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Potbelly hopes smaller is better

The sandwich chain has introduced a reconfigured menu with bundled meals and smaller versions of products to get customers to try new things.

Consumer Trends

Top tips for making your restaurant appealing to families

It's crucial for family restaurants to offer kid-friendly menu items as well as family-friendly atmospheres. Here are some tips for upping your restaurant's family appeal. 

Consumer Trends

4 ways to attract new customers in 2019

Sponsored content from our partner Butterball Foodservice on Feb. 13, 2019

Here are four straightforward activities that can be effective traffic drivers.

Leadership

Chef profile: Chris Newcomb, founder and CEO, Newk’s Eatery

Sponsored content from our partner Butterball Foodservice on Feb. 13, 2019

Chris Newcomb has been a cooking enthusiast his entire life and is on a mission to continually learn about new ingredients and expand his culinary repertoire.

Food

Premium ingredients create dishes bursting with flavor

Sponsored content from our partner Perdue Foodservice on Jan. 31, 2019

Check out these interesting ways to pair clean label poultry with global ingredients and flavors—they’re a surefire menu hit.

Operations

Cashing in on LTOs

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 22, 2019

What makes for a winning limited-time offer, and what’s the ROI?

Food

The 10 most craveable chicken wings at chains

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 16, 2019

With Super Bowl Sunday fast approaching, where will consumers flock for wings?

Food

8 new menu items for the new year

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 15, 2019

Restaurants aim to feed consumers’ often conflicting desires as 2019 begins.

Marketing

Comfort food makeovers reign among this winter’s tempting LTOs

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 14, 2019

Consumers favored familiar dishes with a twist in December. These seven stood out in Technomic’s monthly survey.

Operations

Food allergies are far less prevalent than customers claim, study finds

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 08, 2019

But the research also verifies that there are still a significant amount of true sufferers at 26 million.