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The Knot Predicts Top 20 Wedding Trends for 2027
The push toward more personal, less conventional celebrations is shaping many of the trends expected to define weddings in the year ahead. The Knot, a ...
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Uber to Acquire ezCater, Bringing Catering to Uber Eats
Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) and ezCater, Inc. announced in a press release on Oct. 6, 2026, that they have entered into an agreement for ...
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Pitt Eats Earns Award from Chartwells Higher Education
Pitt Eats at the University of Pittsburgh was recently named Account of the Year by Chartwells Higher Education’s 2026 Be A Star Awards.
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Beverages Move from Add-Ons to Restaurant Growth Drivers
Beverages are becoming one of the most dynamic and innovative growth drivers in the restaurant industry, according to the National Restaurant Association’s 2026 Restaurant Beverage ...
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Don’t Delay: Why Early Claims Reporting Matters in Hospitality
Early claims reporting of employee injuries allows insurers to begin investigating and managing a claim while the facts are fresh—and can help reduce delays, disputes ...
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Google Ads Strategies: What’s Working for Three ECEP Caterers
Three catering company members of ECEP share their Google Ads marketing strategies—and explain why they're treating it as one piece of a much larger playbook.
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Repeatable Execution: The Key to Better Hospitality
Whether you run a bar, restaurant or catering operation, the challenge is fundamentally the same: deliver a great guest experience repeatedly, even when the staff, ...
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The Knot Predicts Top 20 Wedding Trends for 2027
The push toward more personal, less conventional celebrations is shaping many of the trends expected to define weddings in the year ahead. The Knot, a ...
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Disneyland’s Halloween Menu Brings Storytelling to the Table
Each year, the Disneyland Resort transforms from “The Happiest Place on Earth” into “The Spookiest Place on Earth,” with Halloween décor, attraction overlays, and themed ...
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13 Food and Beverage Trends to Watch in 2026
During the recent 2026 Midyear Trends Event webinar by Datassential—the food and beverage market research firm—trendologists Jaclyn Marks and Renee Lee Wege highlighted the emerging ...
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Rick Rosenfield on the Lessons Behind California Pizza Kitchen
Ahead of his appearance at the Florida Restaurant Show and Pizza Tomorrow Summit in Orlando on Oct. 26, Rick Rosenfield, co-founder of California Pizza Kitchen, ...
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Puff ’n Stuff Catering Expands to South Florida
Puff ’n Stuff Catering—one of Florida’s leading full-service catering and event companies—has expanded to Greater Miami. The company opened a commissary kitchen in Coral Gables ...
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Steve Short’s Key to Catering Growth: Defining Your Brand
In catering, growth can tempt operators to be everything to everyone. But Steve Short, COO and CCO of Steve Short Culinary Team, has found that ...
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AUSTIN BLUES® Smoked Meats Make It Easier for Caterers to Deliver Authentic BBQ
AUSTIN BLUES® Smoked Meats are crafted using time-honored techniques—low and slow over 100% natural hardwood logs, by trained pitmasters for up to 16 hours. The ...
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Why Plant Based World Expo Belongs on Your Calendar
Plant Based World Expo North America is back and better than ever! Taking place on December 2–3, 2025, at the Javits Center in New York ...
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Smoke the Competition with AUSTIN BLUES® Smoked Meats
When you’re catering for a crowd, consistency is key. With AUSTIN BLUES® Smoked Meats, you can delight guests with authentic, pitmaster-crafted barbeque that’s flavorful and ...
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Six Ways Visual QR Menus Can Enhance the Guest Experience
For restaurants, cafés, hotels and catering companies, a well-designed visual menu can become more than a replacement for paper. It can serve as a flexible ...
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4 Reasons Your Catering Technology Is Under-Delivering
If your catering software isn’t delivering the efficiencies you expected, the problem may not be the technology itself. More often, the issues begin long before ...
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Hospitality Operators Using Winnow Now Saving $100 Million in Food Waste Per Year
Leading hospitality groups including Hilton, Accor, Marriott, Mandarin Oriental and IKEA are now collectively saving more than $100 million a year by cutting food waste ...
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Nevis Mango Festival Offers a Recipe for Destination Dining
Nevis recently wrapped up its four-day Mango Festival, held annually in July. For caterers and foodservice operators, the festival offers a useful case study in ...
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Three Venues, 1,200 Guests: How Footers Catering Made It Seamless
How Denver's Footers Catering pulled off a 1,200-guest event across three distinct spaces, two floors and eight culinary experiences.
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Event Spotlight: Legendary Miami Caterer Bill Hansen Ties the Knot
After more than 50 years in the catering business, Bill Hansen has overseen his share of spectacular weddings. But this time, the longtime Miami caterer ...
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Event Spotlight: LUX Catering Celebrates Utah for Visit Salt Lake Influencer Event
LUX Catering & Events designed and produced a Visit Salt Lake event for influencers that showcased Utah's bounty and natural beauty.
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Travel Table: History on the Menu at Miami’s Red Rooster Overtown
By Jay Webber, publisher of CFE News Sometimes a change of scene doesn’t require a passport—just a reservation. Recently Sara and I took the Brightline ...
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Travel Table: Returning to the Best Meal of My Life at Chicago’s Alinea
More than 15 years ago, my parents took me to Alinea, Grant Achatz’s famous restaurant in Chicago. It was the most mind-blowing dining experience I’d ...
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