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2024 Food & Beverage Trends to Inspire Your Event Menus

Event Marketer

According to the National Restaurant Association’s 2024 “ What’s Hot Culinary Forecast ,” social media is influencing how consumers cook, eat and interact with restaurants. Event menus could become key talking points in marketing campaigns as well.

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Culinary Finance 101: Food Costs for Restaurant Owners

Planning Pod

Many restaurant owners today are struggling to avoid rising food costs eating into profits and hindering their overall growth. At Planning Pod, we’ve noticed an uptick in business owners asking for tips on lowering food costs while maximizing profits. Not sure how to calculate your food cost percentage for a specific dish?

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Food trends for events - local, healthy and experiential

Eventinterface

Chicken dinners and cheesecake are unfashionable, especially in event world. Meeting and event planners are now at the forefront of food and beverage trends, providing event attendees with unique gastronomical experiences. Alternative beverages are hot. Especially when attendees are coming from out of town.

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Food Rules to Effectively Navigate Your Meeting Menus

Smart Meetings

Sustainable Foods. And they must be social media shareable. Fortunately, with good planning and collaboration with venue staff, you can assemble the right food for the right attendee at the right time without budget overruns. food allergy) or nice to have. Attendees want to know where unused food goes.

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Clarion Events Food and Beverage Group's Marketing and Social Media Digital Forum to Focus on Increasing Customer Engagement

Exhibitor Magazine

Clarion Events Food and Beverage Group's next two-part Digital Forum for restaurant, foodservice and catering professionals will focus o. Trumbull, CT.

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Food trends for events - local, healthy and experiential

Eventinterface

Chicken dinners and cheesecake are unfashionable, especially in event world. Meeting and event planners are now at the forefront of food and beverage trends, providing event attendees with unique gastronomical experiences. Alternative beverages are hot. Especially when attendees are coming from out of town.

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20 Ways to Keep Costs Down At Your Next Food and Beverage Event

Brown Paper Tickets

A cost-effective food and beverage event takes hard work, attention to detail and careful planning, but it can be done. Avoid peak season when choosing your event date. Book during off-peak, when there aren’t a lot of other events going on. More events mean rigid and higher prices.