Will Pizza Survive The Delivery Boom?
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Foodable Labs tracks over 6 million influences and over 100 pizza chains. Our data shows that pizza delivery over the last year is down, 12.8% to be exact, among 18-34-year-olds. What is causing the slip? Watch the video for more.
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You Must Deliver! And Here's How.
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The delivery game is changing and on this episode of On Foodable Weekly: Industry Pulse, we’re looking at what you need to do to take advantage of this growing market.
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What Makes These Food Cities Happier Than The Rest?
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Ever wonder which restaurants and cities foodies love the most? Foodable labs analyzed a data set of 7.3 million food influencers to figure out which foodie cities are the happiest. Of those 7.3 million influencers, Foodable Labs looked at those who dine out at least eight times a month and search exclusively for “happy terms.”
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Mooove Over Beef, Consumers Are Turning to Alternate Proteins
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Mooove over beef, pork is hogging up the top spot as consumers’ most loved protein. With a sentiment score of 89.5 (out of 100,) consumers now prefer pork over any other protein. Beef has dropped to the number 5 spot below chicken, seafood, and lamb. Millennial demand for fresh seafood is up 49.5% and consumer mentions of pork menu dishes are up 23.6% from last year. That's more growth than both chicken and beef combined!
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Craft Beer Acquisitions: Sellouts or Success Stories?
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The craft beer sector has shown a steady growth despite many small and independent breweries being acquired by beer giants.
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Restaurants Support Florida Communities Post-Irma
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With more than 100,000 Floridians still without power, the state is working feverishly to return to normalcy. All the while, the Category 5 Hurricane Maria looms nearby. Though Maria is not expected to hit Florida, residents are still cautious and have not fully recovered from Irma’s destruction yet.
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12-Year Local Brand Urbane Cafe Thinks There's Room for Growth in Fast Casual
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On this episode of On Foodable Weekly, host Paul Barron talks to Tom Holt of Urbane Cafe about why he decided to take on a full made-from-scratch menu in Ventura, California 12 years ago.
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Everytable: The Oasis found in Food Deserts
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Foodable met up with some of the great minds in hospitality at this year’s HUB conference in Southern California. On this episode of On Foodable Weekly we hear how CEO Sam Polk started Everytable and how the company stays profitable.
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"You Cannot Scale Cool Fast Enough," Says Eureka! CEO About the Brand
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Eureka! is one of those brands that comes across as a one-off, independent restaurant concept. The brand even has 22 separate social media accounts on both Instagram and Facebook for each of its locations— the latest opening last month in San Diego, Ca.
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Restaurants Push for Smarter Protein
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On this episode of On Foodable Weekly, our host, Paul Barron, gets to talk to Erik Oberholtzer of Tender Greens and Chef Stephen Giunta of Cargill about how plates are getting greener.
info_outlineAmazon.com Inc. slashed prices at Whole Foods Market stores Monday, with some items seeing cuts up to 43 percent. Items like organic Fuji apples and organic rotisserie chicken were accompanied by orange signs showing the old price, the new price, and text reading “More to come...”. In total, over 400 items have seen price cuts.
According to Bloomberg, prices on whole trade organic bananas fell 30 percent, responsibly farmed tilapia — 33 percent, and organic Fuji apples — 43 percent.
Since Amazon won antitrust approval by the FTC last week, the e-commerce giant has made some big announcements about the companies’ futures. Soon, Whole Foods’ healthy and high-quality private label products will be available through Amazon.com, AmazonFresh, Prime Pantry, and Prime Now. Amazon Lockers will be available in select Whole Foods Market stores where customers will be able to pick up products shipped from Amazon.com as well as return items.
In addition, Amazon Prime is becoming Whole Foods Market’s customer rewards program, meaning Prime members can expect special savings and other in-store benefits.
Stay tuned to Foodable for more on this and other industry news.