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Food

As snacking rises, here's how to lure snackers' attention through the menu

Operators are turning to both obvious and catchy names for new menu sections that tap into the snacking trend.

Consumer Trends

The 10 restaurant nachos consumers crave most

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, consumers reveal their top restaurant chains for the Mexican favorite.

Chains are ramping up R&D to launch on-trend dishes.

The Darden brewpub known for its 100-plus beers on tap lost its CEO in early 2016

Darden's upscale brewpub boasts a menu with modern twists in a sleek, contemporary atmosphere

Overall, the varied menu category is flat, up .3% in sales to $23.9 billion and .5% in units to 7,792.

The NRA is pushing for more transparency in music licensing so operators can create playlists without fear of having to pay up to $150,000 for a music-use violation.

Operators sound off on the tricks to featuring the right tunes.

Within the appetizer mealpart, all product categories have dropped in year-over-year mentions except one: fries.

More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.

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