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New Products

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 15, 2005

Jalapeño Bacon from Hormel’s authentically flavored Café H line starts the morning off with a peppery kick. Menu it with Western omelets, huevos...

Consumer Trends

Liquid assets

 Sep. 14, 2012

Call it the “drinking man’s diet.” This year, more patrons are visiting restaurants just to order beverages, according to a new report by The NPD Group. While customers are cutting back on their food ordering throughout the day, they’re finding more opportunities to drink.

Food

How to make a healthier menu

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 14, 2006

Need a healthy menu makeover? Here are the big categories to look at: adding more whole grains, supersizing veggies, making room for nuts and finding soda alternatives.

“Menus of Change” tries to be a GPS for healthier menus

By Patricia Cobe on Jun. 13, 2013

Industry leaders gathered at a first-of-its-kind conference this week to draft a plan for turning healthful, sustainable food into more of a sales and profit generator for the foodservice industry.

Financing

Blended investment: smoothies, shakes and malts

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 13, 2007

A selection of fruit smoothies can add on-trend beverage choices to a menu and boost average checks.

Technology

Operators eye new generation of vending machines as labor-free fresh food channel

By Sara Rush Wirth on Dec. 10, 2013

Gone are the days of potato chips and stale candy being the only options dispensed from vending machines. Some companies are finding ways to give customers fresh, better-for-you options at the push of a button—without any human interaction.

Conversations About Healthy Menus

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 07, 2007

If you want to please diners looking for healthful choices, offer a changing array of seasonal fruits and vegetables.

Food

Five midyear beverage trends bubbling up now

By Patricia Cobe on Jun. 16, 2014

With summer here, there’s a lot of call for liquid refreshment, both alcoholic and non. Here are the latest beverage trends, according to data from Chicago-based research firm, Technomic.

Growth: The 10 Rules of Franchising

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 01, 2008

The simple concept of using other people’s money to expand your chain and reduce your risk has become the modus operandi for restaurant companies on the move. While the concept of franchising may be simple, it’s not for the unprepared.

Beverage

Juicy returns

By Joan M. Lang on Feb. 18, 2015

Juicing is powering up menus. The recession put a squeeze on sales of made-to-order juices, according to the 2014 Juice & Smoothie Bars in the U.S. report by Los Angeles market researcher IBISWorld. But increased consumer demand for healthy beverages and an expansion of juicing into concepts other than smoothie and juice bars are revitalizing the category, the report says.

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