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Consumer Trends

Consumer trends, insights and preferences

Consumer Trends

How to maximize delivery sales during the holiday season

Delivery orders are driving incremental occasions rather than cannibalizing dine-in or carryout occasions.

Consumer Trends

Enhancing Consumer Confidence in Food Home Delivery

With the rise of restaurant home meal delivery, new online food delivery platforms are competing for customers and offering expanded choices and convenience.

Consumer Trends

How today's diners define value

By Joe Guszkowski on Oct. 01, 2019

The meaning of value is always changing for consumers. Here's a check-in, based on Technomic data.

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Millennials crave off-premise? Not as much as boomers

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 23, 2019

A new study shows that the older generation has the strongest pent-up demand for delivery and takeout.

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Burger King, McDonald’s rethink giving away plastic toys

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 20, 2019

The U.K. operations of each have been targeted by two environmental activists overseas. The oldest of which is 9.

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How diners are ordering now

By Joe Guszkowski on Aug. 27, 2019

Do most guests prefer to order online or in the restaurant? From a third party or the restaurant's website? Here's what operators need to know.

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Are food trucks and food halls still emerging?

By Sara Rush Wirth on Aug. 26, 2019

These types of venues have both posed a threat—as well as an opportunity—to traditional brick-and-mortar restaurants. So where do they stand with today’s consumers?

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What are college kids eating?

By Sara Rush Wirth on Aug. 26, 2019

They might be on meal plans now, but these consumers represent restaurants' future dining set. Here's what operators need to know about their habits and preferences.

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What's driving diners' choices around meat?

By Sara Rush Wirth on Aug. 05, 2019

Consumers are clearly interested in more veggies at the center of the plate—but that doesn’t mean meat is losing favor. So what’s resonating with meat eaters?

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What do consumers want from casual dining?

By Sara Rush Wirth on Aug. 05, 2019

See what diners are saying about the sector as restaurants look to revitalize.

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