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Beverage trends spilling into the restaurant industry

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Hilton's new 'apertivo hour' offers an Italian-style rooftop bar experience that spans the seasons

 By Patricia Cobe on May 14, 2025

Behind the Menu: The hotel’s food and beverage team transformed the former summertime bar atop the Conrad New York Downtown into Leonessa, turning the space into a three-season destination with a cocktail list filled with spritzes, bitters, martinis and spirit-free drinks.

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Global trends prove there's a worldwide thirst for innovative beverages

 By Patricia Cobe on Apr. 21, 2025

Technomic’s latest global menu innovation showcase reveals a lot of activity at beverage concepts in countries as far apart as Argentina and Australia, France and Indonesia.

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Social listening and cultural moments inspire Jack in the Box milkshakes

By Patricia Cobe on Apr. 01, 2025

Behind the Menu: The fast-food chain sets its shakes apart with unique flavors and product partnerships that excite customers and build incremental transactions.

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With the thirst for craft soft drinks seemingly unquenchable, beverage concepts are booming

By Patricia Cobe on Mar. 27, 2025

Specialized beverage chains are meeting the demand for affordable, innovative refreshment breaks, and the big guys are taking notice. Taco Bell, McDonald’s and others are drinking the Kool-Aid.

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Functional Beverages Gaining Popularity in Restaurants

Sponsored content from our partner Javo Beverage, an FFP Company on Mar. 10, 2025

Today’s consumers are very knowledgeable about ingredients, and they’re looking to beverages to conveniently manage their health.  Spins sales data found that 39% of beverage sales are dedicated ...

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Starbucks' spring drink lineup sports shades of pink, purple and lavender

By Patricia Cobe on Mar. 03, 2025

The Seattle-based coffee giant releases its new food and beverage menu Tuesday, along with its latest blonde roast coffee, Sunsera Blend.

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Beverage menus bring on the buzz

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 24, 2025

Drink innovation is ramping up, with coffee, sodas, cocktails and more generating lots of action.

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Newk's, Burgerville and Norm's heat up winter

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 21, 2025

Taste Tracker: Taco Bell takes a dip; protein has more play at Peet’s, Oakberry and Juice It Up; Value gets a reboot at Subway and Farmer Boys; and more menu news of the week.

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2025 menu predictions and Dry January news

By Patricia Cobe and Bret Thorn on Jan. 07, 2025

Menu Talk: Pat and Bret weigh in on food and drink trends and share an interview with Nathan Louer, chief brand officer of Jamba.

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Starbucks expands espresso lineup with brand-new Cortado

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 02, 2025

In flavor news, the coffee giant spotlights pistachio, hot honey and brown sugar to ring in the new year.

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