For the convenience, being able to order groceries online and having them ready for pickup when you get to the supermarket, cannot be beat. No hunting for a parking space. No walking up and down aisles looking for that odd item that’s not where you expected it to be. No standing in the checkout line…READ MORE
KEEP READINGAfter recording more than five lakh food orders from major cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune and Kolkata, TravelKhana.com announced its expansion in the Southern India region with 20 new stations…READ MORE
KEEP READINGA pair of damning reports predict some dark times ahead for the industry. Paul Westra, an analyst with Stifel, issued a report that announced the firm is taking a bearish stance on all restaurants and issued a “restaurant recession outlook.” On the same day, Jefferies analyst Andy Barish issued a report that called this the top of the restaurant cycle…READ MORE
KEEP READINGMcDonald’s, which is trying to shake its image for serving processed junk food, said Monday it’s eliminating some unpalatable ingredients from its most popular menu items…READ MORE
KEEP READINGConsumer goods maker Reckitt Benckiser has ramped up its efforts to sell items such as condoms and vitamins online, aiming to capture new revenue streams as traditional markets get more competitive…READ MORE
KEEP READINGHaving joined Hindustan Unilever in 1976, Manwani had risen to a senior role as the divisional vice-president of its largest business — detergents…READ MORE
KEEP READINGInstagram is synonymous with pictures of food. It’s incredible that #food has been used 160 million times and counting. It isn’t just regular people posting images of their dinner anymore and it is now big business…READ MORE
KEEP READINGMarydale DeBor, an associate administrator at the Yale School of Medicine, teaches students what she believes to be the key ingredient to health, disease prevention and recovery: hospital partnerships with foodservice. DeBor spoke with FoodService Director about hospital foodservice’s role in healing…READ MORE
KEEP READINGMcDonald’s is an huge force in the fast-food industry – and it’s just getting more powerful. Last quarter, 32 per cent of all quick-service restaurant visits were to McDonald’s locations, according to xAd’s report on foot traffic trends, which used the location-based marketing firm’s geo-boundary technology to gauge the foot traffic of 12 of the biggest quick-service restaurants. For comparison, the chain with the next largest slice of the foot traffic pie was Starbucks, coming in at 11 per cent…READ MORE
KEEP READINGWith much of the country slipping in and out of heat waves this summer, smart foodservice operations are finding novel ways to cool down their kitchens. Here are some of the more unique techniques they’re trying as the mercury climbs…READ MORE
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