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Food

Subway's footlong cookie gets a spot on permanent menu in 2024

 By Patricia Cobe on Nov. 29, 2023

Eager fans can have a first bite at select locations on Dec. 4, National Cookie Day.

Operations

The Cheesecake Factory to open a third bakery facility

 By Joe Guszkowski on Oct. 25, 2023

The 37-acre site in southern Indiana will help support the brand’s key dessert business as it opens more restaurants.

Food

Benefits of using pre-prepped ingredients to alleviate back-of-house stress

Sponsored content from our partner Krusteaz Professional on Oct. 20, 2023

As operators continue to deal with labor challenges, speed-scratch ingredients can help save time and labor while making menu expansion easy.

Food

How Crumbl Cookies creates its weekly rotating menu

By Patricia Cobe on Sep. 05, 2023

Behind the Menu: The fast-growing chain has developed hundreds of recipes in its history using a robust testing process and considerable customer feedback. But most cookies never return to the rotation.

Marketing

'Ain't that a dilly!': How Dairy Queen became a small-town favorite

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 08, 2023

Restaurant Rewind: Some of the biggest chains in the restaurant business are targeting small burgs as their next avenues of growth. That strategy is far from new for the pioneer of the soft-serve market.

Food

Case study: How premium ingredients help boost consumer appeal and encourage sales

Sponsored content from our partner The Oregon Fruit Company on Jul. 10, 2023

Consumers are looking for high quality ingredients on every part of the menu—find out how switching to real fruit products benefitted a restaurant chain.

Food

How Fabio Viviani is expanding his restaurant empire into the sweet side

By Patricia Cobe on Jul. 06, 2023

The Italian-born chef’s newest venture is JARS, a fast-casual dessert concept ready for franchising.

Emerging Brands

The custard craze fuels growth at Andy's Frozen Custard

By Reyna Estrada on Jun. 20, 2023

The business of frozen custard is taking off. But the fast-growing Andy's believes that it has a lot more staying power than previous dessert booms.

Workforce

Where have all the pastry chefs gone?

By Patricia Cobe on Mar. 30, 2023

Fine-dining restaurants are still hiring, but pastry teams and dessert menus have been downsized, leaving baking pros to find alternative employers or venture out on their own.

Food

Global inspiration hits the dessert menu

Sponsored content from our partner J&J Snack Foods on Mar. 21, 2023

Global influence is making its appearance on the dessert menu as operators notice consumers’ desire to try global eats during all parts of their meals.

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