Coffee Roaster, Gorilla Coffee, a local favorite from Park Slope, Brooklyn continues to wow us with their amazing packaging, this time in cold brew format.
QSR Magazine predicts 5 food trends to talk about in 2017
June 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
QSR Magazine notes that today’s consumer is looking for something different and unique in flavor which is not surprising. Just in New York City alone, there has been a big boom in Asian and Mediterranean fast casual enterprises. In 2017, it’s expected to see trends around the Eco-Burger for meat-conscious eaters, National Asian concepts, Juicing- with a focus on Starbucks’ Evolution Fresh, Foreign-based brands in America, and more Build-Your-Own-Everything.
Starbucks Makes a Bet on Tea as they look to open a new Retail Concept
June 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
After selling Tazo Tea in coffee shops for years, Starbucks is now looking to open up retail chains dedicated to brewing and selling this tea brand. The first shop is set to open later on this year. This new business venture for Starbucks comes on the heels of the tea industry being highlighted as the one of the top five growing beverages on restaurant menus by research firm NPD Group.
Starbucks will look to its competitors for product differentiation. Pleaces like Teavana, Argo Tea, and Jamba Juice are among some of the competitors observed in Nation’s Restaurant News’ article
Trending Now: Smoked Foods, Drinks and Desserts
June 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It seems as though the bacon craze will be taking a break from the spotlight as the Summer hits for smoking anything that’s edible. The Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association says that 86% of American households already own a grill but sales of wood chips and planks are on the rise. Restaurants across the nation, with New York City leading the pack, are experimenting with smoking drinks, desserts and traditional meats.
From D.I.Y. devices like the Smoking Gun to specialty wood chip shops like The Woodman (Brooklyn) and New York City’s Mas (la grillade) offering smoked white chocolate mousse with charred cherries and brown butter cake, the “smoked” trend seems like a keeper
An uncertain European market could benefit U.S. markets and restaurants
June 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The world will look at U.S. consumer power as a driving force for global stabilization. Sessions at the Technomic Trends & Directions Conference highlights that American consumers are still spending at restaurants– even those who might be classified as a “saver”. This is a huge factor in confidence, in addition to, job creation despite a 4% decrease in the private sector.
Technomic predicts that if U.S. lawmakers pass policies aimed at increasing certainty in the economy, particularly with regards to housing, then restaurants will enjoy the benefits. What do you think?
Trending Now: Restaurants Catering to the Allergy-Free Diner
June 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This special dining niche just might equal an added surplus to the bottom line of restaurateurs. The Melting Pot, located in Phoenix, spearheads this trend by offering a crafted gluten-free menu options for diners with allergies in addition to the regular menu. BR Guest Hospitality Group also pays close to the needs of diners with allergies but doesn’t offer a special menu as yet.
Are you more inclined to support a place that offers a special menu for allergies? Or do you think clear communication is all that is needed?”
The Next Big Thing: American Food Trucks in Paris
June 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Although much of France has yet to catch on to the new era in street dining, Parisians know what it means to be “très Brooklyn”– which is considered a cool combination of informality, creativity and quality. Paris is quickly lining up for American food trucks that takes high quality restaurant-like dishes to the streets. American food trucks such as Cantine California and Le Camion Qui Fume have gained a big following in a short period of time despite critics who were totally against
it at first.
How do you think this will impact the global landscape of the food truck movement? Will Paris become the “Brooklyn” of France?
Vermont sits in the #1 spot on the Locavore Index for locally sourced food
May 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Nationwide, small farms, farmers markets and specialty food makers are popping up and thriving as more people seek locally produced foods. More than half of consumers now say it’s more important to buy local than organic, according to market research firm Mintel, and Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan called the local food movement “the biggest retail food trend in my adult lifetime.” But with no official definition for what makes a food local, the government can’t track sales. And consumers don’t always know what they are buying. A supermarket tomato labeled “local” may have come from 10, 100 or more miles away. Strict locavores stick to food raised within a certain radius of their home — 50, 100 or 250 miles. Others may allow themselves dried spices, coffee or chocolate.
Two of the more common standards used by locavores are food produced within 100 miles or within the same state that it’s consumed. A new locavore index ranked Vermont as the top state in its commitment to raising and eating locally grown food based on the number of farmers markets and community supported agriculture farms, where customers pay a lump sum up front and receive weekly deliveries of produce and other foods.
Vermont has 99 farmers markets and 164 CSAs, with a population of fewer than 622,000, according to the 2012 Strolling of the Heifers Locavore Index, which relies on U.S. Department of Agriculture and census figures. Iowa, Montana, Maine and Hawaii rounded out the top five.
Coffee companies continue to expand into Brooklyn, New York
April 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Brooklyn Roasting Company is expanding, tripling in size, according to an announcement on their blog. For coffee lovers in Dumbo, this is great news. They’ve taken over the space next door at 25 Jay Street and working on adding more production equipment as well as more craftsman furniture:
Considered by many to be the best espresso in Dumbo and Brooklyn, BRC is putting their bets in their Dumbo roasting plant. Congrats to the Brooklyn Roasting Co team and looking forward to the expansion!
Brooklyn Roasting Company expanding to 25 Jay Street
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