Tag: Trends

Ancillary offerings that are complementary to the main entree are the fastest-growing mealparts at limited-service restaurants, becoming increasingly significant in driving sales. Add-ons and sides have become especially popular as consumers seek personalization...

Operators at emerging Canadian chain restaurants are utilizing both classic and specialty herbs, seeds and spices to enhance well-known dishes and drinks. These options are typically paired with other popular flavours to amplify...

Canadian full-service operators are turning to seafood for a variety of reasons, from promoting protein-forward and lighter fare to providing more premium choices (as the addition of seafood adds on average $3.84 to...

Canadian pizza operators are getting increasingly creative with what they are putting on pizzas and how they are using sauces as an upgrade. Trendy and spicy sauces are proliferating on menus, as well...

Canadian operators are turning to the classics when it comes to menuing pasta. The fastest-growing noodles in entrees are those wholesome Italian feel-good pastas, starting with rigatoni. Rigatoni is a tube-shaped Roman noodle...

Canadian full-service restaurants are spotlighting a variety of vegetables on menus, with a particular focus on distinct mushrooms. Chanterelle, black truffle and porcini mushrooms are proliferating on menus. The somewhat fruity, meaty chanterelle...

Canadian operators are leaning into premium options and comforting flavours when it comes to sauces in appetizers. Butter chicken sauce is the fastest-growing sauce in this category. This rich and creamy Indian sauce...

Canadian operators are turning to versatile ingredients that can be used in a variety of interesting applications. Tapioca is the fastest-growing ingredient in nonalcohol beverages. These small boba pearls made from South American...

Canadian operators are menuing a variety of seafood in entrees, much of which can be paired together for extra indulgence, such as crab with caviar. Additionally, many of these seafood items can be...

Canadian food trucks are menuing common ingredients that can be used in multiple applications. As these types of operators are often under significant space constraints, this type of versatility in ingredients can be...