Technomic

Consumer Trends

The 10 most craveable chain sandwiches

Customers reveal which chain subs spark their strongest yearnings.

Operations

Speedy cookers meet diners' demand for good food fast

Today’s restaurant guests demand both speed and quality. For operators to deliver on that need means taking a look around the kitchen—beyond the ingredients.

At a time of softening traffic, consumers say the old draws may not be what pulls them into one restaurant versus another. Here are the features they cite as actually turning their heads today.

Features to consider when building an app.

Self-service kiosks can make ordering and payment easy for busy limited-service customers, and they may still benefit from a novelty factor in some markets.

Restaurants are increasingly adding a common pulled pork cut, a Spanish sausage, a trash fish and an upscale beef product to their menus.

Who and what are the disruptors to the restaurant industry for 2016? Answering that question is a key goal at the Restaurant Leadership Conference.

New research confirms that restaurant sales have been dampened by the emotional impact of mass violence, including terrorism attacks.

Operators have found that how they respond to glowing compliments can have significant benefits to the brand. Here, they weigh in on where to find brand evangelists.

The under-the-radar ingredients emerging on menus this year.

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