Food & Beverage
Putting a Lid on Sky-High Event F&B Costs
With food costs soaring, F&B suppliers are struggling to source affordable meals for clients. Convene spoke with three suppliers about their workarounds to make clients’ events a success, from an economic and gastronomic perspective.
10 Ways to Make an Impact With Your Event F&B
Quick wins do not mean shortcuts, EduCon panelists agreed — making social and environmental impact takes time and planning.
Calling for a Regenerative Business Events Industry
It’s now or never. That stark assessment comes from the scientists who authored the most recent update to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released by the United
3 Trends and Events: Rewilding Spaces, Foraged Cocktails, and Metawork
Wunderman Thompson’s recent trend report, “The Future 100: 2022,” identifies 100 trends across industries. Three of those — rewilding spaces, foraged cocktails, and metawork — already are evident in the events landscape but could become even bigger influences in the future.
A ‘Watershed Moment’ for Events — and the World
How the United Nations’ biggest climate conference — and a critical moment in human history — could change the event industry’s “business as usual” narrative on sustainability.
Raising the Roof on Convention Center Sustainability
The rooftop Farm at the Javits Center will grow 40 different crops and 40,000 pounds of produce annually — all to be incorporated into meals served at events on site.
Event F&B: Sense of Place, on a Plate
Event venues are intentionally partnering with underrepresented local purveyors to make their menus more sustainable and meaningful.
Growing Appetite for Local Ingredients on Event Menus
More event venues are sourcing local ingredients for their menus, resulting in real positives: It supports good health and a community’s economy, and helps the environment in a number of ways.
Going Beyond a Green Event: How to Make Sustainability a Priority
Demonstrating sustainability at your events sends an important message to your stakeholders. But how can you have more of an impact on the industries and professions you serve?
Can Events Serve a Balanced Diet of Safe F&B and Sustainability?
When Sodexo and Centerplate conducted an online survey in November 2020, they asked 202 event and meeting planners what they value when it comes to food and beverage in the
Death of the Buffet and Other Environmental Silver Linings Brought to Us by COVID-19
On the eve of Earth Day, we checked in with two leaders at the organization steering the business events industry towards a new benchmark of sustainability. We asked: Are we more or less focused on sustainable event design a result of the pandemic?
4 Ways the Pandemic is Changing Event F&B
Convening Leaders speakers share strategies to help planners adapt food-and-beverage programs to meet safety requirements — and keep participants happy and well fed.