IHOP’s new line of burritos and bowls has earned it a MenuMasters Award from Nation’s Restaurant News (NRN). MenuMasters awards are given to those who offer “outstanding foodservice research and development” and culminate in the invitation-only MenuMasters event for foodservice executives.

Food & Drink Resources is working with one of our preferred manufacturing vendors – Maple Leaf Foods – to bring you a special one-hour online information session titled “Understanding Gestation Crate Free/Animal Welfare.” We will touch on California’s Prop 12 and what it means for restaurants and food manufacturers looking to source pork products.

FDR’s Co-Founder Scott Randolph has a longstanding relationship with the IHOP restaurant brand and has recently been serving as head of culinary for the organization. Because of that, Scott was featured in a recent production of A&E’s “Tiny House Nation,” which showcased the production of the “Tiny IHOP,” something that’s better seen than explained. Check out this video to see what we mean. Continue reading

Imagine this: Your culinary team is faced with developing a new menu to meet sales goals. The menu is expected to launch in the fall of next year. You have several challenges. Continue reading

The culinary product sales process has changed. It used to be that you could walk into a sales meeting and present a frozen product. Nowadays, it takes a heck of a lot more than that. You need to be prepared to present a variety of applications for your product, none of which include your product in the frozen state. Continue reading

Food & Drink Resources (FDR) is happy to bring Victoria Holloway on board to manage our consumer insights work.  Victoria (Vic for short) has broad experience in market research and has successfully managed mystery shopping programs, CLTs, in-depth interviews, online sample management (domestic and international), data analysis, on-site data collection, database management, survey programming, and has worn many other hats, too.  Continue reading