Kathy Hayden Blog Articles

The 94th annual National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show descended on Chicago with four days of a packed trade show floor. Better-for-you (BFY) food and beverage items ruled ...

Spring is bringing bushels of fresh salad ideas to menus. Strawberry has been a popular salad ingredient over the past few years, and the trend continues this year ...

March menus showed a lot of "luck o' the Irish," with the usual stouts, whiskeys and green beer on display. Beyond Irish elixirs, last month ushered in plenty ...

Last year, Mintel chose American regional cuisines as a major trend to watch, and the trend continues apace in 2013. Menu items that reference broad cultural and regional ...

In naming "Where's the Beef" as a 2013 foodservice trend, Mintel Menu Insights noted that rising beef prices will prompt operators to continue innovating around the center of ...

As 2012 draws to a close, Mintel recalls some of the noteworthy foodservice stories of the year. Here, in no particular order, are 10 of the stories that ...

A funny thing happens when consumers continue to downgrade their dining from fine or casual dining to quick service and fast casual restaurants. What happens is that burgers ...

Sodium levels may be the next subject of scrutiny on restaurant plates, but before that happens salt is showing up in some unexpected places?like desserts and beverages?on mainstream ...

Nothing says "summer" like a bright red slice of watermelon, and this this seasonal association has not been lost on recent menus, where the fruit or the flavor ...

The latest thing in the beverage world is bubbles. Sure, carbonated beverages have been popular for decades, but the latest versions add fizz in new formulations and are ...