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Time to get ready for National Pasta Month!

By: | On: August 15, 2018 | Category: Good To Know

October 1st marks the official start of the best month of the year — National Pasta Month (NPM)! We saw some magnifico celebrations last year, with special LTO menu items and promotions taking advantage of excitement for one of America’s favorite comfort foods…pasta! The Buca di Beppo sweepstakes for a... more

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Good to Know: 2018 Foodservice and Menu Trends

By: | On: March 8, 2018 | Category: Good To Know, Trending Now

At the start of every year, the season for food trend predictions peaks. Here are some of the ones we found most compelling: Restaurant Business gives a restaurant industry outlook for 2018 Sodexo chefs name 5 food trends for 2018 Mintel discusses how iGens are setting new expectations for restaurants... more

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Good To Know: 2017 Foodservice and Menu Trends

By: | On: January 31, 2017 | Category: Good To Know, Trending Now

As at the start of every year, it’s the season for food trend predictions. Here are some of the ones we found most compelling: NRN’s food editor Bret Thorn’s trend forecast for 2017 Datassential’s Mike Kostyo lists 15 ingredients to watch Restaurant Business with a nice summary of the top... more

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The Power of Pasta Month

By: | On: November 18, 2016 | Category: Good To Know

In case you missed it, October was National Pasta Month! We at Barilla did our part to mark the occasion, and celebrated it with a number of our restaurant partners, big and small, and all across the country. From local NorCal favorite, Mary’s Pizza Shack, to Louisiana’s Copeland’s Cheesecake Bistro,... more

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Barilla In the Windy City

By: | On: November 18, 2016 | Category: Good To Know

  In September, Barilla brought together a select group of chefs from a variety of foodservice operations from across the country to our new North American headquarters outside of Chicago, for an immersion into the latest culinary trends, from regional Italian to healthier cuisine. It’s all in keeping with our mission to... more

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In the News: Pasta Doesn’t Make You Fat!

By: | On: August 4, 2016 | Category: Good To Know

If you think you’ve noticed your guests having more enthusiasm for their pasta order lately, it’s not your imagination! Social media and the media in general have been abuzz lately with the news that a recent study of over 23,000 Italians found pasta consumption was inversely related to a decreased... more

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