Food

Food trends and recipes to keep menus fresh

Food

What really makes an LTO stand out?

Driving interest—and sales—comes down to more than just the right price.

Food

Familiar ingredients bring bold flavor for all consumers

Operators who menu dips, sauces and spreads that combine well-known tastes, such as mayonnaise or ketchup, with bolder ingredients that pack a flavor punch can offer innovative flavors without isolating customers with more traditional tastes.

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

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

For many restaurants, particularly casual-dining places, lunch is a challenge. Offering lunch options with innovative flavor can help operators differentiate themselves from their midday competition.

Few ingredients improve the flavor, texture and appeal of a menu item like almonds. That’s the consensus of a couple of accomplished chefs who make their living creating culinary sensations.

While it might seem like bread, pasta and other carbohydrates have been permanently relegated to the back corner of the pantry recently, starch-lovers everywhere can rejoice: This year has been dubbed the “return of the carbs,” according to Technomic’s 10 Trends for 2014.

The chain also plans to work on sustainable beef, improve recycling efforts and use simpler ingredients.

But consumers now crave the bold, adventurous flavors found in global cuisines—so much so that 37 percent of consumers now report that they’re actively seeking out different flavors, according to Technomic’s 2013 Flavor Consumer Trend Report.

Stay ahead of the curve by tapping into these emerging foods, flavors and industry changes.

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