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Energy drinks have been one of the fastest growing segments of the beverage industry, fueled by high-impact marketing targeting young people.
And while they were not originally designed to be mixed with alcohol, much of the marketing activity surrounding energy drinks promotes their consumption in bars and clubs, where consumers are looking for increased stamina for late nights.
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No matter how you measure sales in your tableside-service restaurant, such as by check average, sales per hour or revenue per customer, a different way of managing sales is by the square foot. Do the math:
Wine consumption in France is losing out to a growing taste for beer and a newfound responsibility behind the wheel. The rest of the world’s winemakers are catching up to and surpassing French standards. Government legislation and decades-old self-imposed regional quality standards have put many French winemakers at a competitive disadvantage.
https://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002031592_frenchwinewoes10.html
Over the next five to seven years, Al Yeganeh, the inspiration for the “Soup Nazi” character on “Seinfeld,” plans to have 1,000 Soup Kitchen International franchises open around the U.S. It’s doubtful soup servers will be barking the “Seinfeld”-famed “No soup for you” line because Yeganeh does not want the franchises to promote any association with the sitcom, which he finds offensive.
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Eating raw food is nothing new – it’s basically humanity’s oldest cuisine. But interest in raw food diets has been sprouting recently beyond the usual fad cradles like Manhattan and southern California.
A number of (un)cookbooks have been published recently offering recipes for “raw pot pie” and “lemony tofu pate?? High-profile adherents like actor Woody Harrelson and model Carol Alt have added to the buzz. Author and raw food evangelist David “Avocado” Wolfe said he now speaks to packed houses in places like Coldwater, Mich., and Wichita, Kan.
“With the rise of ?flexi-eating, food consumption is increasingly fitting around people’s needs and lifestyles, rather than people fitting their lives around structured mealtimes,” commented Daniel Bone, consumer analyst at Datamonitor.
?The growing number of out-of-home occasions does not mean British dislike eating at home. It is a lifestyle driven trend with time-poor consumers increasingly embracing innovative meal and snack solutions that facilitate on-the-go consumption,? Bone said
https://foodanddrinkeurope.com/news/ng.asp?id=54492&n=dh247&c=nicyrpmcbktrgxu
“An aging labor force is beginning show itself in Pittsburgh, which could provide a glimpse of a nationwide problem on the horizon. One economist says companies can continue to dip into the unemployed population for younger workers, but there is concern about a labor shortage in the restaurant and other industries. ”
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/business/yourmoney/29old.html
Many European countries are facing similar demographics
https://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/business/9258077.htm
PowerPay is like an E-Z Pass for sports fans, a cashless technology for buying beer and food in a hurry. Starting with tonight’s soccer match at Lincoln Financial Field, fans can get a free, thin plastic tag that has an Eagles logo printed on the outside and a tiny antenna and radio-frequency identification chip embedded inside. It can be used like cash at the more than 300 permanent concession stands at the Linc.
Fans can link the tag to any existing credit card, but if a fan also signs up for the Eagles’ new Extra Points MasterCard, each dollar spent accumulates one point toward prizes, such as autographed jerseys or even dinner with a player. And 3,000 of those new MasterCards will be available with the chip technology built in, eliminating the need for the separate tag. They’ll go first-come, first-served at the stadium or at www.eaglesextrapoints.com