Consumers don’t always follow their stated priorities. But it’s worth looking at which limited-service patrons want healthy items, and the importance of offering natural, organic or sustainable items at LSRs.
31% of LSR consumers with household incomes between $100,000 and $150,000 say it’s important to offer healthy items, and those making $150,000 or more are most likely to call natural items important (23%).
The fast-food chicken chain’s struggles in the U.S. continued last quarter. But the company says early results from the first location of its chicken tenders concept have been “encouraging.”
The National Restaurant Association is bullish on industry sales and expects foodservice sales to grow 4.1% in 2025, thanks in part to “pent-up demand.”