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_outlineThe craft beer sector has shown a steady growth despite many small and independent breweries being acquired by beer giants.
According to the Brewers Association (BA), “in 2016, craft brewers produced 24.6 million barrels, and saw a 6 percent rise in volume on a comparable base and a 10 percent increase in retail dollar value...By adding 1.4 million barrels, craft brewer growth outpaced the 1.2 million barrels lost from the craft segment, based on purchases by large brewing companies. Microbreweries and brewpubs delivered 90 percent of the craft brewer growth.”
In an effort to continue nurturing that growth, the BA decided to create an Independent Craft Brewer Seal with the reasoning that the logo would serve as a tool for craft-beer enthusiasts to distinguish if their favorite beer was made by an independent brewer or not. In order to carry the stamp, a brewery has to meet the “craft brewer definition” determined by BA.
Craft Brewer Defined by Brewers Association
- Annual production of 6 million barrels of beer or less (approximately 3 percent of U.S. annual sales)
- Less than 25 percent of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (or equivalent economic interest) by an alcohol industry member that is not itself a craft brewer.
- A brewer that has a majority of its total beverage alcohol volume in beers whose flavor derives from traditional or innovative brewing ingredients and their fermentation.
Foodable has been following the growth of craft beer in the U.S. since its inception and has reported on the origins of "Beervana," what the craft beer market expectations and challenges are, and the network has also provided a behind-the-scenes look into some craft beer companies through its show Beer Artisan.
Most recently, though, the debate on what it truly means to be a craft brewer and consumer sentiments towards independent brewers who have been acquired by non-craft beer businesses have sparked Foodable’s curiosity.
Enter Foodable Labs, our sister data company, which has helped us compare the overall sentiment scores for three beer brands (Four Peaks Brewing, Cigar City Brewery, and Lagunitas Brewing) before and after their acquisitions.
Each beer brand was acquired by a company with more resources with goals of amplifying the beer production, as well as, the reach of the craft beer’s brand.