Newman’s Own Looks to Reach Millennials

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The New York Times reports that Newman’s Own – the company founded by Paul Newman and known primarily for their salad dressings – is rebranding their packaging in order to reach more millennial consumers. The company, which donates all of its profits to charity, is looking to make that fact more apparent on their products. A recent study conducted by the Narrative Content Group found that only 12% of millennials were aware of the charitable aspect of the company. Since 1982, the company has donated over $485 million to various charitable organizations. While philanthropic efforts have become more apparent in marketing in recent years, this story raises questions about the best ways to both carry out these charitable missions and how to share that information with consumers.

 

You can read more about Newman’s Own decision over at The New York Times.

Vietnamese Noodle Soup — Pho

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Vietnamese noodle soup, which is known as pho, is a traditional dish of Vietnam. It includes noodles made from rice, beef or chicken, and is often served with fresh mint, basil, lime, and bean sprouts. Consumer can also order raw beef fillet with their soup. Pho is usually eaten at lunch or dinner. Northern and Southern of vietnamese noodle soup flavor is different. In the north, people use wider noodles and more onion. Southern vietnamese tend to use slimmer noodles and soup tastes more sweet. In recent years, the Pho becomes more and more popular in America, usually a bowl of noodles cost $5-$7.

If you want to know best places to have Pho, please click here.

Restaurant Service

wsc0c1092b-56ea-453e-a443-982bc541f782_mediumToday, operation of a restaurant business two things must be coherent, one is food and another one is service, these two things are inextricably interrelated. In the past, delicious food probably is good enough to attract customers to enter a restaurant to spend their money. But now, if the restaurant only has delicious food but bad service, which would not take customers’ attention anymore. In a restaurant, excellent communication and customer care skills are universal attributes of the outstanding practitioner. Food service personal will work as part of a team and with other teams in the restaurant. So in order to increase profitability of a restaurant, the owner and practitioner should give emphasize on up selling and customers attraction and satisfaction. There should not be any gap between customers’ expectations and delivered service and food. Specially, for all restaurant practitioners need to know, food is not only key factor to impact profit of operation restaurant business, the diversity of skills associated with restaurant service is therefore likely to keep expanding.

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LA Sushi Comes to NYC

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Sugarfish opened this month on East 20th St. in the Flatiron District. The wildly popular business from the West Coast has imported their particular brand of sushi and sashimi to Manhattan. Offering a service fee included, multiple option prix fixe option for Manhattan lunchers, Sugarfish is already making noise in food circles. This week people were observed lining up as early as 11:30 for a chance to eat at the restaurant. Last Friday, an over 4 hour wait was quote for guests seeking to dine in the restaurant. The combination of relatively cheap prices and good quality fish seem to be driving the desire to eat at Sugarfish. Only time will tell for how long the hype lasts.
You can read more about Sugarfish here.

Shake Shack Shows Revenue Growth

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Shake Shack released quarterly earnings on Wednesday. The company’s $3.8 million net income represents a 153 percent increase from last year’s 1.5 million. Likewise, revenue increased from $53 million in 2015 to almost $75 million. Shake Shack currently operates 105 locations worldwide, and plans to open 19 new domestic stores this year. 3 new international locations are also possibly in the works.

 

You can read more about this here.

Food Election 2016

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Last night, we as a country did not only vote on who would lead this country for the next four years, but we also voted on issues within the food industry; such as minimum wage, farming rights, and soda taxes. The state of Maine has increased their tipped minimum wage to $5 an hour in 2017 with a $1 increase every year until it is eliminated while South Dakota chose not to raise the minimum wage for minors. Over in Indiana and Kansas, they made it a constitutional right to hunt and fish. Arizona decided to raise city minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021. Boulder, CO.,the Bay Area of San Francisco and Oakland, and Albany have passed a soda tax. To see a full list of states and laws passed click here.

Keith McNally does it again.

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The genius behind Balthazar has done it again. Restauranteur, Keith McNally has just opened his 14th restaurant in the Beekman Thompson Hotel in Lower Manhattan – Augustine. However, as Keith sits down and talks with the New York Times, he is blatantly honest about the reality of opening up another restaurant. McNally opened his first restaurant, Oden in 1980; a time where restaurants were run very differently. McNally talks about the difference between health and safety laws back in the eighties compared to today. The laws being much more lax in the 1980’s. He also touches on the ever rising rent costs in New York City. He quotes, “During my first 30 years as a restaurateur, I expected to pay around 7 percent of my income on rent. Today, it’s at least 14 percent.” McNally gets real about his dislike for many aspects of the business – the rent, the bureaucracy, and over criticism – yet he can’t seem to stay away. See his full story here.

Restaurant, Real Estate, and Design – Monday, November 14th

The Hotel Experience: Rooms to Restaurants will be hosting a panel on the intersection of real estate, construction, and design next week. This event will be useful for anyone interested in any of the related areas being discussed.

 

You can learn more about the event here.

Dogfish Head to Release Beer in Cans

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Popular Delaware brewery Dogfish Head will be releasing their first canned beers later this month. Founded in 1995, the brewery has been popular among craft beer fans for a long time, but until now it has resisted the recent shift toward selling beer in cans. While bottles and cans both have their benefits, more and more craft breweries have been canning beer lately because it is both more environmentally friendly and affordable. The cans will only be available in the mid-Atlantic at first, before spreading to everywhere Dogfish Head is available. Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione wasn’t thrilled with the available canning technology on the market, so they designed their own from scratch.

 

You can read more about this here.

Six KBBQ Restaurants to try

2016-01-17-magalbbq-009-0-0Korean barbecue, the cow is a important health food,  South Korea, one of the most popular is the roast beef and grilled steak. Before the barbecue with seasoned first, and then put on the iron plate roasted, baked after dipping chili sauce or South Korea bean paste, rolled in vegetable such as lettuce, sesame leaves to eat, taste fresh and not greasy. In the past few years, the breadth and diversity of Korean food in new york city has made tremendous stride. If you are a big fan for the barbecue and Korean food, do not miss these great reastarants and take a try these delicious dishes. Eater recommended six KBBQ restaurants, they are Jongro BBQ,Her Name is Han, Keum Sung Chik Naengmyun, Majang Dong, Brasserie Seoul, and Insa. These restaurants all located in new york city, if you need more informations for these restaurants, please click here.