Vol. XXII, No. 10, October 2022
- Pumpkin breaks record for largest ever grown in North America
- Drinking is falling out of vogue
- Getting LBE design right the first time
- Healthy kids' meals trending in the restaurant industry
- Are Dave & Buster's comparable store sales really booming?
- How important are restaurant reviews?
- Participation in Halloween-related activities to be at pre-pandemic levels
- Pickleball's popularity and hospitality venues growing
- Interest in non-alcoholic beverages on the decline
- Define your ideal customer - or be magnetic to no one
- Davis Mega Maze Colossal Adventures' corn maze among country's best
- Keeping up with guests' increasingly dynamic preferences
- Robotics creating pizzatainment
- More thoughts on socialized gaming, aka competitive socializing
- Can competitive socialization work with F1 simulators?
Healthy kids' meals trending in the restaurant industry
Big-name restaurant chains plan to offer healthier menu choices for children meeting the National Restaurant Association's Kids LiveWell (KWL) standards. Applebee's, Bonefish Grill, Carrabba's, Denny's, Firebirds, IHOP, Joe's Crab Shack, Outback Steakhouse, Panda Express, Buffalo Wild Wings, Burger King, Chipotle, First Watch, Golden Corral, Silver Diner, and Subway have committed to offering menu options nationally that meet the KLW standards. These additional brands add more than 45,000 participating restaurants to the program, quadrupling the number of outlets providing KLW meal options.
Restaurants participating in the voluntary KLW program commit to offering healthful menu items for children with a focus on increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables, lean proteins, and low-fat dairy while limiting unhealthy fats, added sugars, and sodium. Every restaurant must have two meals and two sides that meet the KLW criteria and a default kind's menu beverage policy that includes only water, low-fat or non-fat milk, and 100% fruit or vegetable juice.
The widespread adoption of KLW by so many national restaurant chains that are popular with families with children will raise the expectation of parents to find healthful kid menu options at any restaurant or location-based entertainment venue offering food they visit with their families.
Food service establishments wanting to find out how to join KLW can find the information here.
Vol. XXII, No. 10, October 2022
- Pumpkin breaks record for largest ever grown in North America
- Drinking is falling out of vogue
- Getting LBE design right the first time
- Healthy kids' meals trending in the restaurant industry
- Are Dave & Buster's comparable store sales really booming?
- How important are restaurant reviews?
- Participation in Halloween-related activities to be at pre-pandemic levels
- Pickleball's popularity and hospitality venues growing
- Interest in non-alcoholic beverages on the decline
- Define your ideal customer - or be magnetic to no one
- Davis Mega Maze Colossal Adventures' corn maze among country's best
- Keeping up with guests' increasingly dynamic preferences
- Robotics creating pizzatainment
- More thoughts on socialized gaming, aka competitive socializing
- Can competitive socialization work with F1 simulators?
