Five up-and-coming restaurant chains

The fastest-growing restaurant chain in America isn’t a trendy fast-casual. It’s a simple sandwich shop…READ MORE

How to increase speed of service

When you have accomplished operators running a chef-driven dining program, you give them great food and equipment, stand back and let them create…READ MORE

Why grocery is next big thing in e-commerce

The Indian e-commerce business is going through its moments of reckoning. The one thing I saw happening while opening the early brick and mortar stores of Foodworld and Reliance Value format, and which I see again with the online business is the incredible feeling of liberation and expression of choice that the customer are displaying to “self-help” shopping, as against the over-the-counter channel of kiranas.

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Grocery shop owners want check on food adulteration

Over 3,000 traders of grocery items across the state assembled in Kotkapura and resolved to fight against the adulteration of food items…READ MORE

Is sugar really bad for you?

The federal government’s decision to update food labels last month marked a sea change for consumers: For the first time, beginning in 2018, nutrition labels will be required to list a breakdown of both the total sugars and the added sugars in packaged foods. But is sugar really that bad for you? And is the sugar added to foods really more harmful than the sugars found naturally in foods?…READ MORE

India, a bright spot for Tesco

UK-based retail chain Tesco’s Indian operations seem to have recorded the highest growth in its universe in terms of like-for-like (LFL) sales. But, Tesco India’s LFL growth has not been higher than that of many domestic hypermarket chains…READ MORE

How technology is changing the restaurant industry

Technology is having a huge impact on the restaurant world. In fact, the National Restaurant Association reports that over one-third of consumers say they are likely to use technology-related options in a restaurant now compared to just two years ago. This shows the tremendous potential of tapping into technology to improve the dining experience as well as the restaurant’s bottom line…READ MORE

Recent trends in meat packaging

Packaging is a scientific method of preserving the quality and safety of the food it contains from the time of manufacture to the time it is used by the consumer and also to display the product in the most attractive manner for consumer preference. The ability to convince a potential buyer to use a given product has always been influenced by product packaging and has become an important marketing tool for communicating brand values…READ MORE

Plant-based burger aims to stand sturdy among meat

The Beyond Burger, said Rich, a vegetarian, “tasted and felt and chewed like any other burger, and on some level, I just want to be able to eat the same way everyone else eats.”…READ MORE

A modular kitchen from the Tata stable in future?

The innovation in modular kitchen complements the group’s another company, Tata Housing, which has begun betting on affordable residential complexes…READ MORE