about the competition and consumer behavior driving this move, overall trends and strategies for competing in this new food marketplace.

Time will be allocated for questions directed to the panelists where you can get answers for issues relevant to your business. To register free for the webinar event, “The Grocerants are Eating Your Lunch: How Grocery Stores, C-Stores, Drug Stores & Home Delivery are Taking Away Market Share,” online click here. The event will take place from 4PM-5PM EST.

New York Taste 2014

New York Taste is a gastronomic gathering of experts in the New York restaurant scene that has been running since 1998. New York Taste is partnered with City Harvest, a food rescue charity dedicated to feeding the city’s hungry men, women and children. City Harvest works by collecting excess food from different segments of the food industry and delivers via truck or bicycle free of charge to roughly 400 different community food programs throughout the city. New York Taste has partnered with City Harvest for this charity event in the past and this will be their sixteenth run together. The diverse menu at the event will be curated by culinary editor Gillian Duffy and promises an evening full of delicious food and drink tastings from over 40 different restaurants, chefs and mixologists.

The general tasting event will take place Monday, November 10th at the Waterfront building (269 11th Avenue) from 7PM-9PM, with a special preview for VIP ticket holders from 6PM-7PM. Tickets are open to attendees of 21 years or older and are only available for purchase through TicketWeb, here, for $108.88 for general admission. For an extra cost, VIP tickets are available which include the special preview hour, access to the VIP Lounge and an event gift bag.

Learn more about the event and the different restaurants, chefs and mixologists that will be attending here