First Watch

Consumer Trends

Customers’ most-craved breakfasts

See which 10 chains are meeting consumers’ morning cravings the most.

Food

First Watch launches holiday menu

The seasonal menu includes shareable and individual dishes as well as a themed beverage.

As the weather turns colder, chains are tapping into diners’ desire for piping-hot comfort foods, while still keeping an eye on health.

The Top 500 chains unveiled more than 13,000 limited-time offers in 2017, but only some can be winners with consumers.

Operators are finding ways to balance rising pork costs with the growing demand for the protein.

Acquisitions have made KBP Foods one of the largest and fastest-growing franchises in the restaurant business. But the key to absorbing the expansion has been a notion that harkens back to the earliest days of KFC.

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