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Smartfood Popcorn Doesn’t Hit Like It Used To

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In 2012, Frito-Lay announced it was expanding the Smartfood line of snacks, adding new flavors for the first time in the brands history. Relying on a corporation to provide your favorite food means you have no control over it. Even after Frito-Lay bought Smartfood in 1989, for a long time it was just Smartfood.

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Restaurants with Strong Brand Identities Captivate Gen Z

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Born between 1997 and 2012, Generation Z is a demographic known for being tech-savvy and socially conscious. Optimize Mobile Ordering Creating and executing a convenient mobile ordering experience for your customers is extremely important, and it will keep them coming back for ease of use and accessibility.

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How To Attract Gen Z Customers to Your Restaurant

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Gen Z is a generation born from 1997 to 2012 , with the oldest members turning 25 this year. But that does not mean that they are married to the idea of cooking at home for every meal, so offer as many dining options as possible including dine-in, carryout, online ordering, curbside pick-up, and delivery. percent of the U.S.

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Effectively Targeting and Marketing to Gen Z

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This new year is a perfect time to begin shaping a long-term vision and identifying opportunities for growing your restaurant or food services business over the next ten years. The sheer market size of Gen Z and their discretionary spending dollars should make restaurants and food services businesses sit up and take notice.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-June 2021 Edition

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In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we have news of a possible-robust recovery for restaurants, home delivery and top food delivery apps. As diners head back into restaurants, new restaurant and food businesses are opening at near pre-pandemic levels. When ordering drinks, almost 3 in 5 prefer ordering through table service.

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Taco Bell’s New Giant Cheez-It Is the Stuff of Fast Food Fever Dreams 

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Taco Bell The chain’s latest menu gimmicks are improbably good After a decade or so of writing about food, I am relatively immune to a fast-food gimmick. on a Saturday, the perfect time to indulge in what is essentially a fast-food fever dream. I ordered both the new Giant Cheez-It Tostada and the Giant Cheez-It Crunchwrap.

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Who’s Paying for the Great Delivery Wars?

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It’s probably not Uber Eats, Postmates, or Grubhub 2020 was an undeniably big year for food delivery. Not only was it convenient, it was also an ethical imperative: If you wanted to see your favorite restaurant survive, you needed to order out. Seamless was founded in 1999, Grubhub in 2004, Postmates in 2011, and DoorDash in 2012.

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