Miscellaneous - 10 Minutes News for Hoteliers - Page 109

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Cocktail-inspired scents, Scotch eggs, and Fado dinner

🍴 Bret Thorn, Senior Food & Beverage Editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality since 1999, hosts "In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn" podcast. He reported on NYC food scene in The New York Sun from 2005 to 2008 and covered business in Thailand during 1992-1997. A Tufts University magna cum laude graduate and Phi Beta Kappa member, Thorn studied French cooking at Le Cordon Bleu in 1986 and Chinese in Beijing during Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. He won a Jesse H. Neal Award in 2006 and joined Disciples d’Escoffier in 2014.

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Lough Erne Resort elevates Black Friday with tempting new Golden offer

🏆 Lough Erne Resort introduces Golden Friday offer valid until 2nd December 2024, with stays up to 31st March 2025. Guests can save up to 40% on accommodations, spa, golf, and afternoon tea. Prices start at £159 per room per night; a second night is £119. Each room receives a £30 voucher. General Manager Gareth Byrne announces the promotion as an enhancement to Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Incognia Partners with Grubhub to Enhance Platform Security, Improve CX

🍕 Wonder is acquiring Grubhub from Just Eat Takeaway.com for $650 million, with the transaction including $500 million in senior notes and $150 million in cash, expected to close in Q1 2025. Wonder also raised an additional $250 million from new investors. Grubhub has over 375,000 merchants and 200,000 delivery partners in the U.S. Wonder, founded by ex-Walmart U.S. e-commerce CEO Marc Lore, has 28 locations in the Northeastern U.S. and plans seven more by year-end. Grubhub covers the vast majority of the U.S. population and operates a loyalty program, campus dining services at over 360 universities, and corporate accounts with more than 10,000 companies.

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How The Fort restaurant in Colorado preserves its historical building

🍱 Sam Arnold built The Fort in Morrison, Colorado, in the early 1960s using traditional adobe materials, continuing a 60-year-old tradition now upheld by his daughter, Holly Arnold Kinney. The adobe façade, matching the red rocks of Colorado's Fountain Formation, offers thermal benefits and durability, requiring biannual maintenance by a specialized El Salvadorian crew. The Fort, preserving historical integrity and culinary tradition, served over 80,000 customers last year and features menu items ranging from $9 to $125.

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GENERATOR Partners With Thai Music And Culture Festival, Wonderfruit, To Launch Dorm-Style Boutique Camping And Gamification

🏕 Generator partners with Thailand's Wonderfruit festival for the December event, introducing a social hospitality experience in Asia. Accommodations include private, air-conditioned bell tents, RVs, and a first-of-its-kind dorm-style option for solo travelers. Boutique Camping features activities, art installations, music sessions, and games like beer pong and Mölkky, with a restaurant and bar. Generator CEO Alastair Thomann highlights the goal to create shared memories, while Wonderfruit's Jon Lor emphasizes the new Shared Tents concept for solo attendees.

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Shelf service: Ikea launches first high street restaurant

🍽 Ikea launches its first high street restaurant in London, replacing a former Wasabi on King Street, with 75 seats available. The menu, similar to in-store restaurants, features signature meatballs at £5.50, battered haddock for £6.95, penne pasta at £2.95, and a full cooked breakfast priced at £3.75. Matthew Gould, market manager at Ikea London City, highlights the affordable dining options and the iconic Swedish meatballs as key draws for customers.

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Burrata, a rich and creamy variation of mozzarella

🧀 Burrata cheese is now on 8.6% of U.S. restaurant menus, a 30% increase over four years. This mozzarella variant, filled with cream and often more mozzarella, is popular in salads, pizzas, pastas, appetizers, and shared dishes. Demand is driven by a preference for premium dairy and Mediterranean flavors, with high awareness among vegetarian and Asian consumers.

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Atlas Restaurant Group announces Nine Tailed Fox to open in Baltimore next spring

📖 Leigh Anne Zinsmeister, current Group Content Manager since Feb 2020 at Informa Restaurant and Food Group, managed digital content from April 2018 and was a producer there since June 2016. With a journalism degree from Arizona State University, she also has roots in Phoenix, Dallas, Cleveland, and lives in New York City. Past roles include Mail Online Community Moderator (Mar 2014-Jun 2016) and Wire Editor at Gannett (Jan 2012-Mar 2014). Contact: [email protected]

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Itsu expands retail offering with sushi range

🍣 Itsu introduces dragon rolls to Tesco's £5 meal deal from 21 October. Sushi options: teriyaki salmon, vegetable crunch, and katsu chicken. Tesco insights show sushi now surpasses smoked salmon sandwiches as the UK's preferred premium lunch. Itsu's years-long development overcame quality challenges, including rice hardening. The solution: short shelf life, controlled temperature and pH. Itsu's new frozen products: two dumpling varieties, three vegetable sides.

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Fox Restaurant Concepts opens Doughbird in Dallas

📖 Ron Ruggless is the senior editor for Informa Connect's Nation's Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality since 1992. Previously, he worked at Dallas Times Herald as restaurant critic, assistant business editor, food editor, and lifestyle editor from 1982-1991, editing Zagat Dining Guide for Dallas-Fort Worth, and has contributed to Food & Wine, Food Network, and Self magazines. He frequently participates as a moderator and panelist at foodservice industry events. Contact him via email at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter (@RonRuggless), LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/ronruggless), Instagram (@RonRuggless), and TikTok (@RonRuggless).

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