Cities around the country host an annual “restaurant week” or “dining month” where local establishments offer dining deals to attract and market to new customers. Genese Jamilah, founder of event blog I Don’t Do Clubs, has proposed a new type of event-Black-Owned Restaurant Month. Jamilah focuses her event on black-owned businesses, to, ultimately, build a stronger black community.
Jamilah says that “Black Americans are just 13 percent of the U.S. populations and have potentially a buying power of $1.4 trillion by 2019.” She doesn’t believe that this is enough flow in money back into the black communities, and in order to strength spending into the black community, Jamilah proposes to highlight black-owned businesses around the country through this event. Moreover, with headlines in the past few years being that many black-owned restaurants were forced to move, Jamilah’s event seems more necessary. This event can potentially create more exposure to the community businesses and drive revenue stream into the community up.
Black-Owned Restaurant Month will take place this September in New York City.
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“Mom bloggers” are essentially a network of parents who give advice on what foods you should feed your kids. Mom bloggers express desires to buy foods that are organic, locally grown and eco-friendly. “Often, when the female reader is going through the same daily parenting drama as a favorite blogger, the shared pain and joy cements a personal loyalty and unsurprisingly, advertisers are hoping to capitalize on mom bloggers’ seemingly personal connection with their readers.”According to a CBC documentary loyalty can be worth as much as $2 trillion dollars, and research shows that mom bloggers mention at least 73 brands per week, with 56% of other moms buying brands based on these blog posts.
Giles Russell and Henry Roberts, owners of Two Hands, is planning to expand their coffee shop to Tribeca, but as a full-service restaurant. Two Hands, located between Little Italy and Chinatown, boasts a unique design and sense of community. Russell and Roberts built Two Hands as a beachy, bright atmosphere with a laid-back lifestyle advocating people to hang out and have a coffee without feeling any pressure. They are hoping to carry this laid-back atmosphere over to their full-service restaurant. “This will hopefully be the same, with just a few more people, and some more food and cocktails” Russell says.
Finally after a long anticipated wait, New Yorkers are getting their own Chick-fil-A. Famous for their crispy fried chicken burgers, Chick-fil-A is said to open at 37th and 6th Ave. The chain was said to open in NYC last year, but has officially released their date for October 3rd this year. While there is already a Chick-fil-A at NYU’s dining hall, it is exclusively accessible to university affiliates.
Amazon is already a major hub for vendors to sell their merchandise and for consumers to easily search for an array of products through one site. While buying electronics, and other material goods are what Amazon users associate the market for, Amazon has now launched deliver of groceries and prepared meals.
The majority of America’s restaurants have always been independently run. NPD Group’s last count indicated that non-chains accounted for 54 percent of U.S restaurants, but with the current trend with Restaurants chains, the majority won’t last but another year or two. Over the past year, NPD has recorded that the total number of restaurants in America shrunk by one percent despite the openings of thousands of chain restaurants like Chipotle, and Starbucks. This indicates the decrease in the number of businesses that are not chain affiliates.
The Butcher’s Daughter, on Kenmare Street, has been a trendy place for locals to grab healthy brunch and to spot celebrities since their opening in 2012. The Butcher’s Daughter’s success is due to their appeal towards the shift in the food industry to raw-kale, with their array of healthy menu and juices like their avocado toast, and egg sandwiches made with cashew cheese. Heather Tierney, the owner of The Butcher’s Daughter, is planning to expand the store to Los Angeles, California. She is also planning to open in the West Village on 581 Hudson Street.
Not only can Google maps help you avoid traffic and find the fastest routes to destinations, but now Google maps can help you avoid long lines at your local coffee shop. With a new update, Google maps will show potential wait times at coffee shops and restaurants, helping consumers avoid lengthy lines.
Last week, the price of Spanish olive oil has surged at a 5 percent increase to $4272 a metric ton, the highest since April 2006. A bacterial disease xylem fastidious and fruit-fly infestations have contributed to a 50 percent decline in Spanish and Italian olive oil. Spain and Italy account for 70 percent of the world’s olive oil and because of disease, extreme dry, hot weather and infestations olive oil is at “critically low levels.” “It’s quite a concerning acceleration in the price of olive oil. The supply shortages as a result of the drought, and particularly underproduction in Spain, have filtered though to the marketplace” says Lamine Lahousnia, head of packaged-food research at Euromonitor International in London. According to research on Euromonitor, consumer prices for olive oil increased about 10 percent on average in the past year, which is faster than overall inflation for packaged foods at about 3.7 percent.
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