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Restaurants and catering PR works best when expertise answers a real reader question. This page brings together news opportunities relevant to restaurants and caterers and hospitality operators. Focus your commentary on menu decisions, staffing and customer experience. Choose a story below, or submit a brief based on your own informed observations.

News opportunities for your commentary

Published 2026-09-14

Catering is a fast-growing revenue channel. Is your packaging ready?

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Nation's Restaurant News reports on this development. Read the source and add your perspective on what it means for your industry.

Consider: What does this development mean for businesses or customers in restaurants and catering?

Published 2026-09-14

Flatbread sandwich specialist Così to license its brand as a virtual catering menu

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Yahoo Finance reports on this development. Read the source and add your perspective on what it means for your industry.

Consider: What does this development mean for businesses or customers in restaurants and catering?

Published 2026-09-14

Revealed: The 2026 Top 30 Movers & Shakers: Catering

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Fast Casual published its 2026 Top 30 Movers & Shakers: Catering report, framing catering as a rapidly growing engine for brand loyalty and scale. The piece highlights innovators reshaping off-premise dining with new fulfillment technology, kitchen logistics, and menu concepts aimed at catering occasions, and promotes a related Restaurant Catering Workshop event.

Consider attending focused industry events or reviewing peer case studies to learn operational and tech approaches for scaling catering profitably.

Consider: Which specific fulfillment technologies or kitchen changes have proven most effective for operators moving from ad-hoc trays to scaled catering offerings?

Published 2026-09-04

Del Taco Expands Catering Business as Part of Comeback Plan

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QSR magazine reports on this development. Read the source and add your perspective on what it means for your industry.

Consider: What does this development mean for businesses or customers in restaurants and catering?

Published 2026-09-15

This Restaurant Rocks (No, Literally)

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Eater reporter Bettina Makalintal documents a design trend in New York City restaurants and cafes where large natural stones and boulders are being installed as statement interior elements. Examples described include Gem Home, Rhythm Zero, and Pizza 4P’s, with stones repurposed as host stands, benches, and structural accents integrated into layouts.

Consider whether unconventional heavy natural elements could affect seating layouts, accessibility, cleaning, and insurance needs in your space.

Consider: Have you evaluated how adding large, immovable décor pieces would affect guest flow, ADA compliance, and cleaning protocols in your dining room?

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Explain what a development means, who it affects and what they should consider next. Your commentary can be recorded or typed, then reviewed before submission.

Who can contribute: Restaurants; caterers; hospitality operators.

An example to adapt

For a story affecting restaurants and catering, explain one practical consequence connected to menu decisions. Identify the audience affected, the decision they face and what your professional experience helps them understand. Include a specific example you can substantiate; avoid turning a personal observation into a claim about the entire industry.

Use examples only when they reflect your own informed view. You can also bring your own announcement or news brief.

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