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Rebecca Connors • August 23, 2026

How Independent Cafés Are Competing with Big Chains

According to Toast’s 2024 Restaurant Trends Report, independent cafés grew 3.2% year over year, even as major chains struggled to maintain the same momentum. At the same time, the National Coffee Association has continued to report strong coffee consumption across the United States, suggesting demand hasn’t disappeared – it’s shifted. For independent cafés, that’s encouraging

Rebecca Connors • August 23, 2026

Ripples’ Design with AI: Turn Guest Ideas Into Shareable Drink Experiences

The best marketing idea in your venue right now might come from a guest, not your team. With ‘Design with AI’, Ripples’ new feature in the Ripples Web App for customers with the Advanced Design Plan, guests can describe what they want to see on their drink – whether it’s a birthday message, a funny

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Rebecca Connors • August 19, 2026

Your Regulars Don’t Need Another Discount. They Need Recognition.

Pursuing more loyal customers, café owners launch loyalty apps, print a punch card, offer another “Buy 9, Get the 10th Free” deal. There’s nothing wrong with rewards, but do these tactics create loyal customers, or simply reward people who were already coming back? According to the National Coffee Association‘s 2024 National Coffee Data Trends report,

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Rebecca Connors • August 18, 2026

Ripples’ Live Scores: Make Your Venue the Place to Watch Every Game

Live sports create some of the most valuable moments for bars, restaurants, hotels, cafés, and hospitality venues. Every goal, touchdown, end of a quarter, or final score is a moment when guests gather together at your venue, order another round, take out their phones, and become part of the atmosphere around them. Ripples Live Scores

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Noy Kalm • August 2, 2026

How ‘Intentional Espresso’ Turns Coffee Into an Interactive Brand Experience

The team at Intentional Espresso, a specialty coffee catering company based in the Pacific Northwest, knows that the best events stay with people long after they end. That’s why they designed their coffee bar to create moments that feel personal, intentional, and worth talking about. Owned by Randy Matheny and co-owned by Katie Matheny, Intentional

Customer Stories

Rebecca Connors • July 28, 2026

How Astro Coffee Turns Coffee Into an Event Experience

At a great event, the details guests remember are often the moments that feel personal, unexpected, and worth sharing. For Astro Coffee, a family-owned mobile coffee company based in Golden, Colorado, coffee creates an opportunity to deliver all three. Owned by Lisa Huron and Steven Schillaci, Astro Coffee operates a fleet of coffee carts, trailers,

Customer Stories

Rebecca Connors • July 21, 2026

Recipe: Tropical Mango Matcha Cold Foam

This Summer mango matcha latte is a striking, easy-to-make layered drink that pairs sweet mango purée with earthy matcha and a thick foam cap ready for printing, perfect for summer menus, brunch service, or any venue that wants a colorful, shareable signature drink. Ingredients The mango purée base: 100 g (3.5 oz) mango, fresh or

Drink Recipes with the Ripple Maker

Rebecca Connors • July 21, 2026

Recipe: Sunny Limoncello Cocktail

This Sunny Limoncello cocktail recipe is pure summer in a glass: bright lemon and limoncello shaken cold, finished with a thick foam cap that holds a print through the last sip. It’s light, citrus-flavored, and built for long evenings outside, rooftop pours, garden parties, or a poolside menu that needs a signature drink guests remember.

Drink Recipes with the Ripple Maker

Rebecca Connors • July 19, 2026

The Lesson Many Food & Beverage Businesses Learn Too Late

Food and beverage businesses are usually managed through things that can be measured: costs, staffing, inventory, speed of service, menu performance, waste, reviews, and repeat visits. All of that matters. A business cannot survive without strong operations. But customers do not experience a business through its spreadsheet. They remember how the place made them feel.

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Rebecca Connors • July 19, 2026

How Restaurants and Bars Can Win More Summer Travelers

Summer has always been a critical season for restaurants; this year presents a unique opportunity. According to research by the National Restaurant Association, travel demand remains strong, and consumers are actively seeking memorable dining experiences while they travel. The challenge for operators isn’t whether people will be dining out – it’s how to position their

Bars & Restaurants

Rebecca Connors • July 19, 2026

How Cafés Can Attract More Tourists This Summer

Summer brings an influx of visitors looking for places to relax, recharge, and experience a destination like a local. For many tourists, a café visit becomes one of the small moments that shape how they remember an entire trip. That’s not just a marketing claim. It’s the conclusion of a peer-reviewed study out of Modul

Cafes & Bakeries カフェ＆ベーカリー

Noy Kalm • July 19, 2026

How Caterers and Venues Can Win More Summer Event Business

Summer brings more than vacationers. It brings weddings, conferences, festivals, corporate retreats, destination events, and private celebrations. For caterers and event venues, that means one thing: opportunity. As tourism increases, so does demand for memorable event experiences. While food and beverage service has always been a core part of hospitality, today’s guests expect more than

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