Menu Innovations

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How Brands Can Deliver on the Good-Food Promise As claims of miracle ingredients and nutritious products abound, restaurants must toe the line between promoting and overpromising.	Inside the Rapid Rise of Regional American Cuisine Regional American cuisine lets limited-service restaurants tell a compelling food story.
How The Famed Mainah Burger Came to Be Mainely Burgers’ popular dish brings essential Maine items to life.	3 Regional U.S. Cuisines About to Make It Big There are more than a dozen uniquely American cuisines, but these three are about to go mainstream.
100 Ideas for Improving Your Restaurant Brand Limited service is always pushing the envelope with fresh ideas. Here are some suggestions to get you started.	How to Develop a Better Kids’ Menu Burgers, fries, and soda take a back seat to vegan chili, baked sweet potato fries, and organic milk in today’s kids’ meals.
Why Restaurants Should Embrace Smaller Portions Operators shrink portions to satisfy health- and price-conscious consumers.	6 Questions with Bojangles’ Culinary Innovator Bojangles’ head of R&D, Grant Springer, develops dishes that honor old traditions in new platforms, like with the Pulled Pork Bowl.
7 Ways Fast Casuals are Raising the Breakfast Bar Fast casuals innovate in the morning daypart with breakfast bowls, scrambles, wraps, and more.	The Inspiration Behind BEC’s Chelsea Lo-Cal Sandwich The Chelsea Lo-Cal is a lighter alternative to the traditional bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich.

industry headlines

Sonic Debuts Dunked Ultimate Chicken Sandwich

2017-07-24 Sonic Drive-In is adding to its robust chicken lineup with the introduction of the all-new Dunked Ultimate Chicken Sandwich featuring an innovative bl...

El Pollo Loco Adds Taco Platters for a Limited Time

2017-07-24 El Pollo Loco, the nation’s leading fire-grilled chicken chain, announced Monday the release of its new taco platters, available for a limited time.

PepperJax Grill Rolls Out New Pulled Pork

2017-07-20 Brave the heat this summer and get your buns out for PepperJax Grill’s all new Pulled Pork.

Nestlé Toll House Café Offering Ice Cream Sandwiches

2017-07-19 Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip is cooling things off this summer with premium, personalized ice cream sandwiches—the perfect combination of two of lif...

Modern Market Debuts Summer Menu, Pulled Pork

2017-07-19 Modern Market takes the season’s best and serves it up in their new summer menu, which debuts Wednesday in all markets.

Burger 21 Adds Southern Lucy Burger, S’mores Shake

2017-07-19 Burger 21 is turning up the Southern charm as the award-winning “beyond the better burger” fast casual franchise Wednesday introduced a new Southern L...

Juice It Up! Introduces Golden Summer Refreshers

2017-07-17 Juice It Up!, one of the nation’s leading raw juice bar and hand-crafted smoothie chains, launched its delicious duo of Golden Summer Refreshers, the ...

Chick-fil-A Testing Family Style Meals, New Sides

2017-07-17 Chick-fil-A has an answer to the take-out craze: Family Style Meals.

Sharky’s Debuts 2 New Summer Salads

2017-07-13 The flavors of summer are on the menu at Sharky’s Woodfired Mexican Grill with the debut of two fresh and satisfying seasonal salads.

Brooklyn Water Bagel Introduces New Menu Items

2017-07-13 Brooklyn Water Bagel invites everyone to Meet Reuben and Caesar—a New York-style Reuben Sandwich and a Brooklyn Caesar Salad—two new featured items on...

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