Trends we spotted | Week 16

22-4-2024

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:

• A benefit dinner for ‘Make a Memory’ at Michelin star restaurant EDEN in Valkenswaard, in the south of the Netherlands, on Wednesday May 22^nd.
• Blue Wellness Resorts reaches 5-year milestone. They celebrate this with various offers, also in combination with Fletcher Hotels.
• Fat Phill’s is offering 16 people free burgers for a year for their 5-year anniversary. One person per establishment will stand a chance, read how. The owner, Armin Vahabian, is listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe.
• Heineken is the official main sponsor for the 10th edition of SAIL 2025.
• During the Milan Design Week, in collaboration with US brand Bodega, Heineken launched ‘The Boring Phone’. Created by Human Mobile Devices. A mobile without social media!
• Paris Baguette has launched a special ad ‘Let’s Paris’ in collaboration with a number of Paris Saint-Germain
• Also spotted in Paris: Disco Burgers. Their burgers look tasty and different!
• A special collaboration that we would like to see in the Netherlands too! Fato a Mano, a pizza chain in London is going to sell the Margherita Sbagliata pizza by ‘World’s Best Pizza Chef’, Franco Pepe.
• A special wellness resort, built within a year with a lot of shared details on the Instagram account of Long Lane. An idea of Harrison Hide.
• Also via Instagram: Espresso Martini flights and ‘smores kits at Concorde Espresso Bar in Wilmington North Carolina. Great idea for a summer terrace!
• Walt Disney Studios in Disneyland Paris gets another name after the expansion with a new immersive area of ‘World of Frozen’: Disney Adventure World.

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Heinz Tomato Ketchup Pickle now available in the Netherlands | & Heinz Classic Barbiecue Sauce

19-4-2024

HEINZ introduces a new ketchup with pickle flavour in the Netherlands: Ketchup but with big pickle energy. This Heinz Tomato Ketchup Pickle is now available in supermarkets nationwide. It is the latest flavour from the Heinz Ketchup range here but in the UK and Spain, Heinz is launching the limited-edition Heinz Classic Barbiecue Sauce. A pink, vegan mayo with BBQ sauce!

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Trends we spotted | Week 12

25-3-2024

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:

• Nespresso UK opened on-the-go coffee bar concept in London.
• Subway’s sauces headed to grocery stores in the US.
• Freddy’s launches new TWIX® Salted Caramel Concrete for a limited time.
• Bill banning cultivated meat in Florida is on its way to Gov. Ron DeSantis desk.
• Chick-fil-A is opening a 400 square foot grab-and-go location without registers and seats.
• Locale is a collaboration of small business in Dubai.
• Local collaboration between art gallery / donuts shop COPS and Michelin star restaurant Osteria Giulia in Toronto.
• Ice cream made from cauliflower by eat Kinda.
• Donuts printed by InnaPrint, edible food printer, and they look delicious!
• Check out which restaurants received one or more Michelin stars in France.

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Vegetable & Fruit supplier Van Gelder launches innovative plant-based assortment

22-2-2024

Vegetable & Fruit supplier Van Gelder is really Dutch and at the same time hypermodern. The company delivers fresh fruit and vegetables to hotels and restaurants, hospitals and government agencies throughout the country every day. In addition, consumers can go to the Versmarkt and the Experience Center in Ridderkerk to pick up fresh products and a healthy lunch. The new plant-based assortment is launching this spring. Sustainable and progressive meat and fish substitutes will be produced in-house. From burgers, meatballs, soup balls and lamb to sandwich fillings such as roast beef and smoked salmon, made from vegetables, fermented fava beans, mushrooms and legumes.

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Trends we spotted | Week 06

12-2-2024

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:

• New ‘cathedral of fried chicken’ – restaurant COQODAQ – opened in New York. Great design!
• Clean the World is celebrating 15 years of making the world a better place with sustainable recycling solutions for the hospitality industry.
• From February 29^th to March 3^rd, IKEA will take over 28 Rue de Lappe close to Paris’s Bastille to celebrate the exhibition IKEA+, that will take place during Paris Fashion Week.
• McDonald’s restrooms in Japan have cleaning devices for phones, the WOSH of Wota.
• Stayokay is the first hostel chain in the world to switch completely to bamboo toilet paper from The Good Roll.
• Hobart’s Single Cup Washer allows one reusable cup to be washed in an energy-efficient and hygienic way.
• Exceptional bucket list locations of McDonald’s including the McSki and a beautiful location in Porto.
• 5 new dishes at THE BUTCHER restaurant chain in Amsterdam in collaboration with Frites Atelier.

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Beyond Steak® now available for the hospitality industry in the Netherlands

8-2-2024

Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND), a market leader in plant-based meat, presented the Beyond Steak® in the Netherlands for the first time during the Horecava. This plant-based steak has been available to the hospitality industry since January 24^th. This launch builds on the recent introduction of the Beyond Chicken-Style products. Beyond Meat’s entire range meets the commitment to offer plant-based products/proteins developed to be indistinguishable in taste from animal meat, with the added nutritional and environmental benefits of plant-based meat. Beyond Steak® will soon be available at Hanos and other foodservice outlets. We just tasted it! read more

Trends we spotted | Week 03

23-1-2024

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:

• City of Amsterdam will host a free webinar for local hotels with sustainability leader Clean the World.
• Amstel Rosé | Fruity rosé beer with 4% alcohol
• EUROCAMP expands to over 45,000 mobile homes with VACANSOLEIL assets acquisition
• 35 additional pouring points for Swinkels Family Brewers at the Ramzy Group locations in Amsterdam
• Dutch franchise formula Fat Phill’s opens in London
• Avani hotel & resort makes its debut in Frankfurt, Germany
• Date seed coffee

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Slurping caviar | Boom, you crush the fish eggs in one go

21-12-2023

In English they call it a caviar bump – in Dutch: ‘Slurping caviar’. According to House of Caviar & Fine Foods: the trend of this year. Our colleague Leonie van Spronsen wrote a blog about it in May this year, unfortunately in Dutch. In this blog, she also gave another delicious recipe that should be served on hand, a combination of pata negra and foie gras. Both products must be at the right temperature; fold a slice of the pata negra and place a cube of foie gras on it!   

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Winter magic at the restaurants of The Entourage Group

10-11-2023

We often feature examples of winter magic from abroad on our website, like this week about the ‘Countdown to Christmas’ themed suites at a number of Hilton Hotels and the Christmas initiatives on the grounds of the Biltmore Estate museum. But a lot is happening in the Netherlands around Christmas too! If you are doing something special send a press release to the local press! Hopefully potential guests will read an article about what they can experience at your place. Of course, we always enjoy receiving special press releases as well. From The Entourage Group, for example, we received an overview of what their restaurants are hosting for each holiday. Hopefully their ‘winter magic’ press release will be picked up by the local press in Amsterdam as well. Check out what they organize during the holiday season below.

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Restaurant and bar Ms.Chelin in Amsterdam | Good food without a fuss

7-11-2023

Opening – On November 6th, the restaurant and bar Ms.Chelin opened in the iconic Hans Brinker hostel on the Kerkstraat in Amsterdam. With a playful nod to the culinary guide, they aim to provide good quality without the frills and at an affordable price. The menu features homemade comfort food and original cocktails.

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