Food

Food trends and recipes to keep menus fresh

Food

Bound salads get a healthy twist

Operators are reinterpreting bound salads with different, intriguing flavors and unexpected ingredients. This creates excitement, appeal and drives sales.

Food

Soup stars across all menu parts

Although soup is already a staple on many restaurant menus, some significant new trends are showing the versatility and opportunities that exist with this...

Despite the moves consumers have been making toward wellness and better-for-you options, comfort food has been making a comeback on restaurant menus over the last few years.

Traditionally, desserts have been the final course of dinner, but as snacking patterns have emerged, and as bakery-cafes and coffee houses have created new mini-meal occasions, desserts are having a renaissance.

More restaurants are offering catering and takeout options for their customers—and that customers are taking notice and ordering those options.

Barbecue’s spicy, sweet and savory flavors can pair perfectly with alternative proteins, creating an opportunity for operators to offer customers a healthier, leaner—yet still delicious—option.

With colder weather moving into many parts of the country, customers are craving warm, comforting dishes to beat the chill.

Chocolate does it all on dessert menus: It never stops being an indulgent, comforting favorite, yet today’s pastry chefs are finding ways to give it edginess and heat. For operators, finding innovative flavor combinations and presentations that highlight chocolate’s complex flavor profile can be a point of differentiation.

The limited-time offer pairs Belgian waffles with Extra Crispy fried chicken.

With the weather getting chillier and the holiday season quickly approaching, many operators are starting to give more thought to their soup offerings.

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