Prepared Foods talks with Tom Preniczky, a research and development specialist at Sweet Street Desserts, a Reading, Pa., desserts manufacturer and foodservice supplier.

McDonald’s restaurants throughout Northern Nevada are “thinking outside the fry box” as they introduced an exciting new menu item.

General Mills’ Convenience & Foodservice Division has created Pillsbury Mini Bagels for K-12 school foodservice operators.

The culinary experts who brought such innovative breakfast favorites as stuffed “Waffullicious” Waffles and Brioche French Toast have once again found a present a unique breakfast item: Criss-Croissants™.

Dunkin' Donuts unveiled one of its most significant menu initiatives for 2015, announcing plans for a new beverage platform that will follow the installations of new blenders at Dunkin' Donuts restaurants throughout the U.S. Dunkin' Donuts' new lineup of blended beverages will feature Smoothies made with real fruit and yogurt, Coolatta® Lites and Frozen Dunkaccino®.

Against tough competition from other sandwiches and flat to declining restaurant traffic, burgers ordered at U.S. restaurants and foodservice outlets had a banner year in 2014, finds foodservice market research from The NPD Group, a leading global information company. There were 9 billion servings of burgers ordered at U.S. restaurants and foodservice outlets last year, an increase of 3 percent compared to prior year, according to NPD’s ongoing foodservice market research.

Acosta Sales & Marketing, a sales and marketing agency in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, and Technomic, a fact-based research and consulting firm in the food industry, released The Why? Behind The Dine, a joint foodservice report that analyzes how consumers determine what’s for dinner.

 One of the biggest takeaways from Technomic’s recently released “Healthy Eating Consumer Trend Report” is that health is very much a do-it-yourself concept for today’s American consumers.  

Comprising approximately 28 percent of retail foodservice and generating $11.2 billion in sales, proprietary convenience-store foodservice has become a key area of opportunity across the country. Technomic's Convenience Stores Market Intelligence Report compiles exclusive data to understand market opportunities.

Prepared Foods talks with Trevor Williams, a corporate chef with Kraft Foodservice, Northfield, Ill.