5 ways restaurant consumer trends are shifting during the coronavirus pandemic

Menu Tracker: New items from McDonald’s, Chili’s, and Taco Bell Menu Tracker: New items from McDonald’s, Chili’s, and Taco Bell by Bret Thorn Jun 27, 2025 ... Read More

Groceries, virtual cooking classes and more restaurant menu innovations that could be here to stay post-pandemic

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What Will The Restaurant Industry Look Like Post-Pandemic? - Forbes

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. For the last year, the U.S. restaurant industry has survived by any means possible ... Read More

What Does The Restaurant Industry Look Like In 2021 And Beyond? - Forbes

The good news is there is significant pent-up demand: 83% of adults say they are not eating on the premises at restaurants as often as they would like – up from 45% pre-pandemic. Read More

8 Fast-Food Trends to Watch After the Pandemic - QSR Magazine

No, food trends tend to move a bit more like rolling waves, building on the horizon before slowly making their way across the industry and crashing onto the sands of ubiquity. Until, that is, 2020. Read More

Restaurant Trends M&A, Consolidation, Menu Cuts to Escalate in 2021 - Business Insider

Top restaurant trends for 2021 include mergers and acquisitions, menu trims, automation, and luring consumers away from third-party delivery operators. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ... Read More

How the Pandemic Changed Food Trends and the Way We Eat | Eater

From the great bean shortage of 2020 to the meteoric rise of feta pasta on TikTok, here’s a look at the biggest trends, news, and oddities to hit home cooking since the start of the pandemic ... Read More

The snack trends predicted to persist post-pandemic | 2020-05-20 - Food Business News

IRI research indicated core items like salty snacks showed 4.7% dollar growth in the 52-weeks ending June 16, 2019, and ended the year with more than $19.2 billion in sales. Read More

A look at Portland restaurants that opened and closed post-COVID - Press Herald

But, looking at this snapshot in time, here are a few trends in what’s opened in the past five years and takeaways about how Portland’s restaurant scene just before the pandemic compares to today. Read More

What Chicago's restaurant scene will look like post-pandemic - Crain's Chicago Business

What the post-pandemic dining scene will look like ... Japanese-inspired tasting menu restaurant to fill former Michelin-starred space. ... Get free breaking news alerts from Crain's. Read More

Experts predict post-pandemic flavor trends - Food Business News

CHICAGO — When the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, many may have sung “Auld Lang Syne” a bit more emphatically than in years past. The yearning to put 2020 behind and return to ... Read More