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Food & Drink Resources (FDR) is honored to be recognized by Food Business Review as “The Most Reliable Menu Development Service” of 2025. We are proud of our team for helping us land our first magazine cover, too! Like they wrote in the feature story about our restaurant consulting agency, “In the end, what matters…
The brand mashup is a new gold standard for capturing consumer attention. For the last few years, we’ve seen that who restaurant brands and c-stores partner with is just as important as what they serve. Most often, we see short-lived seasonal products and menu items, but more lately we’re seeing multi-year agreements and dual-branded concepts,…
Both psychology and economics have a lot to say about something called the scarcity principle, or the idea that people change their behavior based on their desire for something and the availability of that thing. In other words, supply and demand, except that supply is short. The restaurant industry has leveraged scarcity through limited time…
It’s that time of year when all of us in the business of menu development are eager to see what the reports say about emerging food trends. At FDR, it’s no different. Here’s what our team has to say about what’s ahead.
15,000+ hours spent by Danny and Scott playing Golden Tee. 3 million+ miles flown. 111 burger modifications proposed and counting. 9,000+ recipes developed. As we reflect on 2025 and the last 16 years of business, we don’t only celebrate the numbers. We are also grateful for the people. To the FDR team, our manufacturing partners, and…
Most food trend predictions these days are influenced by consumer demand for minimally processed foods that are high in protein. Popularity on TikTok doesn’t hurt either. Given all that, it’s no wonder cheese is having a moment. Take cottage cheese, for instance. Google search traffic for the food rose slightly and steadily from 2004 until…
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