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Investopedia
Remember when consumers might walk down the grocery store aisle picking up their kids' favorite sugary cereal brands, a liter of sugary soda and an easy packaged meal for the family dinner? With millennials becoming the most influential group of shoppers, they are increasingly likely to be found around local farmer's markets, ordering online for food delivery, opting for alternative, trendy protein snacks over traditional meals and paying a premium for healthy, eco-friendly options.
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NAC
June Jo Lee is a Food Ethnographer, user experience designer and future fresh forecaster. On Thursday, July 13 at 9 a.m., attendees of the 2017 NAC Concession and Hospitality Expo will hear this food expert present, "Millennials and Generation Z Appetites within an American Food Renaissance". The Expo is slated for July 11-14 at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess in Scottsdale, Arizona
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NAC
There are now two great scholarships available for qualifying first year attendees of The Concession and Hospitality Expo. NAC is pleased to present the President's Expo Scholarship and the Joe Chabot Memorial Expo Scholarship. Each Scholarship Package includes full registration to the Concession & Hospitality Expo, Three night's hotel accommodations at the NAC host hotel and a stipend of up to $300 to be used for transportation to the convention location.
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NAC
NAC will be placing advertisements in the 2017 Expo Program Guide distributed to all attendees of the Concession & Hospitality Expo in Scottsdale and mailed to all new members throughout the year. Your Ads may be general in nature; or congratulatory ads to Joe Joyce, CCM, Director of Food & Beverage for PlayhouseSquare who has been named the 2017 Mickey Warner Award Recipient. Joe will be honored at the Annual Membership Meeting at the Expo on Thursday, July 13.
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Join the impressive list of Vendors who have already signed for the 2017 NAC Concession & Hospitality Trade Show. The show will be Wednesday, July 12 (1–4 p.m.) and Thursday, July 13 (2–4 p.m.) at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess in Scottsdale, Arizona and is open to full and tabletop displays. The entire Expo will run from July 11-14.
For more information and to reserve your booth, click here to download the EXPO TRADE SHOW FLYER.
The Expo Committee is busy putting together a value packed schedule and details are starting to emerge. Visit our Expo page on naconline.org to get updates on the schedule and an already impressive lineup of speakers.
Room reservations at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Hotel are now online!
NAC
NAC is pleased to welcome new members:
Keith Kilgore
of VGM Client Rewards
Luis Ginestra
of Silverspot Cinema
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Reason
FDA enforcement of its absurd rules governing mandatory calorie menu labeling, passed in 2010 as part of Obamacare, is set to begin on May 5, after years of delays.
In 2015, the FDA delayed implementing the rules until December 2016, after the presidential election. At the time, The Hill speculated that a new "Republican president could choose to scrap the rule altogether."
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FoodBev.com
Mars Chocolate has launched a new M&M's ice cream bar to capitalize on growing interest in the frozen novelty format ahead of summer.
The new 2.64oz ice cream bar is individually wrapped and will feature pieces of M&M's milk chocolate candy, along with reduced-fat vanilla ice cream and a milk chocolate coating.
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Newser
Al Braun started what was to be a 90-day temporary gig at a Bryan, Ohio, candy factory in 1969. It turned into something with a little more staying power. Braun recently ended his 48-year career with the Spangler Candy Company, maker of Dum Dums and other popular candies. His start was making bubble gum cigarettes, but for the last 25 years he's worked as a Dum Dums bagger operator, overseeing the machine that bags the pops. 13ABC reports the factory pumps out about 12 million pops per production day, for a total of 2.5 billion a year; Braun played a part in the production of more than 50 billion of them.
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Tasting Table
Ever find yourself wanting to indulge in a bowl of spaghetti while holding hands with your significant other on a sunny day? OK, we usually don't either, but we would've been pairing the two activities a lot sooner if we had spaghetti doughnuts.
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Thrillist
Little novelty helmets filled with soft serve? This isn't the 1980s. Peanuts and Cracker Jack? This isn't the 1890s. These days, vendors at Major League Baseball stadiums are engaged in an unofficial arms race to see who can craft the most outrageous stunt food. We're not complaining. What's more satisfying than watching athletically gifted humans run around in the hot sun as you kick back and eat massive chunks of cookie dough? The only answer to that question: reading about crazy baseball stadium foods appearing at a ballpark near you this season.
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The Hollywood Reporter
The increase was fueled by titles including "Beauty and the Beast," "The Lego Batman Movie," "Kong: Skull Island" and "Get Out."
The average cost of going to the movies in North America hit another record high in the first quarter of 2017, or $8.84, according to the National Association of Theater Owners.
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USAgNet
California's farmers have been plagued by drought in recent years but the problem in 2017 is too much rain. That has squeezed U.S. salad supplies, and it may be weeks before supermarket shelves are fully stocked again.
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By Catherine Iste
Are you a leader who spends a lot of time managing people, projects and goals? Or are you the one who drives and motivates others yet are not officially recognized as a leader? Everyone — from long-tenured employees with institutional knowledge to entrepreneurs, small business owners and those new or returning to the workforce — often performs a variety of roles to address the needs of the organization. But who is a leader and who is a manager? Here are three ways to tell.
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