Consumers don’t always follow their stated priorities. But it’s worth looking at which limited-service patrons want healthy items, and the importance of offering natural, organic or sustainable items at LSRs.
31% of LSR consumers with household incomes between $100,000 and $150,000 say it’s important to offer healthy items, and those making $150,000 or more are most likely to call natural items important (23%).
Melt Bar & Grilled, an Ohio chain that was featured on the Food Network and the Travel Channel, joins the Chicago concept Kuma’s Corner and other small chains running into post-pandemic financial problems.
Officials say the cause of death was a heart attack. The executive chef of New York concepts Crown Shy, Saga and Overstory had a number of projects in the works and seemed at the top of his game.