Leaving Corporate America: What To Do Instead, Leveraging Your Skills If you have worked in a corporate job for decades and you’re looking to see what’s next, you’re not alone. The Great Resignation was propagated by waves of workers who quit their blue-or-white-collar jobs in search of something better. That term “better” has a myriad [...]

Fast Casual Industry In 2022: Trends & Challenges The fast casual industry is the sweet spot in restaurants, providing the best of both worlds. It’s a combination of higher quality, fresher food, served quickly without the option of full-service dining. It’s a unique concept that provides a relaxed experience for the customer. There is limited [...]

12 Healthy Food Business Ideas: Profitable with Low-Investments It’s pretty basic “Business 101” that tells entrepreneurs looking to start a business that it’s important to invest where there is consumer demand that can support your investment. Food is always a good option—we all gotta eat, after all. Good business is also all about following the [...]

The Acai Trend is Still Popular and the Craze Has Only Begun Have you been part of the popular food craze involving the superfruit, the acai (ah-sigh-EE) berry? That craze is nowhere near over. In fact, if anything, the tiny purple fruit is gaining in popularity. The acai berry market was valued at $712 million [...]

Fast Casual Franchise: The Best Franchises for Millennials  The word is out. If you are a millennial, not only is the concept of franchising growing in popularity with your generation, but among the best franchises for millennials are fast casual restaurant concepts. These are food establishments that offer the convenience of quickly prepared food without [...]

Whole Foods Franchise: Break into the Whole Foods Industry The wave of health and wellness is building as more people are interested in eating right and living a healthy lifestyle. When it comes to healthy food options, people want foods that are nutritious, delicious and sustaining to fuel their bodies. Health-conscious people are trying to [...]

Food Transparency Trend: Why It's Important to Consumers If you provide any food service to consumers these days, food transparency is essential. Food transparency has become the new normal and is a crucial part of building up brand loyalty and keeping customers happy. Consumers are well-educated and well-informed health-conscious folks. As a restaurant owner, it’s [...]

Cafe Franchise: Best Opportunities Thinking about opening a food franchise? There are endless possibilities. More and more investors are looking at the benefits of a café-style restaurant. A café is simply defined as a restaurant that does not offer table service. Customers order their food from a counter and they either pick it up when [...]

Juice Bar Business Plan: How to Open a Juice Bar Juice bars offer fresh squeezed fruit juices to customers looking for a nutrient rich drink. According to WebMD, both juicing and blending smoothies can offer several health benefits since they can help you fit in more servings of healthy fruits and veggies every day. Both [...]

Smoothie Truck or Mobile Juice Bar Business: Pros and Cons  We all seem to be looking for ways to increase our fruit and vegetable intake as a way to naturally consume all the essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals we can. Call it a shift in health and wellness from the pandemic, a push from our [...]