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National Restaurant Association SmartBrief's Special Report

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Nutrition and healthy lifestyles are among the most pressing issues facing the restaurant industry today and have sparked public debate over where responsibility for healthy lifestyles rests. This National Restaurant Association Special Report provides resources restaurant operators can use to understand all sides of the question and make decisions that best serve their customers.

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Small things about to hit the big time

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Small is big. A nation that until now has been hung up on extra-large SUVs, McMansions and supersized meals is flip-flopping to the other extreme: all things small.

A caterer is offering new Bitty Burgers at ballparks.

The trend goes way beyond food – to cars, computers, condos, cell phones, cameras and more.

“There’s an ‘excess’ fatigue among consumers,” says consultant Pam Murtaugh. “We’ve all gotten too big for our britches.”

https://www.usatoday.com/money/2004-03-25-tiny_x.htm

reveries – scott goodson – frogbull

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https://www.reveries.com/reverb/essays/frogbull/

If Coke and Pepsi and M&M’s can do it, why can’t beer? If Mitsubishi Motors can do it, why not a good cold one? If the alcohol-pops brand eating away at the beer markets can do it, why not a premium lager?

The answer is: Tradition. Namely, the beer brands of Europe remain largely segmented in their regional roles and have yet to make the giant leap to the pan-Euro hall-of-fame.

Eating Well: Hold the Fries. Hey, Not All of Them!

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https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/10/dining/10WELL.html
responsibility for the changes that restaurants and food companies are making to improve the nutrition of their products is also claimed by groups like the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which has criticized fast-food restaurants for years, saying their food is unhealthy, and lawyers for people who claim in lawsuits that fast food made them fat.

reveries – cool news of the day

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https://reveries.com/cool_news/2004/march/mar_1b.html

Twisted Whiskeys. Traditionally, “Irish whiskey has been a social drink consumed mainly at bars and restaurants — particularly on St. Patrick’s Day — however, “that’s changing,” reports Gerry Khermouch in BusinessWeek (3/8/04). “New expresssions of the old product line are what’s hot,” says Joseph Congiusti of Binny’s Beverage Depot in Chicago. He says the new-style Irish whiskeys are largely inspired by makers of Scotch (no “e”) whisky and bourbon.