The Plant-Based Story For Multi-Unit Restaurant Brands

Restaurant brands are hard-pressed to make plant-based foods a central menu focus and maintain profitability. Why? Because it’s estimated that only 4% of US Americans follow a vegan, or solely plant-based, diet.

Read More

All Things Coffee: 2024 Stats, Menu Ideas, And Trends

Culinary trends and pandemics come and go, but one thing remains the same: US consumers love their coffee. According to the National Coffee Association’s (NCA) 2023 “Atlas of American Coffee,” more Americans (63%) drink coffee every day than any other drink and most people surveyed drank coffee at home during the preceding day (83%).

Read More
various holiday desserts

Why Limited Time Offers End Up Better When You Work With Menu Consultants

Never mind that most restaurant brands are short-staffed or without a culinary innovation department. Outside eyes—especially when it comes to seasonal, special, or limited-time offers (LTOs)—help any restaurant brand to create objectively better menus.

Read More

4 Restaurant Limited Time Offer (LTO) Examples

Limited-time offers, or LTOs, are not a new concept in the restaurant business. In fact, rolling out a special menu, special offer, or special marketing theme for a short amount of time is a tried and true practice in the industry.

Read More
3c development process

Culinary Concept Sprints In 3 Days

Imagine this: Your culinary team is faced with developing a new menu to meet sales goals. The menu is expected to launch in the fall of next year. You have several challenges.

Read More

How FDR’s Preferred Vendor Network Works for Restaurants and Manufacturers

The culinary product sales process has changed. It used to be that you could walk into a sales meeting and present a frozen product. Nowadays, it takes a heck of a lot more than that. You need to be prepared to present a variety of applications for your product, none of which include your product…

Read More