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2019 Tech Trends: Technology Takes a Bigger Place at the Foodservice Table

Foodservice technology is rising to the challenge of the millennial dining market's demand for ever-greater speed and convenience. Explore the tech trends poised to transform the way restaurant operations encourage a higher check average and develop menu innovation in the new year and beyond.

Food Flight: 2019 Foodservice Trends Ready for Takeoff

The 2019 foodservice forecast calls for stepping up menu innovation, better-for-you snack options, delivery capabilities and more. Explore the foodservice trends market researchers have identified as keys to a higher check average for restaurant operations in the New Year.

Chew in Review: Foodservice Looks Back at 2018 ETHNIC Flavor Trends

From the Middle East to the Far East, menu innovation in 2018 explored a wide world of flavor profiles. Driven by a millennial dining market with a big appetite for taste adventures, restaurant operations took the foodservice trend of culinary wanderlust to new heights with bold ethnic flavors.

Rise and Deliver: Breakfast Digs Into the Delivery Foodservice Trend

Millennial dining is increasingly driven by delivery sales. Now breakfast is helping restaurant operations make the morning daypart rise and shine. Learn how breakfast delivery is creating a stir and encouraging a higher check average for foodservice establishments hungry for morning sales.

Think Drink: Beverages help Boost Foodservice Business

Innovative beverages are a key aspect of menu innovation that can help drive a higher check average among consumers thirsty for new flavor experiences. Gain insight into how restaurant operations pour on the beverage business for millennial snack enthusiasts and the millennial dining market.

made to order: A Fresh Look at Online Restaurant Reviews

Consumers have a hearty appetite for restaurant review sites. As reviews become increasingly influential in the millennial dining market, online reputation management becomes critical to the bottom line. Explore popular review sites and proven ways restaurant operations can get the most out of them.

Snack Growth Helps Restaurants Bite Into a Higher Check Average

Millennial snack enthusiasts are transforming the foodervice landscape, replacing traditional meals with quick bites and snacking more frequently. Explore how snack growth inspires menu innovation as restaurant operations add snack options across dayparts to help drive a higher check average.

Avocados Amplified: From Toast to Top Foodservice Trend

Avocado mania has taken millennial snack enthusiasts and the millennial dining market by storm. Driven by the fruit's favored status among young consumers, the avocado toast foodservice trend fuels menu innovation as restaurant operations get creative with avocados to spur a higher check average.

The Experiential Edge: Foodservice Carves Out More Sales with Experience

Millennial dining expectations extend beyond menu innovation to an exceptional overall experience. Learn how the foodservice trend of eat-ertainment is redefining dining out and inspiring restaurant operations to develop innovative ways to spur a higher check average and greater repeat traffic.

Today’s Specials: Specialty Snack Trends Top Millennial Menus

Driven by demand for millennial snack alternatives, specialty snacks trends are helping to feed the foodservice bottom line. Learn about the factors fueling the specialty sales engine and how they help shape menu innovation and encourage a higher check average in the millennial dining market.

Hungry for More: Millennial Dining Market Eats Up Experiential Concepts

Flavor adventures and buzz-worthy experiences loom large as foodservice trends in the millennial dining market. Explore how the millennial snack enthusiast's culinary wanderlust helps shape menu innovation and foodservice customer service to drive repeat traffic and a higher check average.

Tasteful Offices: Foodservice Operations-Turned-Work Spaces Plate Profits

The gig economy is displacing non-traditional workers/millennial snack fans and making them hungry for office space. From de-facto offices in cafes to co-working concepts in restaurants, explore how working out of a foodservice establishment can drive menu innovation and a higher check average.

Drone Home: Next Gen Foodservice Delivery Takes Flight

As delivery continues to help drive millennial dining and snack trends, the foodservice industry turns to technology to turbocharge this revenue engine for restaurant operations. Explore the inroads drones are making to pave the way to a higher check average with greater speed and lower labor costs.

Pop-Up Power: Pop-Up Snack Shops Feed on a Strong Foodservice Trend

Millennial snack enthusiasts look to snacks for more than just a between-meal treat. As with millennial dining, snacking has expanded into an multifaceted experience. Learn how three high-profile pop-ups meet the millennial demand driving experiential snack trends and menu innovation.

Late Boomers: Baby Boomer-Focused Foodservice poised to Flourish

Millennial dining looms large for restaurant operations, but grasping the preferences and expectations of baby boomers also helps drive a higher check average. Explore how this huge foodservice demographic with abundant disposable income could result in a sales boom with the right menu innovation.

Time and A-Gen: Next-Gen Restaurant Operations

To stand out in the crowded millennial dining market, differentiation is key. Profitable restaurant operations set themselves apart with their menu innovation and growth trajectory. Discover next gen brands with inventive solutions to driving a higher check average from millennial snack fans.

GrubHub Delivers Growth, Feasts on Foodservice Market Share

The rapid rise of GrubHub underscores the popularity of the delivery foodservice trend and its power to drive a higher check average. Explore the evolution of this juggernaut, its impact on the foodservice industry and its implications for the future of millennial dining and menu innovation.

Investors Step Up to the Plate for Foodservice Innovation (Part 2)

From point-of-sale platforms to complete management systems for restaurant operations, investment in technology is serving the foodservice industry well. Explore how tech elevates millennial dining and makes it easier to be a customer satisfaction restaurant that garners a higher check average.

No Retain, No Gain: How Savvy Restaurant Operations Bring Customers Back to the Table

Customer loyalty is a must for foodservice success, whether you're a profitable franchise or a startup in a tricky millennial dining market. Explore foodservice rewards, menu innovation and other best practices that help restaurant operations build guest retention for a higher check average.

Going the Extra Mile: Foodservice Success Driven By More than Delivery

The delivery foodservice trend has helped jumpstart stalled sales and turbocharge profitable restaurant operations. Explore a few other key factors, from menu innovation to hybrid restaurant concepts, that help drive a higher check average in the millennial dining market.

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