Waking up to a notification on your phone that you’ve been potentially in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID is definitely not an ideal situation. Restaurateur Alison MacKenna experienced just that....
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Alex Cioppa is a freelance writer in Toronto, Canada. She writes about food, beauty and lifestyle, and travel. She has an insatiable appetite.
Photos by Daphne Guyo As the foodservice industry reckons with the effects of COVID-19, it’s also in a state of introspection as social justice issues have been brought to the forefront in a...
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A passion for food, eating well, and cooking is what drives most chefs and restaurateurs. Unfortunately, though, a love for delicious dishes isn’t enough to keep a restaurant afloat. Restaurants have thin margins,...
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Emily Pearce, Founder & President of Femmes du Vin’s words on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the foodservice industry, especially on women in foodservice, are striking, though not exactly shocking: “The...
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All photos via @nunufusion, Instagram When a restaurant is touted to be a favourite of Jake Gyllenhaal and counts Idris Elba among its customers, I trust that the menu does not disappoint. Nunu...
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Growing up in Toronto’s Corso Italia area, Saturdays were spent at the Piccininni Community Centre for swimming or ballet, followed by a ‘latte’ and cannoli at Tre Mari Italian Bakery. Of course, being...
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Session #10 of the Rapid Recovery Series, one of our most exciting sessions, was the CEO Panel that centered itself around ‘Driving Business Forward’, presented by Garland Canada and sponsored by PepsiCo Foodservice...
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As recent surveys from Restaurants Canada have demonstrated, consumer demand has shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Restaurants Canada, on a year-over-year basis, supper traffic at full-service restaurants fell by 51% in...
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As Canadians continue to socially distance, and wearing masks becomes the norm, Paramount Fine Foods has opened Toronto’s first fully-automated restaurant called Box’d. Box’d officially opened on June 19th, 2020 and it’s not...
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Session #9: Leveraging the Supply Chain for the Future, moderated and sponsored by Gordon Food Service, brought together commodity groups and food distributors to discuss the current interruptions and issues we’re experiencing, in...
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