Food & Drink

There’s no slowing down the ready-to-drink (RTD) category. A new report from the IWSR, a global leader in beverage alcohol data and analysis, notes that the category value will increase by an additional $11.6 billion over the next five years. The category’s massive growth is charged by consumer demand for more premium RTD products —

Nitro Beverage Co. is having a restless year: From launching cold brew coffee into specialty retailers such as Whole Foods and Bristol Farms to optimizing its cold chain through decentralized warehouses, the New Jersey-based coffee marker is now making a foray into the kombucha territory. None of these were on their agenda when Mike D’Amico,

As the global supply chain strains to meet increasing demand, fair trade efforts become a low priority for many US corporations. October is Fair Trade Month, which highlights the efforts of businesses dedicated to a more equitable international trade system with respect and transparency. Throughout the month, consumers can #FindFairTrade products both in local stores

There are beer festivals and then there’s the Great American Beer Festival. The largest beer festival in the world the event is part drunken festival, part serious beer competition with the nation’s best breweries battling it out for one of the events coveted gold, silver, and bronze medals. The event is hosted by the Brewers

Despite being one the UK’s biggest names in frozen meals (see: 1,600 employees, 90 shops, and 900 concession retailers), COOK has taken a humble road to the top. And it’s paid off. Having filled the freezers of middle Britain for 25 years, sibling owners Rosie Brown and Ed Perry continue to operate independently, refusing to

In the process of generating the main component or components for which a crop is grown there are usually low value byproducts or even waste streams. One way to increase the sustainability of agriculture is to find ways to “up-cycle” these materials so that they increase overall food, feed, or fiber productivity without requiring any

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Back in 2016, I took one of my favorite reporting trips ever. In Denver, I found myself deep inside the headquarters of “the Willy Wonka of Cheese,” also known as Leprino Foods. The mozzarella was flying. Pie after pie was unveiled from ovens that replicate the

New York just gained many more Michelin Stars. At a glitzy ceremony 101 stories above Manhattan, 19 restaurants earned Michelin stars for the first time, announced by host Neil Patrick Harris at The Peak Restaurant. In total, Seventy-three restaurants received Michelin Star status in the 2022 Michelin Guide New York. “New York’s culinary landscape is

A popular vegan fast food restaurant is expanding in New York, just weeks after bringing the Atlanta-based concept to Brooklyn. Slutty Vegan, Pinky Cole’s vegan chain with a near cult following, will open its second New York location at 300 West 135th Street in November. Slutty Vegan Harlem will serve a carry-out menu featuring creative

A brewery incubator project has expanded from its original Chicago base to Wisconsin with the purchase of a 70,000 square-foot production facility. The Pilot Project used $8 million seed round fundraise to purchase the facility assets and taken over the long-term lease of Milwaukee Brewery Company’s production space, as well as the attached Bottlehouse restaurant

The best bar in the world is officially in Barcelona. At least, according to the World’s 50 Best, which announced its 2022 winners on Tuesday, October 4, with Barcelona’s Paradiso taking the top spot. At a ceremony in (where else?), Barcelona, 50 bars were dubbed to stand out above all the other drinking establishments in

In an effort to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, state and city governments are declaring mandates to close bars and restaurants except for pickup or delivery orders. Philadelphia is now another city with these restrictions, which are already taking a toll on local businesses. We’ve compiled a list of nine Philly restaurants that

Deliveroo has just taken a slightly unexpected sidestep with opening its very first physical grocery store in London. In partnership with Morrisons supermarket, the new ‘Deliveroo HOP’ store on New Oxford Street will not only allow customers to pick up food they’ve ordered from the app, but shop for groceries in-store via digital kiosks. A

There is no shortage of organizations that are committing to stopping food waste. Many have initiatives to reduce food waste by 30 to 50 percent sometime before 2030, the target year set by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12.3. But not many have proven that they can actually deliver on those ambitions. “We’re getting

With all of the restaurant brand collaborations in the history of the industry, not once has such a partnership happened between Chicago heavyweights Portillo’s and Lou Malnati’s. That’s about to change. The companies–two of the top five most visited restaurants in the Windy City–today announced the new Lou Malnati’s x Portillo’s Italian Beef Deep Dish

In recent years, the Lone Star State has experienced record-high summers and droughts that followed record-low winters and weeks of unprecedented ice and snow events. These extreme meteorological conditions have fueled the long-debated conversation of climate change as Texas Wine Month begins. “These days, we live in constant threat of uncontrollable wildfires, flooding, drought, hurricanes,

In 2020, the ground beneath the whisk(e)y industry shook over the fact that not Scotch, nor a bourbon, nor even a Japanese whisky earned top honors at one of the biggest whiskey awards. It was a Canadian rye. Out of the thousands of bottles tasted through for the annual awards, Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye

Ultra-processed food may be cheaper for companies to make. But might you end up paying for it in the end? Two observational studies recently published in the BMJ add to growing concerns that ultra-processed food may be the opposite of ultra-good-for-you. One of these studies found that men in the U.S. who had regularly consumed

Scientists agree that developed nations need to eat less meat and shift to a plant-based diet, according to a new study in the journal Sustainability, but newspapers cover the issue as an open debate. Newspaper coverage of dietary change is reminiscent of widely criticised coverage of climate change earlier in this century, the study says,

International Coffee Day was founded by the International Coffee Organization (ICO) on 1st October in Milan, Italy at Expo 2015. It is now an annual event for coffee lovers, supported by the 77 Member States of the ICO and dozens of coffee associations from around the world. As a true celebration of coffee, the day