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Consumer Trends

Consumer trends, insights and preferences

Consumer Trends

Customers behaving badly: New hall of fame candidates

Recent eruptions suggest customers are losing perspective when a restaurant visit doesn’t go perfectly. But decide for yourself from these noteworthy examples.

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How to hop on the plant-based menu trend

To take advantage of opportunities created by this shift in consumer dietary patterns, it’s important to understand the trend.

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4 trending flavors and ingredients for springtime soup menus

Sponsored content from our partner Campbell's Foodservice on Dec. 21, 2018

Change things up with these four trending ingredients for spring soups.

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Warming up delivery sales with soup

Sponsored content from our partner Campbell's Foodservice on Dec. 19, 2018

To get the most out of delivering soup, knowing what customers want, as well as knowing a few tips for packaging and promotion, is key.

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Defining ‘snack’ isn’t easy

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 12, 2018

The label is being applied to a far broader array of choices today.

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Who's the off-peak customer?

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 11, 2018

Think younger and less traditional.

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What makes a restaurant worthy of a visit?

By Patricia Cobe on Dec. 07, 2018

Consumers are enticed by LTOs and interesting menu items, but that’s not the whole story.

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Does menu size matter?

By Patricia Cobe on Nov. 21, 2018

Are menus continuing to shrink or has the trend leveled off?

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Panera, Cinnabon, Applebee’s aim for new delivery occasions

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 15, 2018

With so many restaurants offering delivery, how does a brand stand out? Here are three newly announced attempts.

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The trends that will shape restaurants in 2019: Technomic’s take

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 30, 2018

Look for an introduction to Balkan fare, a disruption in third-party delivery and a shift in consumers’ social media use, says the researcher.