Food & Drink

In an era where technology relentlessly advances, the retail industry faces a transformative opportunity through Ambient IoT (Internet of Things). Steve Statler, Chief Marketing Officer at Wiliot shared what grocery retailers need to understand and embrace about this game changing technology. He started with a basic understanding, “it [Ambient IoT] enables a logical progression, just

High-end fine wines and luxury spirits retailer Le Clos debuted a worldwide exclusive whisky—The Glenlivet 74-year-old—on September 11 across its boutiques at Dubai International Airport. The bottle is retailing at a discounted price of AED144,999 ($39,476/£31,300) for the duration of the pre-launch until September 19. From that date, other retailers will also be selling the

Brandon Landry, who turned Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux, a sports bar and casual dining restaurant, based in Baton Rouge, La, into a success, opened a new fast-casual dining spot, Smalls Sliders, in September 2019, that is showing early signs of becoming popular. So far it operates nine Smalls Sliders, all in Louisiana, where Landry knows the

“We asked ourselves, ‘If we make a really good wine, will it make a really good brandy?’ The answer was yes!” says Daniel Plenzik, co-founder and distiller at Bridgeland Distillery in Calgary, Canada. Bridgeland Distillery is changing the way the world thinks about brandy by making single-varietal brandy from high-quality wine grapes. Brandy is essentially

Cheers to the most festive time of year! Oktoberfest in Munich, an annual event that brings in 1.25 billion euros for the Munich economy, starts September 16 so to get you prepared, lay out your dirndl and your lederhosen and get ready for the best time of year for beer lovers. Oktoberfest encompasses two styles

Last week we surprised a lot of whiskey enthusiasts by revealing that the New York World Spirits Competition had landed on a relatively obscure craft release as its “Best In Show Bourbon.” Now we’re back with more exclusive intel from the prestigious annual judging, this time related to scotch. The winner here is markedly less

Topline The chemically addictive fatty, salty and sweet foods that make up 68% of the American food supply have historically been pushed to consumers by the nation’s leading tobacco sales companies, new research shows, suggesting the same companies responsible for what has been called a “smoking epidemic” could also be partially blamed for a decline

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin H ere’s a question for all the pet-owners out there: Would you buy lab-grown pet food? Slate’s podcast “What’s Next: TBD” asked me that, as well as whether slaughter-free dog food could be considered sustainable. My answers may not make the welfare advocates thrilled, but there’s

September has been designated as National Honey Month, an opportunity for everyone to enjoy this powerhouse natural sweetener in its many applications, and to learn about bees, beekeeping, and why it is crucial to protect them. There are many ways to help keep bees happy and healthy, with many organizations focusing their efforts on the

The French parent company of North American travel retailer Paradies Lagardère has signed an agreement to acquire airport restaurateur Tastes on the Fly. The value of the acquisition was not revealed but it is expected to close during the fourth quarter of this year, subject to regulatory approval and third-party consents. The Tastes on the

In its heyday, when customers were clamoring for its vegetarian fare, Veggie Grill in early 2020 had expanded to 36 locations. But when the pandemic struck, consumers stayed home and Veggie Grill, like many start-up restaurant chains, started closing locations. By September 2023, the condensing kept happening, and Veggie Grill was down to 17 outposts,

The summer sun is shining at its brightest, and even though we’re past Labor Day and it’s the late summer season, the heat’s still hanging around. That’s where the unsung heroes of a hot day come in – the super cool, non-alcoholic drinks. These effervescent, fruity, or spicy sips will rehydrate, rejuvenate, and refresh with

Former employees of San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing have formed a cooperative and launched a GoFundMe campaign in an attempt to buy the brewery. Working with Project Equity, an organization that assists with and promotes employee ownership, members of the union of brewery and taproom employees of Anchor Brewing (International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 6,

When Don Kerrigan, a well-versed executive previously serving as the president of Nature’s Bounty, was appointed to be the CEO of Nestlé Health Science U.S. in 2021 as a result of the acquisition of the global nutrition player, he had an ambitious vision for the business — finding more scalable opportunities in CPG sectors where

Every restaurateur in Manhattan recognizes that space is at a premium, can be very costly, and often forces start-ups to cram into tiny spaces. And then there’s Fellini Coffee Bar, which opened on July 14th in the West Village on a triangular corner of 7th Avenue, Waverly Place and Perry Street and measures a mere

If you’ve noticed a proliferation of beauty and lifestyle brands creating smoothies — and going viral — then join the club. While smoothie collabs are an entire product category on their own, brands have long been partnering with iconic foods to create limited-edition signature flavors and products. Pairing a food and beverage companies with a

This is one type of strip show that shouldn’t have had any plastic. Yet, when a consumer tried to feast on part of an 8.9-ounce Banquet Chicken Strips Meal, guess what showed up in one of the chicken strips? A piece of plastic. In fact, that person reportedly had an oral injury to show for

New York’s Cool Cousin Brewing is the first commercial brewery to make beer entirely from unmalted barley, saving water and carbon dioxide (CO2) with each brew. The fundamental ingredient in beer is grain, usually malted barley. That barley provides the carbohydrates that the yeast ferments into alcohol and CO2. But those carbohydrates are usually in

When you find bone fragments in your sausage, your response is probably not “Bone appétit.” Instead, it’s likely going to be more like “Bone-how-did-this-end-up-here?” So, after customers found bone fragments in its ready-to-eat blended meat and poultry smoked sausage, it’s not surprising that Hillshire Brands Company has issued a recall of its product. This recall

The New York Wine & Spirits Competition convened last month in Brooklyn, bringing together some of the best palates in the beverage industry together for three days of blind tasting and judging. Organized by the prestigious Tasting Alliance—the same group responsible for the San Francisco World Spirits Competition—this year’s iteration saw a record number of