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QSRs Confront a New Reality: Fast Food is No Longer Viewed as Affordable
4+ hour, 1+ min ago (881+ words) Kelly Beaton | April 10, 2026 Fast-food drive-thrus used to boast bumper-to-bumper traffic at dinnertime. In 2026, many a Mc Donald's or Wendy's property often feels desolate. Rising prices are making even lower-income consumers think twice about buying fast-food burgers, fries, chicken tenders, and…...
Snacking Success: Americans Still Have Their Sweet Tooth
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (675+ words) George Hajjar | December 5, 2025 Snacking may be getting healthier, but American consumers are still looking forward to their between-meal indulgence to get through the day. In fact, all snacking categories are experiencing some element of sales growth, signaling sweet and salty…...
GLP-1 Prediction for 2026: Smarter Portions Will Become Prevalent
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (555+ words) Marcy Kreiter | November 24, 2025 The growing use of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs makes it imperative for the food industry to rethink portion size and nutritional value, research from Circana shows. Experts told The Food Institute the new approaches will need to be…...
The Top 5 Gen Z Food Trends This Fall, According to Chartwells
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (664+ words) Anna Kinder | September 25, 2025 Last year, American college students couldn't get enough of their cottage cheese " with Chamoy pickles, newstalgic dining experiences, miso, and redefined indulgence rounding out the top five trends forecast by Chartwells Higher Education, a foodservice management firm…...
Floral Flavors Blossom on Drink, Dessert Menus
6+ mon, 2+ day ago (504+ words) Anna Kinder | October 8, 2025 Flower power is in full bloom within the F&B space. In the most recent NEXT Flavor Report by Rubix Foods, 67% of Gen Z survey respondents expressed the desire to see more floral flavors on restaurant menus....
The Easiest Meals to Eat on the Go, According to Kelley Blue Book
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (538+ words) Anna Kinder | October 30, 2025 Did you know that more than one in four fast-food meals are eaten in the car? You read that right " today's busy consumers eat 26% of their QSR orders in their cars, according to research by Circana." Dubbed…...
Amazon Prime Day 2025 Inspires Nearly 155 K Orders
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (575+ words) George Hajjar | July 21, 2025 Despite forecasts predicting this year's Amazon Prime Day would dilute sales across its two-day longer sales event, which ran July 8-11, the data shows that Americans are still spending. In fact, the event nearly doubled last year's $14. 2 billion…...