Food

Food trends and recipes to keep menus fresh

Food

Comfort foods making a comeback on restaurant menus

Meals that cater to homestyle nostalgia are proving to be hot sellers in many restaurants.

Food

How to create traffic-driving LTOs

It’s now more important than ever for restaurants to offer unique, craveable menu items that both attract new guests and keep current ones coming back. One way operators can do this is by menuing daily specials and limited time offers.

In the restaurant business, known for razor-thin profit margins, every little bit of additional revenue helps keep an operation in the black.

Soup has long been a favorite menu item for consumers across the country, and it’s easy to see why. Comforting, flavorful and often a healthy menu option, soup is a natural fit for current restaurant trends and has wide consumer appeal.

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Latin flavors and dishes are continuing to pop up on restaurant menus and now accounts for 8 percent of all cuisine types in North American restaurant menus.

Once a culinary afterthought, side items are uniquely positioned to cater to the continued shift in consumers’ dining behavior toward personalized, memorable occasions that allow for sharing and connecting with others over food.

Keep an eye on these flavors and ingredients hitting the mainstream.

Here’s a look back on a year that met expectations and delivered a few surprises.

At Restaurant Business and FoodService Director we have great respect and admiration for all the creativity that comes out of restaurant and noncommercial kitchens.

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