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11 Hottest Food & Beverage Trends for 2015

Tech is the Trend of the Year, and Next Year, Too◦ “front-facing technology” (ex. Clouds Brewing, Chili’s) ◦ Mobile ordering and order customization◦ Drivers of technology trends:

◦ Millennials- customize, customize, customize◦ Rising labor costs tied to health care and living-wage advocacy

◦ Google Glass ◦ Face recognition◦ Virtual gastro-tour

11 Hottest Food & Beverage Trends for 2015

Pre-Paying for Your Non-Cancellable Dinner◦ Tech-enabled pay-for-tables systems

◦ Enhances cash flow◦ Cuts out excessive inventory w/ guaranteed house-count

◦ Yield-management/revenue-maximizing software◦ Menus varying by levels of demand

Oysters R Everywhere◦ Cheap due to detoxing bays, inlets and tidal basins

11 Hottest Food & Beverage Trends for 2015

Our Restless Palate Syndrome◦ Beyond kale- celery root, parsnips, and kohlrabi◦ Seaweed beyond sushi- punch of umami ◦ Beyond Sriracha- more sweet-spicy sauces and condiments◦ Beyond sweetened yogurt- Butternut squash, beet, carrot, and

tomato ◦ Beyond salsa- hummus without boarders◦ Beyond bacon◦ Beyond beer- Michelada◦ Beyond beyond◦ Artisan toast!

11 Hottest Food & Beverage Trends for 2015 Big Shifts in Boozing

◦ Sharable punches◦ Herbal liqueurs◦ Whackadoodle hybrids ◦ Soda fountain crashes the bar◦ Vodka cedes the throne

Soft Drinks Lose Some Fizz and Other Non-Alcohol Trends

◦ ABC: Anything but Cola◦ Next-gen coffee shops◦ The future of juicing

11 Hottest Food & Beverage Trends for 2015 More Big Outsiders Crowding the Restaurant Space

◦ Restaurants in department stores ◦ Order-it-today/get-it-today meal kits for easy home cooking…and

branded meal delivery services from Google, Amazon and new startups

Chefs Abandoning Four-Star Dining

Say Hello to Neurograstronomy

The Death Bell Tolls for Tipping

Waiter! What’s That Fly Doing in My Soup?

Buzzwords for 2015• Pistachios are the nut of the year.

• Pimm’s Cup #1 is coming back.

• Iced lattes, boozed or not.

• Upscaling ever spicier ramen noodles, Japanese or cross-cultural.

• Shaved ice desserts.

• ‘Nduja.

• Flavored salts.

• Fermented (not quick-pickled) food.

‘Nduja

Pimm’s #1

Buzzwords for 2015

• Savory ice creams and yogurts.

• More bitter, balancing richness.

• Clashing flavor combinations.

• Fewer over-oaked chardonnays.

• Night markets, building on food truck rodeos

• Drink local.

Savory ice cream

Night markets

Buzzwords for 2015• Don’t-waste-food campaigns gaining

traction.

• More attempts at Jewish delis and Jewish mashups.

• More protein being sold at breakfast.

• Insects in your protein bar.

• New focus on plant-based proteins.

• Rapid upscaling of fast-cas newcomers will test maximum price levels.

• Savory waffles and waffle sandwiches.

• Matcha.

Matcha

Fast Casual

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Jerky: The Paleo Snack Ancient Grains Go Mainstream