There are business tax credits and deductions restaurateurs and other small business owners can take advantage of before the end of the year, the U.S. Small Business Administration reported.
Tax benefits are available on equipment purchases made before the end of the year, under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Cardfree, a mobile merchant platform which combines a full range of merchant solutions, including offers, promotions, mobile payments, loyalty, order-ahead, social-media engagement, and reporting, has announced its launch.
The National Restaurant Association will report today that the U.S. foodservice industry is expected to post its fourth consecutive year of sales growth in 2013. There will be an estimated 3.8-percent increase in sales to $660.5 billion, according to the National Restaurant Association’s 2013 Restaurant Industry Forecast.
Velopresso is a unique bike-powered coffee system created by two people with a love for coffee, biking, and sustainable design. The team is currently looking for an industrial producer.
Foreign Exchange: QSR reports today on international brands moving into the US, as US brands look overseas to expand.
Now that many domestic brands are looking overseas for growth opportunities—and with Americans’ taste for ethnic flavors continuing to grow—international quick-service and fast-casual chains are expanding their presence in the U.S.
International chains that have made inroads into the U.S. market include YO! Sushi, Wegamama, Soho House, Pret A Manger, Nando’s Peri Peri, Pollo Campero, La Tasca, Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot, Pie Face, Giraffas, Maoz, and Freshii.
The Good Food Awards has announced this year’s 182 Finalists from 31 states, chosen from among 1,366 entries in nine industries. This year’s Finalists represent the leaders of a growing movement of conscientious, talented food producers in every part of the country, from the producer of Jalapeño Mint Pickles created to reduce food waste at an Austin farmers market to Tarentaise cheese, made at an educational farm in Vermont that hosts 700 children a year. The 100 winners will be announced in a 400-person black tie Ceremony at the San Francisco Ferry Building ($95) on January 18, 2013, followed by a 15,000-person Good Food Awards Marketplace ($5) on January 19. Winners will sample and sell their winning products at the public Marketplace, which takes place alongside the renowned CUESA Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Tickets and details will be available at www.goodfoodawards.org in mid-December.“With 40% more entries this year, being a Good Food Awards Finalist means more than ever before,” says Director Sarah Weiner. “We look forward to seeing some familiar faces in January, and are also excited to recognize dozens of new companies from parts of the country not always thought of as ‘hotbeds of food culture.’ From Utah distillers making some of the best whiskey in the country to a Vermont farmstead goat milk caramel to a Wisconsin brewery whose winning beer is made with barley, wheat, hops and even yeast 100% grown and processed in-state, this year’s Finalists are a diverse and talented group of innovators. Learning what each producer is doing in their part of the country to build a strong food culture for America has been truly inspiring, and I can’t wait to see them gather together in January.”The desire to create a taste of place was mentioned as a driving force by many of the Finalists. As Tim Young, the producer of Nature’s Harmony Farm Fortsonia Gruyere explained: “It’s critical that our cows’ diet reflects our local terroir. That means they need access to a polyculture of grasses, weeds, forbs, herbs, legumes, etc. from which to choose … this will result in subtle flavors that give the cheese a sense of time and place that cannot be replicated elsewhere. After all, if all dairies are feeding grain to their cows, and if all grain is essentially the same, then how unique can the cheeses really be?”In geographic trends this year, Washington, D.C. is emerging as a hub of Good Food, with 14 Finalists hailing from its food shed of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Colorado (10), Washington state (10), Wisconsin (9) and Texas (9) all had strong showings. California had the largest number of finalists (43), followed by Oregon (22) and New York (16).Finalists are those entrants that rise to the top in the Blind Tasting and are also able to clearly articulate how they fit the Good Food Awards industry-specific criteria of environmental and social responsibility. Finalists attested to responsible production by detailing their efforts to eliminate or reduce pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers, source ingredients locally where possible, implement water and energy conservation, ensure traceability to the farm level, practice good animal husbandry and exercise fair and transparent treatment of workers and suppliers.
ABOUT THE GOOD FOOD AWARDS
The Good Food Awards celebrate the kind of food we all want to eat: tasty, authentic and responsibly produced. For a long time, certifications for responsible food production and awards for superior taste have remained distinct—one honors social and environmental responsibility, while the other celebrates flavor. The Good Food Awards recognize that truly good food—the kind that brings people together and builds strong, healthy communities—contains all of these ingredients.Now in its third year, Good Food Awards will be given to winners in nine categories: beer, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate, coffee, confections, pickles, preserves and spirits. The Good Food Awards Seal, found on winning products, assures consumers they have found something exceptionally delicious that also supports sustainability and social good. The Good Food Awards Gold Seal marks the products of winners who have also obtained certified organic status while also leading in taste and social responsibility.
See the full list of finalists here.
Would you like a salad with that shirt? In what seems an interesting return to the lunch counters and in-store dining so popular in the 1900s, retailers are adding restaurants to their outlets to capture more shoppers.
Next month in Manhattan, Tommy Bahama will add a restaurant to their flagship store.
Urban Outfitters serves ethnic cuisines to match its eclectic styles at its store in Westport, Connecticut.
J.C. Penney Co. plans to add juice bars and coffee shops.
Unique to the Tommy Bahama model, is that they’ve chosen to run the restaurants themselves, as opposed to license them.
San Francisco film maker Brandon Loper has released a trailer for A Film About Coffee. Included in the enticing clip are James Freeman from Blue Bottle Coffee and Eileen Hassi from Ritual Coffee Roasters, narrating the piece.
Pinterest is now corporate friendly, opening the social media pinboard to business accounts and providing tracking tools. With this new formal opening to businesses, along with it comes rules, tools, and widgets.
Whole Foods is often noted as leading the pack of pinners in terms of quality and quantity.
Is your business pinning yet? If so, we’d love to see the boards.
Portola Coffee Lab is launching Seventh Tea Bar in early December. Named for the Chinese belief that tea is the seventh of seven necessities, a new concept has been developed by Jeff and Christa Duggan, roasters who opened their craft coffee bar Portola last year in Costa Mesa, California.
Seventh Tea Bar will be located next to their main location.
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