Articles Tagged with ''restaurant industry''

Consumer interest in trying grain-based salads

Salad Menu Trends

Younger consumers drive demand for more filling, entrée-worthy salads
Darren Tristano
May 9, 2016

Salad consumption is trending up slightly, aligning with consumers’ increasing desire to eat well.


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Food and Beverage Industry Trends

Foodservice vs. Grocery Sales

Foodservice outlets account for 40% of all food sales
May 5, 2016
Since 1985, a lot has changed in the food industry, when about 60% of food sales took place in the grocery aisle, and only about 40% of sales occurred in foodservice outlets. Today, the foodservice share of spending now accounts for more than half of all food sales, surpassing grocery retail by 1.2 percentage points.
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Papa John’s Removes High Fructose Corn Syrup from Menu

The change has been fully implemented and includes all pizza ingredients, pizza toppings, dessert items, and sauce selections
April 26, 2016
Papa John’s announced that it will remove high fructose corn syrup from its entire food menu. The change has been fully implemented and includes all pizza ingredients, pizza toppings, dessert items, and sauce selections.
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Discovering Healthy Food on Menus

Half of Americans agree that finding healthy items at restaurants is challenging
April 18, 2016
New research from Mintel reveals half (48%) of consumers agree that finding healthy items at restaurants is too difficult, with 25% of Americans looking for nutritional claims on menus more in 2015 than the year before.
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Fast-Casual Boom Continues

McDonald's and fellow giants show modest improvement as fast casual continues to show strong momentum
April 18, 2016
While four of the top five chains in the ranking improved their performance from the prior year, the fast casual segment continued to lead the pack with 11.4% sales growth, almost doubling the growth rate of any other dining segment.
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BURGER KING Introduces Angriest WHOPPER

The Angriest WHOPPER® sandwich features red-colored bun
April 13, 2016
BURGER KING® restaurants introduced the Angriest WHOPPER® sandwich, a new take on the previous limited time only ANGRY WHOPPER® sandwich, amped up with a red-hot bun, flaming onion petals, spicy angry sauce and jalapeños packed into every infuriating bite.
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Enjoy Life Foods Introduces Foodservice Baking Mix

Gluten-free, free-from foods company super-sizes functional baking mix sizes following successful retail launch
April 5, 2016
New baking mixes will feature the same functional ingredients and are available in all five signature varieties
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Schwan’s Food Service Expands Asian Appetizer Portfolio

The company’s Asian appetizers are available for colleges and universities, convenience stores, healthcare dining operations and restaurants
April 5, 2016
Schwan’s Food Service, Inc. expanded its Minh® Asian Appetizer portfolio with exciting new offerings as well as new recipes for some of its favorites.
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