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Top 500 Chains: Spotlight on Health

Better-for-you options are hitting menus across the Top 500 chains ...and not just at concepts that focus on health. 

Check out how better-for-you is playing in the big leagues. 

Spotlight on Health

This post is sponsored by Butterball Foodservice

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