Food & Drink

IHOP is the latest restaurant chain to upgrade its loyalty program as brands jockey to gain customers who have become more digitally dependent throughout the past two years. The chain today launched its “International Bank of Pancakes,” offering guests the opportunity to earn digital tokens, called PanCoins, that can be used to buy more food.

Grocery industry trade shows are picking up steam again as Covid-19 restrictions ease. These huge events, such as the upcoming Natural Products Expo West, are opportunities for brands, investors and retailers to network, negotiate, and check out the latest trends. Grocery trade expos attract a wide variety of attendees focused on buying, selling, marketing and

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Trying to make sense of the multiple-sector tumult of information, market data and boycotts unleashed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might make you wonder if there is any part of the global economy these two countries don’t touch in some meaningful way. Let’s look at just a couple crops in a narrow capacity, to illustrate.

Innovative drinks brand Most Wanted Wines have just launched the very first “Most Wanted Collective” last month. The Collective is five artists who were each given a wine label as a canvas to express themselves freely. The aim was to celebrate diversity and open up conversations around gender, race, accessibility and inclusivity. Launched in 2015

“There’s a popular saying in Ukraine,” says Alex Medovoy, owner of three businesses in the war-torn city of Kharkiv. “The Ukrainian night is very quiet but in the quietest time of the night one should hide what’s most valuable,” he says. For Medovoy that’s his employees. The 36-year-old says he’s spent $300,000 to evacuate about

As you wind down the country roads towards the entrance of the Daylesford Store, just a short distance from the popular Soho Farmhouse, it feels as if Hollywood has produced a version of English countryside with the cliched sights of pheasants running aimlessly into the road and the odd deer roaming in the adjacent field.

Across the globe, people love the distinct crunch of chicken fried in hot oil until golden brown. From a thick fried chicken torta in Mexico to Senegal’s hearty yassa poulet to party-perfect chicken lollipops in India, we’re taking a look at fried chicken around the world. 0:00 – Intro 0:21 – India 0:38 – Croatia

Strapped in tightly into the cramped cockpit, Barbara felt a jolt of exhilaration as the jet started to climb over 6,000 feet per minute and since this Aermacchi MB-339 jet was only going up to around 3,000 feet it took only half a minute to level off. Every bit of turbulence was felt due to

A Calabasas-based chain of fast-food restaurants, BurgerIM, and its owner, Oren Loni, have been sued by the US FTC (Federal Trade Commission) for allegedly enticing consumers to buy franchises using false promises, pocketing tens of millions of dollars from over 1,500 individuals lured into purchasing failing franchises.  The Acting Associate Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission

Organic chickens may become too expensive to produce in the U.S. without crops from Ukraine to feed them. The war in Ukraine and its horrific violence will have ripple effects that reach the unlikeliest places. The besieged country, known as the breadbasket of Europe for its fertile soil and bountiful harvests, is one of the

Topline Wheat prices continued to skyrocket this week—hitting their highest level in 14 years on Thursday—as experts warn the escalating conflict between major exporters Russia and Ukraine could lead to a rise in food prices, which have already been hard-hit by surging inflation. Key Facts Chicago futures for wheat prices continued to surge higher on

Diageo North America has opened a new 225,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Plainfield, Illinois. Diageo Lincolnway features two new high-speed canning lines poised to bolster the beverage giant’s RTD portfolio, allowing Diageo to produce 25 million cases of malt-based beverages and spirits-based RTD drinks a year at the facility. The parent company of Smirnoff, Crown

You’re going to want a scoop of this. Or not! Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams just announced the highly-anticipated return of its most polarizing flavor to date – Everything Bagel. Originally launched in January of last year, a time when all of our stay-at-home palettes could use a little intrigue, the savory, garlicky, buttery ice cream

Precision fermentation is a relatively new food technology that is rapidly entering the mainstream. Products such as milk protein, animal fats, collagen, honey, lobster, egg whites and more are receiving hundreds of millions of investor dollars. They are being rapidly commercialized for the mass market without the raising and killing of animals. These products are being marketed to a young

Paul Golitzin is president and director of winemaking for Washington State’s Quilceda Creek, producer of some of the world’s most treasured Cabernet Sauvignon. Last fall Golitzin announced that his winery acquired an additional 22 acres of Champoux (pronounced “shampoo”) Vineyard in the Horse Haven Hills AVA of Columbia Valley. This 187-acre vineyard is considered to

Cashiers have arguably the toughest job in grocery retail. They are the last interaction and most important impression a customer will have in a store. As much as pricing, assortment or displays, they determine the experience for shoppers. Cashiers also collect most of the payments that a grocery store receives, despite being low paid, sometimes

Chotto Matte, a high-voltage destination for Nikkei cuisine, is growing. Not just with one new locale or a souped-up renovation — new locations in Doha, Riyadh, San Francisco, and London (the brand’s second location in the city) are in the works, with properties in Washington and Manchester to follow. “We’ve also secured Rome, Beverly Hills

Let me start with “before” and “after” shots from the Prosecco production area of northern Italy, to provide a little context for the commercial transition between silk worms (”before”) and Prosecco (”after”) in this particular part of the Veneto region. There were in fact four silk worm factories in Valdobbiadene at the time. In the

A long history and a diversity of grapes drives the country’s winemaking Tough times for Ukrainians includes the wine industry, which suffered a loss after Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, the formerly autonomous state within Ukraine and its historic center of production. The 2014 invasion, notes the Wines of Ukraine web site, “has been a