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The National Restaurant Association released new research during its second annual Restaurant Innovation Summit that shows overall technology use in restaurants is increasing.

As the U.S. restaurant industry gradually rolls out guest-operated payment technology, a Cornell study finds that restaurant guests are enthusiastically ready to use smartphones and table-top tablets to pay their bill.

Research shows that turkey usage has increased by 6% from 2012 to 2013, and more than 60% of operators who menu turkey agree that it can be used as an alternative for other proteins.

The lunch bunch is becoming more discriminating

The gap between high- and low-income groups is the widest it has been in 100 years, and the share of U.S. consumers who identify with the middle class has never been lower.

Dunkin' Donuts introduced Dunkin' Go Bar, a pre-packaged, chewy granola bar made with the famous flavor of the brand's Original Blend Coffee.

Rich Products Corporation, Buffalo, N.Y., says it raised the bar on chocolate indulgence with the introduction of Rich’s Chocolate Bettercreme® Made with Hershey’s® whipped icing.

When the first IHOP® restaurant opened 56 years ago, right alongside those buttermilk pancakes on the menu was the waffle—crisp, hot and golden brown. And guests loved it.

Quiznos introduced a new menu item, Ciabatta Toasties. Though this popular Italian bread always tempts the palate, sometimes it doesn't easily roll off the tongue. Quiznos recommends guests simply say, "Gotta Ciabatta" to order Ciabattas, now available nationwide.

The first of the new locations is expected to open in late 2015 with additional locations to open each year thereafter. McAlister's Deli currently has one Arizona restaurant located in Scottsdale, with an additional location under development in Peoria, slated to open in November 2014.