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Trends and Insights

As our industry changes, adapting is essential. Check back often for new insights, data, and trends.
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Building Multiple Points-of-Sale

These days, the more sales opportunities an operator can have, the better. Leveraging existing capabilities into additional venues and dayparts makes more sense than ever.

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Dessert Excitement: Upgrade the Favorites

Put a cherry on top of your profits with desserts that appeal to traditional tastes, while pleasing adventurous eaters too. Discover our tips that update classic desserts for every season.

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Bake Bread Into Your Profit Plan

Discover how to make extra dough from specialty breads. Customers are even willing to pay extra when you serve a breadbasket with dipping oil, compound butter, or savory sauces.

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Use Your Noodle. New Ways to Serve Pasta.

Pasta is popular! Each American eats 20 pounds of pasta a year. Discover new ways to feed that appetite. Get these pasta and risotto recipes that will delight every patron.

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Get Your Taste of the $9 Billion Catering Business

Leverage the equipment you already have and create increased sales from catering. From simple self-service to events, catering allows you to cook more, serve more, and make more $$.

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Sides Are the New Center of Attention

Side dishes are getting new respect. Not only do innovative and seasonal sides spark appetite appeal, they can provide a complete meal to vegetarian and vegan customers. That versatility makes side dishes huge—both for customer accommodation and profit potential. Learn more and get the recipes here.

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Engineer Your Menu Around Profits

Your menu is a powerful tool for building business. Learn how item placement, category organization, pricing, and design can help improve your profitability.

Snack Attack! – Feeding the Nation’s Noshers

American consumers aren’t living by breakfast, lunch and dinner anymore. Learn how you can leverage the growing demand for snacks in this issue of Mix Magazine.

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