Start spreading the news. Peter Luger Steak House, a Brooklyn institution since 1887, is headed to Sin City. The iconic restaurant is slated to set up “residency” at Caesars Palace by the end of 2022. Popular with locals and tourists from around the world, Peter Luger is known for its generous portions of high-quality, dry-aged,
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Over 8500 grocery workers at over 80 King Soopers/City Market locations in Denver and Colorado Springs are going on strike this Wednesday January 12th. The negotiations between UFCW Local 7 and Kroger KR owned chain have reached an impasse, with the union rejecting the latest company offer. The union has also commissioned a timely report on
We are often told that something we can do to fight climate change, is to eat less meat or dairy. While there are certainly greenhouse gas issues with animal production, it is not that simple. But animals play a unique and indispensable role in our food supply– they can thrive on sources of nutrients that
In January 2021 over half a million people said they’d go vegan for a month, according to the official Veganuary organisation and it looks like that number will be higher for 2022. So, it’s no surprise that the range of vegan products continues to expand, with new launches every month. Here is a top selection
Many people have experienced ordering fast food in a drive-thru and opening the bag later to find their French fries are missing, or their burgers are covered in ketchup they did not want. Artificial intelligence (AI) may make ordering food through a talking box easier, faster and more accurate. You may not have to wait
If the word of 2021 was unpredictable, the word of 2022 is impermanence. From rising food prices to continued supply chain woes, decades-high inflation, worker shortages due to COVID and working conditions, and our climate, our food system is in crisis. McKinsey estimates that 73 million jobs will be eliminated due to automation by 2030,
Overseas, many people are familiar with Hawksmoor’s steak houses since there are nine of them located there: seven in London with one each in Manchester and Edinburgh. But for its tenth location, it moved across the pond to open in New York City in September of 2021 in the Gramercy Park district on East 22nd Street.
Last week Governor Kathy Hochul of New York announced a plan to reinstate the state’s “Drinks-to-Go” initiative. Launched in 2020 amid pandemic lockdowns, the program afforded a financial lifeline to bars and restaurants struggling to stay afloat. With Omicron in full swing, many of those same small businesses are again facing financial hardships. Reinstatement would
When Monty’s Good Burger, specializing in plant-based burgers, opened in Los Angeles in 2018, by a group of friends involved in the music industry, they presumed it would be one and done. But the timing was right for plant-based burgers, and Monty’s Good Burger has expanded to five locations in the Los Angeles environs. It now
The start of the new year has me deeply analyzing a lot of my habits, and I’m resolved to live with less waste in 2022. It’s been a long journey. I’ve been composting with worms on my terrace for three years now, and rarely buy products with plastic. But staying at home more, and seeing
“The biggest surprise this year is that consumption of packaged foods remained elevated despite mobility returning and food-service establishments regaining customers.” that according to Robert Moskow, a senior analyst at investment bank Credit Suisse. The questions that I have is whether this consumption behavior is due three issues: the need of so many of us
Pro Football Hall of Famer Troy Aikman is hoping that the residents of Texas are looking for a low-cal, low-carb beer the next time they visit their favorite watering hole or retail establishment. That is the impetus behind his entry into the beer business with the upcoming launch of a new beer named Eight after
A new agreement with Coca-Cola KO to create alcoholic Fresca cocktails could be part of the solution to help pull Constellation’s Wine & Spirits Division out of the red. In an early morning third quarter fiscal year 2022 earnings conference call, Constellation CEO, Bill Newlands and CFO, Garth Hankinson, shared the company’s most recent results,
On Monday, after an arduous, 15-week trial, a jury found disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty of four counts of fraud against investors. Holmes was once a darling of Silicon Valley. An alleged wunderkind, the then 19-year-old dropped out of Stanford to start Theranos, with the goal to “disrupt” conventional blood testing with new technology
Only days into the new year, two major cities are slated to get even more delicious. Harlem-based Chef Alexander Small, the James Beard award-winning visionary of The Cecil and its sister restaurant Minton’s, is opening the world’s first African food hall, Alkebulan. Small, a former opera singer turned culinary activist, debuted the concept at Expo 2020 Dubai in October 2021. Following
On the seacoast of New Hampshire in a hamlet called Rye, La Mulita, a Colombian specialty coffee shop, has been flourishing. It’s the story of an immigrant named Max Pruna who settled in New Hampshire, and after a series of job changes, opened a 1,000-square-foot coffee bar in September 2019. Raised in Medellin, Colombia, Pruna and
KFC is ready to bring its buzzworthy Beyond BYND Fried Chicken to the masses after over two years of testing. Starting Jan. 10, the plant-based menu offering, created in partnership with Beyond Meat, will be available at participating U.S. restaurants. That partnership began all the way back in August 2019 with a Beyond Fried Chicken
Retail price inflation is hitting consumers hard this new year. A recent KPMG study documented consumers facing a 22% increase in grocery bills and inflation hitting a 31 year high in Q4 2021, led by double digit jumps in meat, poultry and fish prices. Inflation has been driven by the companies at the commanding heights of the
The difficulty of seeking capital as women and entrepreneurs of color is well documented: 17% of venture money went to companies with at least one female founder and only around 3% went to Black and Latinx founders, recent PitchBook data showed. Venture capitalists are taking note, pledging to increase diversity more proactively not only within
One of the many restaurant trends accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic is subscription programs aimed at driving loyalty. Brands from Pret A Manger to Panera and Taco Bell to Dickey’s Barbecue Pit have jumped into the subscription space with favorable early results. Now, Sweetgreen wants in on the action. The company announced today a pilot