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Restaurant menu price inflation eased last month

 By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 12, 2024

Prices at fast-food and casual-dining restaurants slowed as costs eased and concern mounted about slow industry traffic.

Financing

How can brands win back lower-income consumers?

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 11, 2024

The Bottom Line: People making $50,000 or less have cut back on dining as prices have soared. But that group remains an important source of industry traffic.

Financing

Wendy's now says it will not raise prices during busier periods

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 28, 2024

The fast-food burger chain walked back statements that it would test “dynamic pricing,” saying that digital menu boards would enable discounts during low-traffic parts of the day.

Financing

Reaction to Wendy's dynamic pricing test reveals its risks

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 27, 2024

The Bottom Line: The burger chain mentioned last week that it would test the pricing strategy sometime next year. Consumers frustrated with prices reacted swiftly.

Consumer Trends

Value-driven combo meals more popular outside the U.S.

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 31, 2024

Restaurant customers in Latin America are the biggest purchasers of combo meals, according to Technomic.

Operations

Why U.S. restaurateurs should heed what's happening in the U.K.

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 04, 2024

Reality Check: Soaring menu prices are expected to cut Britain's population of fish-and-chips joints in half. There's a lesson in there for operators on this side of the Atlantic.

Consumer Trends

3 anvils hanging over restaurateurs' heads

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 20, 2023

Crystal balls tend to be hazy. Here are some what-ifs that may be difficult to tune in.

Financing

Restaurant menu prices keep rising faster than inflation

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 13, 2023

Limited-service restaurants raised prices 0.4% last month and 6% over the past year, even as grocery inflation continued to ease.

Food

Beef prices are soaring. It won't get better anytime soon

By Patricia Cobe on Dec. 07, 2023

With beef inflation expected to stick around for the next few years, steakhouses and meat-focused concepts are creating strategies to manage sourcing and the menu. It's all about being flexible.

Financing

National Restaurant Association takes aim at FTC's proposal to kill add-on fees

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 07, 2023

The association wants operators to speak out against a ban on service fees, which have become increasingly popular at restaurants.

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