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McDonald’s Canada is saying goodbye to plastic cutlery (except its McFlurry spoons), stir sticks and straws and replacing them with wooden and paper alternatives by December. This phase-out is occurring at all of the more than 1,400 Canadian locations and ...

Few would dispute that 2020 has been a hellacious year for the foodservice industry, and has shaped new dining trends for 2021. While promises of a vaccine offer hope things will turn around, there’s still a long road to recovery. ...

Well-known U.S. restaurant operator says the industry will come back strong after vaccines are introduced, but with key changes.  by Chris LaMorte - Foodservice Equipment Reports  - Jon Taffer, perhaps best known as the host of U.S. cable TV’s “Bar ...

When Schroeder’s revealed the building’s origins as a beer saloon dating back to 1857, restoring it as a brewery became his goal. When Tom Schroeder decided to buy and restore a historic limestone building at 445 Smith Ave., St. Paul, Minn., ...

Southwest Grill Chain Experiments With Layout to Optimize Flow In a time where many multiunit chains are shrinking kitchens, Moe’s has gone in the opposite direction. Its prototype and test restaurant, The Oasis, which opened November 2018 in Kennesaw, Ga., ...

In Yountville, Calif., Chef Thomas Keller’s award-winning, Michelin-starred The French Laundry restaurant has leapt into its next 20 years of operation with a re-invention/ renovation that spanned four years and cost some $10 million. The resulting project preserved the original, ...