At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column \u2018Trends we spotted this week\u2019.<\/p>\n
With this week links to articles about amongst other the PINKTOBER campaign<\/strong> from Hard Rock International, this year in collaboration with chef Dominique Crenn. And a social initiative in Rotterdam, ‘Heat and Eat’<\/strong>. <\/em><\/p>\n H\u00f4tel Plaza Ath\u00e9n\u00e9\u00e9 has teamed up with the talented fine art photographer Gray Malin for a photo shoot with dogs, great images on \u2018My Dogs from Paris\u2019<\/strong>! And in San Francisco restaurant Dogue serves a tasting menu for your dog<\/strong>. Some dogs have so much luxury around them. <\/em><\/p>\n Interesting initiative in London where Head Room Caf\u00e9<\/strong> brings awareness and access to mental health support. And ghost kitchen chain Casper<\/strong> from Belgium recently also launched in the Dutch cities The Hague and Rotterdam. <\/em><\/p>\n Last week, the hotels Moxy the Hague<\/strong> and Residence Inn by Marriott the Hague<\/strong> were officially opened, located in the Muzentoren in the city center. And chef Bart De Pooter opened his plant-based restaurant WILDn<\/strong> at the Sapphire House Antwerp. <\/em><\/p>\n The last week of September New York enjoyed \u2018La vie en rose\u2019 by Maison Valentino<\/strong>, a great example of going \u2018Pink all the way\u2019. And OneThird<\/strong> developed a scanner to determine the ripeness of avocados and received a voucher from the Foundation Together Against Food Waste to test this on the shop floor.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Click on the title if you like to read the full article. Enjoy reading!<\/strong><\/p>\n Hard Rock International continues to support breast cancer awareness and research with its 23rd annual PINKTOBER campaign<\/a>. Taking place throughout the month of October, Hard Rock locations around the world are participating in fundraising efforts supporting the Hard Rock Heals Foundation\u00ae, the charitable arm of Hard Rock\u00ae<\/a>, with proceeds benefiting the American Cancer Society and local charities. Last year, Hard Rock raised over $700,000, representing the largest amount the company has fundraised since the inception of the program back in 2000.<\/p>\n Kicking off this year’s PINKTOBER activities is a special partnership and highly-anticipated dinner series with world-renowned chef and breast cancer survivor, Dominique Crenn<\/a>. Hard Rock will also offer PINKTOBER limited-edition menu items, specially designed merchandise, a song writing contest and more. More details in their press release, link in the title.<\/p>\n Sorry this is a Dutch link but in short: two companies, Hotspot hutspot and talentfabriek010, have launched \u2018Heat and Eat\u2019. Some 20 Heat and Eat restaurants and coffeeshops are already participating in this initiative and any restaurant or coffee shop can join. At these restaurants or coffee shops, the heating is on anyway and you are also welcome without ordering anything. If you are lucky, you will find a free voucher for a cup of coffee or soup, or maybe even a meal, near the cash register. Paid for by someone who can spare it, and is happy to give it to you! This organization is appealing to those who can afford to donate. Every restaurant can join, more information on their website.<\/p>\n The initiative resembles what we also saw a while ago: caffe sospeso<\/a> from Italy and in America the ‘random acts of kindness’ has been a household word in the hospitality industry for years. We even recently wrote about an example from Zaxbys<\/a>.<\/p>\n H\u00f4tel Plaza Ath\u00e9n\u00e9\u00e9<\/a> has teamed up with the talented fine art photographer Gray Malin<\/a> for a photo shoot with dogs. Dogs living the high life in Paris, at their terrace, stairs, balcony\u2019s and in cars right in front of the hotel. Check out the great images in the article in the link in the title. My Dogs of Paris prints really made us smile, check out more limited-edition prints in this series, take a look at the website of Gray Malin.<\/a><\/p>\n Another Dutch article but an interesting initiative, the video below is in English. Dutch people eat about 38 kilotons of avocados per year (source: CBS). According to OneThird,<\/a> about 5.7 kilotons of avocados are wasted annually, before they reach consumers…. OneThird developed a scanner to determine the ripeness of avocados and received a voucher from the Foundation Together Against Food Waste to test this on the shop floor. In an earlier, successful pilot, the avocado scanner was deployed at a large retailer’s distribution center to detect ‘less ripe’, ‘ripe’ and ‘overripe’ batches of avocados. However, the question remains what ripeness consumers want and when they want to use the avocado. By monitoring ripeness in shop and communicating it to customers, OneThird aims to reduce waste. Read the Dutch article on EVMI in the link in the title or watch the video below.<\/p>\nHard Rock International celebrates 23rd annual PINKTOBER campaign by partnering with chef Dominique Crenn<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
Initiative in Rotterdam | ‘Heat and Eat’<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
Gray Malin\u2019s Dogs at H\u00f4tel Plaza Ath\u00e9n\u00e9e | My Dogs of Paris<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
Avocado scanner OneThird gets voucher against food waste <\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n