Topline About 1.02 billion tons of food was wasted globally in 2019 and roughly 17% of food produced for human consumption goes to waste each year, far more than prior research has indicated, according to a United Nations report published Thursday. Last month, four U.N. agencies issued a joint report asserting that 2.3 million Yemeni
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It looks like a spaceship but it’s the inside of Automat Kitchen, located the Newport Centre in … [+] Jersey City. Michael Tulipan/MST Creative PR Many babyboomers who reside in New York City or Philadelphia have fond memories of dining at the Automat. Customers placed their coins in a window, which some called vending machines, to
Aperture Estate Hospitality Center in Sonoma County Joe Fletcher A new winery and hospitality center called Aperture Estate in Sonoma County, California is a stunning architectural and artistic feat in that it is designed around the concept of an aperture of a camera, an opening through which light can travel as well as assists the
Starting today, Maestro Dobel becomes the official tequila of the PGA TOUR. Maestro Dobel The PGA TOUR today announced a multi-year partnership with Maestro Dobel Tequila, which was named the first “Official Tequila of the PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions.” As part of the official marketing partner program, Maestro Dobel will participate at select
Restaurateur and Wellness Guru Steele Smiley Stalk And Spade The future of food is beginning to look a lot clearer. And it doesn’t involve nearly as much meat. Or at least meat in the sense that we know it today. Riding a wave of technological breakthroughs, plant-based alternatives are sprouting up at a rapid clip.
An Instacart shopper on the job at Acme Market in Clark, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael … [+] Loccisano/Getty Images) Getty Images Instacart closed a $265 million funding round that sent the grocery delivery app’s value to $39 billion, the company announced today. The new valuation adds more than $1 billion to the fortune of
Tamarelo is the first American-made, tamarind liqueur. Michael Allen Photography Kevin Faul first fell in love with tamarinds when a friend introduced him to them at an outdoor fair in Portland, OR. Four years later, he was eating dinner at the Milwaukee Public Market, and he purchased a bag of dried tamarind pods…and then he
Texas-based P. Terry’s increased its employee wages to $15 an hour in the beginning of 2021. The Southern Influence Right now, there are few debates as contentious as the minimum wage. The topic has been simmering beneath the surface since at least 2012 when the Fight for $15 organization began pressuring companies to evolve past
Crown Royal Coming 2 America Pack Crown Royal On March 5th, Coming 2 America will officially drop on Amazon Prime Video and so will a new limited-edition Crown Royal pack celebrating the movie. The movie is a followup to the 80s classic Coming To America. Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly-crowned King Akeem (Eddie
Delivering food ordered online while in home isolation during quarantine. Stay home we deliver sign … [+] on box. getty Everyone has their story to tell about what they were doing this time last year. For many people those February and March weeks contained the last flights, concerts, sporting events, family gatherings and bits of
Neon Zebra Mixers PepsiCo Pepsi is getting into the cocktail mixer space. The brand announced this week the launch of Neon Zebra a new line of non-alcoholic cocktail mixers meant to be used to make drinks at home, something we’ve all been doing a lot more of over the past year. “With at-home cocktail consumption
ReBru Spirits distiller Neil Lotz at the San Diego distillery. ReBru Too much beer? While a parched Homer Simpson may disagree, excess beer poses a serious problem in the beer world. Particularly during the pandemic. With bars and restaurants closed, demand for draught beer has dried up. Brewers and distributors are sitting on gallons and
McDonald’s kicked off its new chicken sandwich this week, but it has an even bigger introduction … [+] coming with McPlant. mpi04/MediaPunch/MediaPunch/IPx This week, McDonald’s MCD kicked off the first of the two big introductions that it has in its pipeline. It rolled out the long-awaited re-do of its fried chicken sandwich, which is available
Greenbar Distillery Canned Spritzes Greenbar Distillery In 2020, according to the online alcohol delivery service Drizly, sales of ready-to-drink (RTD) products rose 416%. That figure makes it clear that even when people may not be able to visit bars, they clearly still want someone else to make their cocktails. But let’s face it: the problem
In the small Italian town of Ruvo di Puglia, siblings Giuliana and Vincenzo Paparella carry on a 180-year-old family tradition making gelato from only three ingredients: milk, sugar, and eggs. It all started in 1840 when Uncle Luigi brought the art of gelato making from the royal courts of Naples to his hometown, Ruvo, and
Concours Mondial de Bruxelles tasting session in Aigle, Switzerland, in 2019. Creativeroom SPRL – Simon Beuzart The Covid-19 crisis has had a profound influence on the global wine industry. The supply chain has been disrupted and hotel, restaurant, and wine tourism business have dropped off as to be almost nonexistent. Its influence is also felt
The 1969 D’USSE Anniversaire goes on auction on March 1. D’USSE Get the online paddles ready. Just days after announcing a historic deal with LVMH for Armand de Brignac Champagne, rapper-mogul Jay-Z, who is also part-owner of D’Ussé cognac, is putting some rare liquid up for auction. A limited edition bottle of D’Ussé 1969 Anniversaire,
Topline A handful of West Coast cities and counties are passing laws giving grocery workers a $4 or $5 hourly pay bump during the pandemic—but the ordinances have drawn significant pushback from the grocery industry, which argues that stores will be forced to raise prices, cut back hours or shut down entirely because of the
A new line of carbonated coffee fruit tea. Husky The explosion of ready-to-drink canned cocktails has been well documented over the past year. But technically speaking, the RTD market also encompasses many entries in the rapidly expanding non-alcoholic segment. And this month we get a glimpse of how worthwhile some of those booze-free offerings can
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