The APEC Summit 2012, which was held in Vladivostok from 2 to 9 September 2012, was one of last year's most widely discussed events in Russia. CorpusGroup, the country's largest catering operator, was in charge of the catering arrangements for the summit participants. The mission was to provide exquisite catering for 5,500 delegates from 21 countries, including state leaders, on an island connected to the mainland by one single bridge. Report by Julia Matveeva, Editor-in-Chief of ‘Foodservice', the Russian trade magazine. | more |
Artisanal ice-cream makers emphatically insist that their product does notjust taste better than mass-produced ice cream. Freshly made – often on a dailybasis – from all natural ingredients and without any artificial additives, it is evenclaimed to be healthier. Today’s consumers increasingly appreciate the inherentpremium quality promise and feel particularly comfortable with local sourcing,organic quality and seasonality. |
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Beer is one of Europe’s favourite beverages, with a long tradition. In recent years, however, the average consumption of beer has been declining in many countries. The market is characterised by continuing concentration on a few brewery giants on the one hand and, on the other, the growing success of thousands of small, independent and individual microbreweries that profit from the consumers’ rising demand for new tastes and specialist beers. |
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Creative approaches to economic pressure abounded at September‘s 13th European Foodservice Summit in Zurich. Under the theme of ‘Ideas. Visions. Creativity’, competitive concepts and strategies presented to the 250 senior executives from 30 countries ranged from emotional architecture, caring capitalism and sustainable sourcing to hybrid retail/foodservice concepts and strategies presented to the 250 senior executives from 30 countries |
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