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These Quick Tips Will Make Special Events the Best
Guest counts for everything from Easter and Mother’s Day dinners to weddings and corporate events will soar this year after two years of pandemic pivots. Are you ready for some fresh ideas to ramp up what could be a record year? Here are five smart tips that will wow guests with your on-trend offerings. Tip 1. Comfort Foods are In
7 Smart Tips for Boosting Your Catering Business In 2022!
Set Your Business Apart From All The Rest with These Smart Tips Industry experts say that in 2021 the catering business cashed in $6.5 billion in sales*. That number was up by 66% over the pandemic year of 2020 but still 60% below the industry’s best year in 2019 of $10.7 billion. These numbers add up to every caterer searching
Your Hot Tips for Cool ‘22 Banquets and Events
Attention to detail always impresses guests at special events. Personalized Details Are More Important Than Ever Before The joy of guests getting dressed up for special banquets, weddings, and events is returning with a vengeance for 2022. Yet, as you prepare your plans for a record year, it’s time for a brush up on what’s trending from a customer’s perspective.
Get on Board with the Top Menu Trends For 2022
Near the top of the list of menu trends for 2022 is a perennial favorite for shared appetizers, the charcuterie board. Here’s what Flavor & The Menu’s Top 10 Trends edition for the new year has to say about the winning menu item. “Charcuterie addresses the snacking trend driven by changing consumer behaviors, offering savory options for anytime eating. It
One Butter Sauce = Scores of Menu Applications
What if you could save labor and speed service to your tables by adding just one item to your next distributor order? Better yet, what if that item was the base for creating sauces for scores of flavorful additions to entrees, sides, and desserts on your menu? Then get to know Quik-Creations® Butter Sauce. 94% of all menus in the
Our Labor-Saving Flavored Butters & Sauces. 3 Ways To Craveability.
#1 Flavored Butters Consistently craveable flavors that save on labor and speed service is a smart solution. Butterball® Farms has perfected custom flavored butters in a variety of forms and packaging. Imagine a garlic herb butter that compliments any signature burger, or your center-of-the plate grilled chicken or steak finished with a pre-portioned dollop. You could also use our lemon
Here’s 3 Easy Ways To Heat Up Your Menu
First it was a pandemic. Then, a mad rush back into your restaurants amidst a labor crunch. Isn’t it about time something came easy? Butterball® Farms has three easy ways to differentiate your menu with extraordinary flavor quickly and easily. #1. Flavored Dollops Transform seafood with a craveable combination of citrus and herb flavored dollops. Flavored dollops eliminate the time
Craveable, Labor-Saving Flavored Dollops Are Here
How do you maintain the traffic and sales of a historic 2020? By focusing on flavor and convenience for your customers. Butterball® Farms’ flavored dollops are a solution. From prepared meals and deliciously easy add-ons to your fresh meat, seafood, and deli departments, flavored dollops offer multiple applications. Lucia Falek leads development and quality system efforts at Butterball Farms. “Yes,
Honey + Butter? A Winner PC Is Ready To Roll.
Just the term “buttered” turns heads on a menu. Datassential says that “buttered” as a term on U.S. menus is up 12.4% just since 2017. Now, add the words “honey butter” to a menu and the number skyrockets to 39%! We are talking a cravable delight for operators and their patrons, and Butterball® Farms has just announced that 5 gram
Labor-Saving, Crave-Starting Flavored Dollops Are Here.
One of the casualties of the pandemic has been the lack of a labor pool to handle the wave of customers who are returning to their favorite restaurants. Instead of closed doors and food in cardboard for delivery, there are long wait times for dine-in customers while there’s not enough staff to handle the crowds. So, how do you elevate
Here Are Top Trending Breads and Butters For 2021!
Bread is back in a big way as patrons return to clubs and resorts in 2021. The ultimate comfort food, the ability to serve up artisan breads that are perfectly paired with a butter for weddings, banquets, or traditional dining is well-timed to greet the new normal. Atop bread boards or in baskets accompanied by an assortment of butters, oils
Cut Down on Food Waste and Save BIG with Individual Butter Portions
Each year, U.S. restaurants waste an estimated 22 to 33 billion pounds of food, according to a report by the environmental advocacy group National Resources and Defense Council. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) reports that by 2030, wasted food will account for approximately $1.5 trillion in lost revenue. Aside from optimizing your food costs, reducing waste is one of the
Buttering Up Consumers in Frozen Vegetables
Flavored butter dollops are an easy way to add flavor to heat and serve vegetables. Flavoring Veggies A Key to Continued Category Growth Frozen vegetables sales grew during a year of pandemic by more than 15%*. How will the $3 billion category continue its rise in a post-pandemic environment? One opportunity is to make frozen vegetables’ flavor even better with
What’s Next For Adding Upscale Flavor In 2021?
Custom Butters Are A Key Ingredient Sales of refrigerated and frozen products skyrocketed during the pandemic as consumers sought easy ways to serve up restaurant-quality meals. Maintaining sales growth in a post-pandemic environment will hinge on cravable flavor. That’s where Butterball® Farms’ custom flavored butters, sauces and dollops can add significant value. Lucia Falek leads development and quality system efforts
How Guests Will Know That You’ve Thought of Everything This Year
Booking dates and venues for 2021 are filling up as vaccinations continue and the pandemic subsides. To make events memorable (even Instagrammable), your ability to easily make guests feel that you’ve thought of everything can help multiply your business. We have an idea… delicious & creamy, shaped butters! As consumers have missed in-person dining and special events during COVID, their
Clean Label Flavored Butters Poised To Upscale CPG Food Products In 2021
If CPG food processor R&D teams have clean label foods on their priority list, don’t forget flavored butters. They represent one of the most promising opportunities for CPG brands in 2021. The healthy halo and appealing flavor of a garlic herb or a honey butter can instantly add value without compromising profitability. Flavored dollops are ideal for imparting flavor atop
What Are The Big Catch Sales Opportunities For 2021?
2020 was the year when consumers tried their hands at serving more seafood to their families and they loved it! Helping them overcome the anxiety of how to prepare seafood and a significant increase in selling prepared meals by retailers earn much of the credit. In 2020, fresh seafood sales growth outpaced fresh meat and produce in store perimeters! IRI,
Seafood. Poised Atop An Immunity-Boosting Food Mega Trend For 2021
New vaccines hold the promise of a hopeful end to COVID, but a mega trend built by the pandemic will remain. Consumer attitudes toward the benefits of functional foods have shifted from added energy and weight control to immunity-boosting. It is a significant opportunity for seafood. 85%* of consumers will continue to look for functional foods even after the pandemic
Unlocking The Secrets To Selling More Shellfish
Convenience & Flavor Are Key Yearlong They say that months that end in “r” are the best for shellfish, but convenience and flavor are never out of season for consumers. That’s why prepared meals and meal kits at retailers are driving increased sales of shellfish. Retailer Fresh Shrimp Meal w/ Scampi Butter & Fettucine Combining some cooked pasta with some
Easy Flavor Drives the Crave in Seafood’s Growth
A quick way to increase your shopper’s market basket COVID created a fresh opportunity for retailers and processors to boost sales of fresh seafood to their customers. Evidence came as a 51% increase in frozen seafood sales through May 31, 2020 but only a 26% increase in fresh. Overall, the average American shopper consumes 112 pounds of poultry and 111