Foodservice

Alcohol flavoured popcorn is to be sold at late night screenings of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre on Halloween.

Sambuca and Irish Cream flavoured popcorn will also be available at Odeon cinemas in Kingston-upon-Thames, Newcastle, Leicester, Glasgow, Southampton and Coventry.

The chain says a standard box of the popcorn will contain less alcohol than a single liqueur chocolate.

Spokesman Richard Storton, said: “Feedback from customers was that they’d like more choice of popcorn flavours and alcohol flavoured popcorn turned out to be a popular request. We’ll obviously only be limiting it to 18 certificate films, strictly for adults only!”

If the popcorn proves to be a hit, Odeon says it will consider trialing other popular alcoholic flavours.

In addition to alcohol popcorn, customers were asked what other flavours they’d most like to try. Among the favourites were fish and chips, pesto, vanilla and strawberry cheesecake flavours.

Source: https://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_833466.html?menu=news.quirkies

Powerhouses like Kroger Co., 7-Eleven Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and others are throwing their weight behind low-carb products, hoping to boost their bottom lines while shrinking those of their shoppers.

Restaurants like the Vineyards Cafe in Farmington Hills are drawing crowds for their low-carb sandwiches. They are ideal because the sandwich is wrapped in lettuce instead of bread, said Vineyards owner Ron Asmar.

“It’s so filling it’s unbelievable,” said Asmar, a former yo-yo dieter who has been on a no-carbs regimen for five years.

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The Dallas Morning News reports:

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is testing a program that allows its concessionaires to sell cold sandwiches, salads and snacks at terminal gates. It’s the first such experiment in the nation.

Au Bon Pain has opened a kiosk equipped with refrigerated cases at gate C19 in Terminal C, and TGI Friday’s has a similar operation at A18 in Terminal A. Corner Bakery will sell its fare out of a modified golf cart that will cover Terminal C between gates C27 and C35, depending on the flight schedule.

The three operations, which opened Oct. 7, are expected to serve 50 flights a day carrying about 5,000 passengers.

The test, which will last until January, is the latest example of how the aviation industry is trying to figure out how to get food to passengers without operating in-flight catering services.

D/FW also is hoping the program will boost its food and beverage revenue, which accounts for almost 10 percent of the airport’s total.

Sales of food, drinks, newspapers and gifts brought in $29.8 million in revenue during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, up almost 9 percent from the year before. But such revenue is still down more than 12 percent since before the Sept. 11 attacks.

Star Concessions spent $27,000 modifying a golf cart to house a refrigerator case for sandwiches and yogurt. It also carries snacks and hot coffee, all of which carry the Corner Bakery brand, owned by Dallas-based Brinker International Inc.

“We could probably do three or four of these carts just in Terminal C,” Mr. Aranza said. “They’ve been doing very well.”

Food items can be ordered as boxed meals, or a la carte. Prices range from 99 cents for a carton of milk to $10.50 for a box lunch including a sandwich, chips and a cookie. The cart and kiosks accept cash and credit cards.

Children throughout the country have been coming up with some crazy culinary ideas to create a new dish for Spirit Group?s Wacky Warehouse menu.

Spirit has chosen 10 finalists from all over the country who have come up with the wackiest menu ideas.

Wacky Warehouse launched the hunt for budding chefs by asking children eating in their 120 outlets to name their perfect dish.

The 10 winners each won a meal for four at a Wacky Warehouse. One overall national winner will be chosen next month and will receive a trophy for creating Britain?s Wackiest Recipe.

The winning entries included bonkers bananas ? chocolate-coated bananas with ice cream cones for hats, and a jelly island volcano made from a mound of sponge and custard.

?We review the menu in our Wacky Warehouses to make sure the dishes are appealing to our children but also contain ingredients that are nutritionally sound,? said head of marketing Rory Carlin.

Source: The publican.com

Gourmet” sandwiches, brand-name snacks and decadent desserts are fast replacing mystery meat on U.S. airlines.

There’s one catch, though. You have to pay for it.

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Ads position sandwiches as “a break from the past.”

Responding to consumers’ desire for healthier fare at fast-food restaurants, Burger King has introduced a line of low-fat, grilled-chicken sandwiches, which are scheduled to begin appearing in restaurants on Wednesday.

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