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Signature sauces boost brand loyalty—and the bottom line

 Sponsored content from our partner Texas Pete on Mar. 17, 2020

A signature sauce can help restaurants generate guest loyalty while also giving consumers a chance to customize dishes to suit their own flavor and heat preferences.

Food

Inspire sales by pairing familiar and innovative flavors and formats

Sponsored content from our partner Smithfield Culinary on Feb. 10, 2020

By offering familiar foods and flavors with updates, operators can ensure diners feel confident about what they’re ordering.

Food

Restaurants fast-track new menu items for fall

By Patricia Cobe on Sep. 17, 2019

Menus are exploding with food and drink additions that go beyond pumpkin spice.

Consumer Trends

7 foods and beverages college-age customers crave—and 3 falling from favor

By Patricia Cobe and Jill Failla on May 30, 2019

Gen Z dominates college campuses these days. Here’s what consumers in that age group are increasingly interested in ordering—and what they’re snubbing.

Food

3 barbecue trends heating up the menu

By Patricia Cobe on Jul. 18, 2018

Here’s what consumers are craving this barbecue season.

Food

6 more local menu hits on the brink of discovery

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 30, 2017

After running a list of regional foods that seem ripe for national adoption, we heard from readers about these omissions from the list. Here are some local favorites they see as having legs.

Food

Making the modern menu

By Dina Berta on Feb. 14, 2017

Having too many cooks in the kitchen isn’t always a bad thing.

Food

Recipes for burger lovers

By Patricia Cobe on May 10, 2017

You can’t go wrong with classic beef patties and cheeseburgers, but this month’s marketing tie-in provides an opportunity to try something a little different.

Food

4 fastest-growing proteins on menus

By Lizzy Freier on Jun. 12, 2017

Restaurants are increasingly adding a common pulled pork cut, a Spanish sausage, a trash fish and an upscale beef product to their menus.

Food

3 flavors trending for 2018

Sponsored content from our partner Nielsen-Massey Vanillas on Nov. 02, 2017

Consumers continue to be warming to the idea of trying new foods and flavors, and looking at food trends making their presence known for 2018, that doesn’t seem to be changing.

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