Top Restaurant Trends Provide Ample Opportunities for Produce
Originally printed in the January 2018 issue of Produce Business. Each fall the National Restaurant Association works with the American Culinary Federation to develop the… Read More
Amy-Myrdal Miller
Challenging the Status Quo of What Children Eat in Restaurants
When I worked for Westlake Village, CA-based Dole Food Company, running the company’s 5-A-Day Kids program, everyone thought kids would only eat baby carrots. Imagine… Read More
Addressing Food Waste in Foodservice
Every produce professional understands the business impact of shrink; it shrinks potential profit. But if a customer buys the produce, either in retail or foodservice,… Read More
A Strategic Approach to Introducing Produce Items to Large Foodservice Operations
Putting more produce on the plate has been a long-time goal for members of The Culinary Institute of America Healthy Menus R&D Collaborative. In fact,… Read More
Plant-Based Versus Plant-Forward Menus: Is There A Difference?
I have often written in this column that our words matter. How we talk about our businesses and our products matter. Many in the foodservice… Read More
How To Sell Produce To A Foodservice Buyer/Part III
This is the third of a three-part series looking at the unique challenges both small and large foodservice operations face in getting product into their… Read More
How to Sell Produce to a Chef/Part II
In my last column, I provided recommendations for selling produce to chefs in independent restaurants or small chains. In this column, I focus on the… Read More
How to Sell Produce to a Chef/Part I
This is the first of a three-part series looking at the unique challenges both small and large foodservice operations face in getting product onto menus.… Read More
Should the Produce Industry Care About Protein?
I recently engaged in a heated argument with a well-known campus dining leader. We were talking about plant-forward trends on college campuses and his Gen-Z… Read More
Healthy Eating in Restaurants: Barriers and Opportunities
In mid-February I attended the Sacramento Business Journal Healthcare Leadership Forum, where a panel of chief executives of major hospitals, insurance companies and managed care… Read More