Welcome to Food Week November 22. A truncated version this week due to travel and vacation, Uncertainty is the order of the day with the coming regime change Importantly I could have use umlauts twice this week, Enjoy and good luck making that turkey taste like something.
MACRO
- Fed says debt is now a bigger risk to the economy to inflation.
- Will fresh produce become a target for tariffs.
RETAIL AND CONSUMER
- Instacart CEO says whole grocery tech sector is under-valued. Because he would never say otherwise
- The great Ginger Ale swindle.
- Why are Tropicana consumers so whiny?
RESTAURANTS AND FOODSERVICE
- Evergreen story: Top 100 restaurants by revenue.
- McDonald’s adds new value meals to help repair damage from eColi outbreak
- Private Equity firms have a checkered past with restaurant acquisitions. Nonetheless Blackstone acquires Jersey Mike’s.
- Dynamic pricing is the anti-Happy Hour
FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN
- The Farm Bill held up by Senators from pork producing states still trying to reverse California’s proposition 12.
- Lab-grown foie gras. If it is anything close to the real thing I am in.
- Climate change threatens Parma ham.
DRINKS
- A glossary of terms for Bourbon
- Malort grows out of its Chicago base. I have tried and tried to find a secondary use for it but the liqueur really just needs to be straight with a beer handy.
- You can ask for a Campari and orange juice or you could ask for a Garibaldi. You will get the same thing
FOOD WEEK November 22 LAGNIAPPE
- The fact that the dietary supplement industry is excited about HHS nominee RFK Jr says a lot about the supplement industry.
- Sweet potatoes are close to a miracle food – healthy, delicious, versatile. The 6 best foods to boost your immune system. And I got news for you: white bread is not healthy no matter what brand you buy.
- The whole Turkey the nation, turkey the bird muddle, explained.
- Nashville Hot chicken Lays sounds awesome.