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Consumer Trends

Consumers' health perceptions about beef are changing

 By Patricia Cobe on Apr. 09, 2024

The nutrition police and plant-based advocates have pushed people away from eating beef. But times they are a changing.

Beverage

How Nekter Juice Bar is breaking away from the pack in a crowded segment

 By Patricia Cobe on Feb. 01, 2024

Co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer Alexis Schultze Parra collaborates with brands outside the food and drink category to grow the audience for juices, smoothie and bowls.

Operations

Post-pandemic things every restaurant CEO needs to know

Sponsored content from our partner Zero Hour Health on Feb. 01, 2024

The pandemic was tough on everyone in charge of running a business. Here’s what savvy operators need to be aware of.

Marketing

Healthier eating may be a menu’s font size away

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 30, 2024

Size matters when it comes to listing calorie counts, as customers may be more likely to choose a menu item when nutrition info is printed in a larger typeface.

Technology

Technology is coming for restaurants' health and safety measures

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 05, 2024

PathSpot, which invented a scanner that determines the effectiveness of hand-washing, now plans to digitize health procedures.

Emerging Brands

Saying go to drive-thru salad

By Lisa Jennings on Jan. 04, 2024

With a head-turning design and an engaged venture capital backer, Greenlane could shake up the healthful fast-casual segment.

Beverage

NYC looks to mandate sugar warnings from chain restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 02, 2023

A bill passed Thursday by the City Council will require alerts to be posted on menus and menu boards next to items containing what officials determine to be excessive amounts of added sugar.

Financing

Can healthy eating and restaurants coexist?

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 25, 2023

A Deeper Dive: RB Executive Editor Lisa Jennings joins the podcast for a discussion on Ozempic, healthy fast-casuals and whether the industry has a responsibility to help with America’s obesity crisis.

Operations

Here's who is building muscle in the healthy fast-casual sector

By Lisa Jennings on Sep. 28, 2023

Sweetgreen, Cava and Salad and Go are part of a new generation of chains looking for the Holy Grail of the restaurant industry: Building a national chain of healthy fast-food restaurants. This is how they're doing it.

Food

8 menu trends from the future

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 15, 2023

A global conference last week in Europe provided a preview of where restaurant menus may be headed. Here are the eight currents that were anointed megatrends. You'll need to bring your own fork.

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