Consumer Trends

Consumer trends, insights and preferences

Consumer Trends

Study reveals which QSR brands customers feel most connected to

These 10 quick-service brands are creating a bond with diners more effectively than others.

Consumer Trends

What flavors do consumers want now?

Diners continue to seek spicy flavors and out-there combinations.

Patrons’ visitation results from strong ties with restaurants’ values.

The recent ranking, compiled by Grubhub and financial site GOBankingRates, features mostly college towns.

As the restaurant business continues to meet hurdles and headwinds in the current year, these forces will steer the industry in the next.

Attendees of the Global Restaurant Leadership Conference learned how the global market varies from region to region, but in other respects is a small world. Here are some of the overseas trends that might sound familiar to U.S. operators, though sometimes with a twist.

China is poised to eclipse the U.S. as a hotbed of activity.

Authenticity and kitchen cleanliness, among other traits, stick out to the consumer group.

See which 10 chains are winning with beef that consumers say they can’t get anywhere else.

See what’s driving diners to the morning meal as breakfast consumption dwindles.

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