Pizza Hut is revamping its London stores to feature in-house cocktail bars, as it seeks to claw back sales from more trendy restaurants such as Nando’s and Pizza Express. The pizza chain is ploughing a multimillion-pound investment into turning around its fortunes, beginning with the revamp of its store on The Strand, in a bid […]
Consumer packed goods companies like Unilever, P&G, Kellogg’s and Danone should watch their back as venture capital and tech-food startups are going to disrupt Food and Beverage industry once and for all. For the last few years we saw an unprecedented amounts of money pouring in to Food and Beverage business. According to the CrunchBase […]
The slow economic recovery in the United States may be prompting consumer’s heightened interest in extreme flavour pallets — specifically a trend toward foods and beverages classified as sour and tart, says one culinary trend forecaster. Suzy Badaracco of Culinary Tides in Portland says, she’s repeatedly watched more adventurous flavours in the food and beverage […]
In the dense city of Shanghai, China, architect Alberto Caiola has designed an inconspicuous speakeasy that’s hidden behind a vending machine at The Press, a street-facing sandwich shop. The speakeasy is called Flask, and it is a clandestine cocktail lounge with an entrance tucked behind a vintage Coca-Cola vending machine. “Considering that Shanghai has already […]
Zomato, a leading restaurant search app, announced it has acquired Urbanspoon in one of the largest purchases ever of a U.S.-based consumer Internet company by an Indian startup. The strategic deal marks Zomato’s entrance into North America and strengthens its position as a premiere destination for millions of people around the world who want a better […]
Consultancy M Worldwide has designed a new bespoke store format for supermarket Morrisons, which is being applied to branches in Surrey, Gateshead and Milton Keynes. The Format Flex design, created by the consultancy alongside Morrisons’ in-house team, intends to create tailored layouts and product ranges for different local areas. It has already been applied to […]
The road to the Super Bowl includes a new stop this year: the kitchens of the world’s most distinguished culinary college. PepsiCo announced “Game Day Grub Match,” a culinary competition in which student chefs from The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) will compete to create the ultimate Super Bowl party dish. The competition kicks off […]
[fvplayer src=”https://www.fabnews.live/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/SmartSwaps-40s-TVC.webm” src1=”https://www.fabnews.live/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/SmartSwaps-40s-TVC.webm” width=”600″ height=”360″] Change4Life, the UK Government’s healthy living drive, has unveiled its traditional January campaign which this year focuses on encouraging parents to reduce the sugar intake of their children by making product swaps. The £2.6m ‘Sugar Swaps’ campaign, created by M&C Saatchi, launches January 5 across TV, radio, digital and outdoor […]
Fast food chain Arby’s has launched an apology ad to Pepsi owning up to its mistake. The steakhouse had a deal with Pepsi to feature the soft drink in two commercials annually. But the second spot was forgotten, and creative for the year was wrapped up when Pepsi dropped a friendly reminder to Arby’s. So […]
Select high schools from across California have been crowned “Breakfast Champs” by the California Milk Processor Board (CMPB), the creator of got milk?, with each school receiving a check for $3,000. Thousands of students participated in the friendly three-week competition during back-to-school season to see which campus, within their district, could increase breakfast consumption with […]