Denny’s ‘Social Stars Influenced Menu’
1-3-2022
Since last week Denny’s is releasing its new ‘Social Stars Influenced Menu’ that features meals inspired by first six of 24 popular TikTok creators tapped by the iconic brand to put their own personal spin on new Denny’s menu items. These Limited Time Only (LTO) meals will be available at all Denny’s locations nationwide from Feb. 24 through June 21, and can be ordered in-restaurant, online at dennys.com or through the new Denny’s iOS and Android app.
Like ‘The Get That Cookie Dough™ Pancakes’, created by TikTokkers Jenny Solares and The Enky Boys, these pancakes look like a real treat for Mardi Gras! And inspiration for those creating pancakes in other countries.
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Zero Egg challenges students to make the world’s highest egg flip
1-3-2022
In its quest to make plant-based food accessible to everyone, Zero Egg is starting with the newest generation of food lovers — college students! The plant-based egg company took America’s largest college, the University of Central Florida (UCF) by storm yesterday, kicking off its partnership with the university by serving up delicious plant-based egg meals; delivering Zero Egg sandwiches to students around campus on their own branded tandem bicycle; and hosting an afternoon of fun and games on the campus’ Greek Row.
But the highlight of the show was the Zero Egg omelet flip! Currently, there is no world record holder for the world’s highest egg flip, and Zero Egg is on a mission to secure it! The brand will be scouring colleges across the country to find America’s highest egg flipper. Once secured, Zero Egg intends to work with Guinness World Records on capturing the record, because who needs another record held by an ordinary egg? Not when Zero Egg can get it done — doing all of the same things an ordinary egg can do, such as flip, scramble, bake and fry.
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The Pancake Kitchen by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® expands in the USA
1-3-2022
Today it is International Pancake day! To celebrate this we will share this pancake news from the USA. The Pancake Kitchen by Cracker Barrel, a delivery-forward, virtual brand will open nearly 100 additional locations in 2022. Which they’re celebrating with a limited-time special offer: New deep-fried Biscuit Beignets. Their offer might be inspiration for pancake restaurants in the Netherlands as well!
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® is proud to announce its breakfast-all-day, delivery-forward brand, The Pancake Kitchen by Cracker Barrel, will expand to operate out of nearly 100 more Cracker Barrel locations in 2022, bringing the offering to 200 locations nationwide. To make enjoying homestyle breakfast any time of day easier than ever, The Pancake Kitchen will serve a variety of pancakes and other breakfast favorites for delivery and pickup by DoorDash and Uber Eats.
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Trends we spotted | Week 8
25-2-2022
At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
With this week links to articles about amongst others a new restaurant for Alain Ducasse in Paris, Le Salon des Manufactures and the Dutch restaurant chain ‘The Avocado Show’ will open in Stuttgart in April.
Bunk Hotel Amsterdam is reopening with a special give-away – a Staycation party! Check out your change to win this party. And the Dutch Kever Genever is facing legal problems with their Kever John Lemon Canned Cocktail.
The 2nd edition of the Colors Festival will be held in Paris, From April 2 to May 8 2022, you can enjoy street art in the 11th arrondissement. Two new spectacular editions of Grand Marnier, Quintessence and Révélation, give expression to the simplest of combinations: cognac, orange essence, wood, and time.
Travel Outlook, a premium hotel call center, introduced Bella. Bella is the hospitality industry’s first AI-powered Virtual Hotel Agent™ and Aldi in Australia is testing a robotic pizza vending machine, the Pizzabot.
As many virus experts say that COVID is here to stay, it might be wise to install an air purifier. AiroDoctor® V10P-ID is a passive in-channel photocatalysis unit designed to effectively filter and clean the airflow in small and medium-sized air handling units (HVAC).
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SavorEat | Personalized plant-based 3D printed hamburgers made by a chef robot
24-2-2022
An ordering app as your waiter and a robot as your chef! More and more examples of these two items are spotted worldwide. The app is common use now and robots are spotted in restaurants as well. They’re an asset at the moment you can’t find enough staff. But we now spotted an Israeli foodtech firm SavorEat that combines it all. Customers order their personalized plant-based hamburger through an app and their robot will 3D print it and cook it to their preferences.
The robot chef of SavorEat is a technological solution to digitally manufacture meat alternatives from non-GMO plant-based proteins, according to individual tastes. They focus on consumer’s needs and are putting the individual front and center. This approach puts the company in the new future of the Food Industry while offering solutions for fast-moving kitchens. The robot chef has been unveiled in collaboration with the Israeli hamburger chain BBB (Burgus Burger Bar). They also connected with Sodexho, which feeds students at major US universities, to start trial the system this year.
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McDonald’s® USA Racewear Collection in collaboration with 23XI Racing
22-2-2022
With the new NASCAR season, starting on February 27, around the corner, McDonald’s USA drops their McDonald’s® USA Racewear Collection which is a blend of streetwear and racing to give fans a taste of the winner’s circle. Just like our Dutch brand FEBO merchandise, McDonalds merchandise is always very popular. In the Netherlands you can now order different items in the MyM fanshop. Download the app to see the entire collection.
Just in time for the opening race, McDonald’s and 23XI Racing are revving up the season with a new apparel line of racing merch that fans will speed to get their hands on. The co-branded, limited-edition racewear collection is already available for purchase since February 18 on the 23XI Shop powered by Fanatics.
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Pulled Wheats | Meatless stew on the menu at Ellis
18-2-2022
At the restaurant chain Ellis in Belgium they know that the plant-based future is sizzling hot and they know how to be (plant)friendly to our planet. Whoever thought it stopped at the beyond burger was wrong, because pulled wheats are going way beyond that beyond burger as the newest all-vegetable meat substitute in their offerings.
Starting this week, Ellis is serving the sizzling casserole in all of its locations: a brand new vegan dish in which the revolutionary meat substitute ‘pulled wheats’ plays the starring role.
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Trends we spotted | Week 7
18-2-2022
At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
IKEA in the Netherlands is also tackling food waste together with Too Good To Go as are more European countries. And the ‘Tasty by Greggs’ Café opened in a Primark in Birmingham, they will also sell a limited-edition Greggs collection.
With this week links to articles about amongst others: some last Valentine’s Day inspiration from 2022 for 2023, we spotted a wedding chapel on Valentine’s Day at Denny’s in Las Vegas and Topo Chico Hard Seltzer sent your ex a cactus on this day.
August 25 a tribute to the Beatles will be held in the courtyard of the Musée de Montmartre in Paris, their Candlelight Open Air may inspire other museums. And for all Harry Potter fans, you can attend a pop-up dinner in a ‘Hogwarts’-like castle in France!
McDonald’s plans to operate a virtual restaurant online with home delivery, in the Metaverse! And the new Michelin Guide for the UK and Ireland 2022 is out! With a new three Michelin star restaurant – L’Enclume.
Next Gen Foods announced this week that its first product, TiNDLE is now available in a range of iconic restaurants across the East and West Coasts in some of the country’s leading “foodie” cities.
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Trends we spotted | Week 6
11-2-2022
At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
With this week links to articles about amongst others Plan Bee of restaurant Tante Kee in the Netherlands and a spectacular new fine-dining restaurant in Las Vegas: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
McDonald’s USA celebrates ‘Black History’ with ‘Future 22’, a campaign that focuses on young game changers. And in Australia, KFC is going to test drone delivery in Logan, Queensland, together with drone delivery company ‘Wing’. As they say: KFC puts a Wing on it.
To raise money for the Notre Dame cathedral, a Virtual Reality experience has been created: Eternal Notre Dame. Great immersive experience to do with groups of friends or children in Paris! And in America, a festival dedicated to Hard Seltzers travels around: Seltzerland.
A new wine store, Half Full, in Amsterdam, that prefers quality over quantity and only sells half bottles of wine, champagne and more. And restaurant 3 Fils in Dubai is the first restaurant to be number 1 on the list of ’50 Best Restaurants Middle East and North Africa’.
Bordeaux (France) and Valencia (Spain) are the European capitals of ‘Smart Tourism’ in 2022. And McDonald’s in Japan sell special ‘square burgers‘ wrapped in ‘comic book’ paper.
Vegan and gluten-free concept Wild & The Moon from Paris now also in Amsterdam
8-2-2022
Iconic French food concept with a 100% vegan and gluten-free product range, opens its first Dutch branch at Van Woustraat 138 in Amsterdam. With this, Amsterdam has gained a 100% vegan food concept: the popular Wild & The Moon from Paris has opened its doors on Saturday 22nd of January in the Netherlands for the first time. Lovers of healthy and tasty food can enjoy homemade dishes, fresh cold-pressed juices, and gluten-free delicacies, packed with power food. ‘With this first Dutch Wild & The Moon location, we are setting the tone for a healthy, accessible and stylish lifestyle in Amsterdam. But also, beyond the city!” – Nick Peperkamp, co-founder Wild & The Moon Netherlands.
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