Restaurant prices in the United States are rising faster than grocery prices, and the gap is squeezing the country's largest fast-food chains. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, restaurant prices rose 3.5% in September from a year earlier.
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A new analysis of federal trade and agriculture data ranks New York seventh among U.S. states for exposure to food imports, with the state bringing in just over $13.1 billion in food and beverage products annually, or 6.1% of the national total.
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Honest Greens, a restaurant chain founded in Barcelona in 2017, is preparing to open its first location in Málaga, on Tomás Heredia street in the Soho neighborhood at the corner with Barroso street. The company has not announced a specific opening date.
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Ten resorts across the country are now marketing vacations built around the kitchen rather than the pool, with on-site farms, working ranches and tasting menus standing in for the usual spa-and-golf pitch.
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India's food safety regulator is widening its scrutiny from individual products to the entire food supply chain, a shift that could raise compliance costs and cause operational delays for food companies, restaurants, and quick-commerce platforms, according to a Jefferies report published Thursday.
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Restaurants across India are shrinking portions, trimming menus and preparing price increases as input costs climb 15 to 25 percent in recent months.
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Vietnamese restaurants and bars are seeing a sustained shift away from alcohol, with 41% reporting rising demand for non-alcoholic or low-alcoholic drinks, according to Marriott International's "Future of Food 2027" report, released October 6.
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Ahead of World Food Day on Friday, street food vendors across Chennai are reworking traditional recipes around millets and natural ingredients, as entrepreneurs and social media influencers add new wellness-focused eateries to the city's food map.
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Four restaurants that have anchored Philippine dining for decades, some for half a century or more, trace their survival to the same basic habit: changing the menu, or the business, while keeping whatever made customers come back in the first place.
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Japan's food and drink makers are shifting strategy as the anti-ageing supplement market, long a reliable growth engine, becomes saturated, according to an analysis of the sector published Monday.
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A report from Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Friends of the Earth Europe, IPES-Food and the Association of Ethical Shareholders argues that corporate concentration is a core reason the world's food systems are failing to feed people sustainably and affordably, and says the globe is entering its fourth wave of food price crises in 20 years. The report, titled "Agribusiness Atlas," finds that three corporations control 56% of the global seed market and says those companies create barriers for farmers through the commercialisation of hybrid seeds and patent restrictions.
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Restaurant and cafe bills in the Netherlands are set to rise 4.5% in 2027, according to the FoodService Institute Netherlands. FSIN director Patrick Bramer expects a difficult year, though he said consumers have not yet pulled back on spending, even as higher prices have made them more critical of what they pay for.
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Islands magazine has published an unranked roundup of the world's most renowned food festivals, evaluating entrants on attendance, media recognition, celebrity involvement, and cultural weight.
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Switzerland's plant-based food companies are retooling around restaurants and manufacturers rather than supermarket shelves, after several years of growth in meat-substitute sales gave way to a decline in 2025.
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Beef prices have risen significantly, and mySA reported Friday that the "big four beef producers" are capturing much of the money while farmers see little of the profit.
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Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food programme has reached more than 115,000 people in the UK, Australia and the US since its launch in 2008, according to the chef's foundation.
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Hoi An's chicken rice traces back to Chinese migration into Central Vietnam, where Hainanese traders settled between the late 16th and early 18th centuries and left their mark on the town's architecture, including the Hainan Assembly Hall on Tran Phu Street.
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Marriott International's "Future of Food 2027" report, published October 6 in Ho Chi Minh City, found that demand for low and non-alcoholic drinks is rising across Vietnam while sales of spirits, cocktails and wine fall. The report drew on feedback from chefs and beverage staff at 284 Marriott hotels in 20 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, excluding China.
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A study published Thursday by the Good Food Institute India found that 94 percent of Indian consumers surveyed are willing to try cultivated meat, the lab-grown product made from animal cells rather than slaughtered livestock. The research, titled "Cultivated Meat in India: Consumer Awareness, Perceptions, Drivers & Barriers," drew on eight focus group discussions and 414 online interviews with urban, affluent non-vegetarian and flexitarian consumers aged 18 to 44 in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad.
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Bianca Monley quit her job as a waitress in October with $100 to her name and a Bondi apartment, setting out to start a meal delivery service. The Australian, then 21, began by cooking for 10 gym friends.
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