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Food

Clean-label chicken takes menus in a new direction

To keep diners satisfied, operators have plenty of options for creating menu items that stand apart from the crowd.

Emerging Brands

Danny Meyer does fast-casual pizza

Unlike similar concepts, Meyer isn’t trading on three-minute pies.

Upscale concept The Nomad adapts its popular chicken entree for fast casual.

The Restaurant Business staff’s Clean Plate picks showcase several notable trends, including a love of comfort foods.

For operators who want to harness this trend and increase their seafood sales, one surefire way to do so is by making the menu options more approachable.

More and more, breakfast diners are seeking the kinds of global flavors and less-familiar preparations that food trucks have brought to the fore.

Diners continue to seek spicy flavors and out-there combinations.

The updates include changes in the chain's catering program, new digital enhancements, and a contribution from a Starbucks veteran who's been brought onboard.

As the restaurant business continues to meet hurdles and headwinds in the current year, these forces will steer the industry in the next.

Attendees of the Global Restaurant Leadership Conference learned how the global market varies from region to region, but in other respects is a small world. Here are some of the overseas trends that might sound familiar to U.S. operators, though sometimes with a twist.

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