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Bullish about breakfast

4/17/2023

 
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​In recent months, a number of restaurant executives have been seeing potential for rapid growth in the breakfast segment – particularly as people have returned to the office and to school with greater regularity after the pandemic. CEOs from brands ranging from Starbucks to McDonald’s to Wendy’s have spoken out about the strength of the daypart in earnings calls – and other brands are tapping into opportunities for both innovation and for showcasing fresh ingredients that the breakfast menu can deliver. Specifically, restaurant brands are offering creative twists on traditional breakfast dishes, featuring lifestyle-focused options for plant-based, gluten-free and high-protein diets, and even boosting check totals through new alcoholic beverage options beyond the mimosa. A recent Restaurant Dive report mentioned Snooze’s Bountiful Buddha Bowl, a plant-based concoction of a vegetables, black rice, quinoa, kale and golden raisins, as well as First Watch’s brunch-themed cocktails, including a Pomegranate Sunrise and Cinnamon Toast Cereal Milk. There is also room for growth in breakfast delivery as more brands adapt their menus and their technology to off-premise early morning diners.

Could breakfast be your most important meal?

12/5/2022

 
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Recent research from the NPD Group found that breakfast traffic has been growing at U.S. restaurants and was within 1 percent of recovering its pre-pandemic levels. Quick-service restaurants capture the vast majority of breakfast traffic – 87 percent of it – so if you’re looking for ways to build business in this daypart, consider how you might entice guests with offerings that can be enjoyed on the go, or which can travel easily to home or office. That’s particularly true as many people have resumed their pre-pandemic schedule, along with the eating habits that go with it.

​It’s always time for breakfast

10/4/2021

 
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The pandemic has elevated consumer interest in breakfast – and not just at what is typically thought of as breakfast time. According to a recent survey of more than 2,000 adults by the Harris Poll and General Mills Foodservice, 24 percent of Americans say they have eaten more breakfast foods during the pandemic and 79 percent have eaten breakfast foods outside the hours of the traditional daypart, Winsight reports. Consider testing the boundaries of breakfast by offering traditional breakfast items – or creative twists on them – on your lunch, dinner, snack and even dessert menus.

​Benefit from blended day parts

5/24/2021

 
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Even as the pandemic looks to be winding down, consumers will likely hold on to some habits and patterns they adopted in the past year – working from home more often, for example, or flexing their meal schedule. As a result, restaurant operators may see a need to blend their day parts by extending their breakfast menu beyond the morning hours or developing new dishes that can work at various times of day. Blending day parts can help kitchens make the most of their inventory by spreading it out farther – and simply give guests more reasons to order throughout the day.

​Breakfast envy

6/8/2020

 
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These times call for creativity across a restaurant’s operations. When it comes to your ingredients, do you have an item that is ripe for reinvention? Consider this one: soft pretzels. Not simply stars of any snack or appetizer menu, they can enhance your entrées as a recipe ingredient. Try a skillet strata combining soft, doughy pretzel pieces with egg, cheese, onion, bacon and spinach for serious comfort food. 

Breakfast and beyond

3/30/2020

 
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Breakfast foods mean comfort – and who doesn’t want more of that right now? They’re also versatile. Many breakfast dishes can be tweaked into satisfying weeknight meals by adding some heat or global flavor, switching up the proteins or testing new presentations. 

​An egg-cellent start

3/16/2020

 
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Want to add some excitement to your brunch menu? Eggs – in all of their forms – provide a solid foundation for a wide range of spicy combinations, from Shakshuka to huevos rancheros. Even classics like Eggs Benedict can benefit from some experimentation. Try a Chilaquiles Eggs Benedict topped with a green chili Hollandaise sauce. It’s crowd-pleasing comfort food.

Sweet and savory in a single package

12/23/2019

 
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What are the holidays without comfort food? If you’re looking for something that brings savory and slightly sweet tastes to your breakfast menu, consider the sausage kolache (or klobasnek, according to its Czech roots). A mainstay in parts of Texas, the sausage kolache is a pillowy, mildly sweet dough filled with sausage and cheese. In the Czech Republic, kolaches can be filled with various combinations of fruit, cheese and other ingredients.

Bacon’s rebellion

11/11/2019

 
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Plant-based proteins, to this point, have largely been branded as a nice-to-have option for flexitarians. But a looming pork shortage (or what some may consider a bacon emergency) could make plant-based proteins a more urgent need. An NPR report estimates that by the end of this year, China’s pig population could be cut in half, which will result in high pork prices in the U.S. The Spoon predicts that the conditions will be good news for the growing number of producers of plant-based pork products – and bacon, in particular. Restaurant operators should also have sufficient bacon alternatives to offer on their menus.

​Boost breakfast with savory seasonings

9/2/2019

 
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Does your breakfast menu need a new creative twist? Try to boost your breakfast options with on-trend savory flavors. Restaurant Business reports that combinations such as bean-topped grain bowls are on the rise this year, along with such global dishes as shakshuka and chilaquiles. On the side, consider offering new varieties of sausage with seasonings ranging from Cajun to jalapeño.
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