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Scandinavian cuisine is set to be the next big thing, according to the Independent on Sunday. The paper reports the publication of a new tome by Marcus Samuelsson, the Swedish executive chef and co-owner of New York’s Aquavit restaurant. Aquavit and the New Scandinavian Cuisine has already sold 25,000 in the US, and imported UK copies have been disappearing fast.
As reported by: Restaurant Magazine www.restaurantmagazine.co.uk
For a view of how wireless telecom will change the way we work and live, head to San Diego–where everyone from pharmacists to real-estate brokers is now coming unplugged.
Welcome to the new wireless world. It’s not just about checking your email mid-Frappuccino at Starbucks, or even about surfing the Web via Wi-Fi in the lobby of your hotel. Here in San Diego, wireless technology is already changing daily life and work in all sorts of ways for all sorts of people, from real-estate agents to doctors and pharmacists, office-building managers to hotel housekeepers. [Read more…] about Wireless in San Diego
Springwise has spotted three aspiring ‘Teabucks’ chains: Boston based ‘Tealuxe’, Taiwan/US based ‘Cha for Tea’ (which is owned by ‘Ten Ren Tea Co.’), and Thai/Indian ‘Tea Concepts’.
Tealuxe currently runs three outlets in Massachusetts and one in New York (near Columbia University). They are backed by VC firm Halpern, Denny & Co and hope to open three more units in New York this year, and ten more in 2004. (Source: Wall Street Journal).
Taiwanese Cha for Tea has nine outlets: five in Taiwan, two in the US, one in Japan and one in Australia. In addition to dozens of tea varieties, Cha for Tea is also big on bubble/boba tea: tea served with chewy tapioca pearls, a craze that started in Taiwan in the early ’80s.
And last but not least, Calcutta-based Premier’s Tea India Co. and its local Thai distributor, Tea Concepts, will open two concept shops in Bangkok next month (March 2003). Anticipating success, the firm is negotiating to open three additional outlets next year, one each at Central Lat Phrao, Siam Square and Sukhumvit, with expansion through franchises on the cards. (Source: Bangkok Post).
See the full article:
https://www.springwise.com/newbusinessideas/2003/02/teabucks.html
While burger goliaths like McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s have offered products at steep discounts to spur traffic during the nation’s economic slump, Hardee’s has decided to go upscale.
Gone are the same small hamburgers that competitors discount at $1 or less, in favor of “thickburgers” – Angus beef burgers of up to two-thirds of a pound.
Still to be seen is whether consumers will pay more – and wait longer – for what Hardee’s promises is a better burger.
Full story at :
https://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BIGGER_BURGER_BET?SITE=PAPIT&SECTION=BUSINESS
Glansbillede familien, 1,75 børn , villa, vovse og Volvo er i opløsning. Nogle steder mere end andre. Mere udpræget i by områder, mindre på landet. For Danmarks vedkommende mere i Øst end i Vest osv. Trenden er dog klar: Samfundsstrukturen er i opbrud! Mere end 40% af alle Europas husholdninger er single. I byområder som Oslo, Stockholm og København taler vi om op til 60-70% single husholdninger. Vi spiser ikke tre måltider om dagen men snarere et sted mellem 5 og 7 – og flere af dem på farten. Ét ud af to ægteskaber går i opløsning. Den kendte samfundsstruktur fragmenteres. Ikke noget under at mere en 47% af befolkningen føler sig stressede. Udover at det fragmenterede samfund stiller nye krav til os, sætter det også fokus på en ressource, som er blevet ekstremt knap for alle (uanset social status og position i samfundet) ? manglen på tid.
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https://www.cc-co.dk/frames.cfm?id=35052
The sweet tooth theme continues. Starbucks, certainly one of the most successful new B2C businesses to hit urban and recreational areas in years, smartly put coffee at the heart of its ‘third places’ or BEING SPACES. Needless to say, the other hot drink, tea is now getting in on the game as well, with tea rooms popping up everywhere from Taiwan to California. So, what’s next? Well, a third place deserves a third hot drink: add cocoa to the hot list!
See examples and comments at
https://www.springwise.com/newbusinessideas/chocolastic.htm
Eat The Seeds. You probably don’t know that pomegranate seeds are edible because only five percent of Americans have ever even tried a pomegranate, as reported by David Armstrong in Forbes (2/2/04). That’s pretty sad for a fruit that’s been around since 3000 B.C. The pomegranate’s stock is rising, however, because, according to Mintel’s Global New Product Database, some 59 new pomegranate products were introduced last year. One of the hottest is a pomegranate drink called Pom Wonderful, said to be “the fastest-growing drink in the premium refrigerated juice market.” Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver are also working pomegranates into their recipes, and an uptick in pomegranate seeds on salads and deserts has been noted at upscale restaurants.
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https://reveries.com/cool_news/2004/january/jan_23b.html
https://opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110004593
Over the past week, concerns about the arrival of the Seattle java giant filtered their way through the media. The usual French suspects talked about Simone and Jean-Paul and their smart set turning in their graves at the sight of the latest American cultural invasion. And just how do we know Starbucks won’t feed us American Frankenfood?
Yet the English-speaking denizens were even more exercised. “Is this the final fall of French civilization?” asked Theodore Dalrymple, a recent exile to France, only half in jest in the Times (of London). Jeffrey the New Yorker, a writer-in-Paris acquaintance of mine, pledged to throw a brick through the window. In case Jeffrey makes good on the threat, I’ll leave out his full name.