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June 08, 2016 - Entrees, Menu, Research, Technomic, Community Post, Salads

Top Entrée Salad Health Claims

Top Entrée Salad Health Claims The top health claim for entrée salads is “gluten-free,” appearing 135 times on Canadian menus. Operators are increasingly pointing out gluten-free options on their menus to appeal to diners with dietary restrictions and those who choose to follow gluten-free diets as a healthy lifestyle. Although many salads are already inherently gluten-free, restaurant menus are ...

June 08, 2016 - Entrees, Menu, Research, Technomic, Community Post, Salads

Top Entrée Salad Health Claims

Top Entrée Salad Health Claims The top health claim for entrée salads is “gluten-free,” appearing 135 times on Canadian menus. Operators are increasingly pointing out gluten-free options on their ...
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May 13, 2016 - Franchise, Franchising, Growth, Members, profit, Research, Business, Business model, Community Post, General, Restaurant Owner

Developing the franchise model for your restaurant

Developing the franchise model for your restaurant As you develop your franchise model or system, or more specifically the precise model which you intend to build out as a system, there are numerous ...
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May 10, 2016 - Members, Research, Restaurants Canada News, Community Post, General

Conventional coffee most common on Canadian menus

Conventional coffee most common on Canadian menus The top type of coffee drink on Canadian menus is conventional coffee and/or filter coffee, according to MenuMonitor data. Although specialty coffees ...
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May 05, 2016 - Costs, Franchising, Growth, Member, Members, Profits, Research, Business, Community Post, Finance, General, Restaurant Owner

Items to consider before franchising your restaurant

Items to consider before franchising your restaurant Franchise lawyers regularly get calls from business owners who are considering taking the step of franchising for the first time, and are asked ...
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May 03, 2016 - Drinks, Research, Beverages, Community Post, Flavours, General, Menus, Spirits, The Keg, Trends

Citrus and berry flavours most popular in specialty adult beverages

Citrus and berry flavours most popular in specialty adult beverages The leading flavour in specialty adult beverages on Canadian menus is lime. Listed 337 times on Canadian menus on Technomic’s ...
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April 28, 2016 - Insights, Members, Menu, Menu Development, Research, Technomic, Ethnic Foods, Menu Ideas, Mexican, Tacos, Trends

Top Mexican Entrées

Top Mexican Entrées According to Technomic’s MenuMonitor database, the top Mexican entrées on Canadian menus is tacos and taquitos.. On the one hand, authenticity is key as interest in street food ...
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April 01, 2016 - Members, Menu, Research, Burgers, Cheese, Trends

WHAT'S TRENDING: Top Cheeses on Burgers

TRENDING: Top Cheeses on Burgers It’s not a surprise that Canadian menus feature cheddar as the top choice for cheeses on burgers, by a large margin. Most cheddar-topped burgers use a mild variety, ...
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March 08, 2016 - A&W Canada, Foodservice, International Women's Day, International Women's Day 2016, IWD2016, Members, Research, Women, Restaurants, Community Post, Demographics, General, Jean Lumb, Minhas Brewery, Susan Senecal

IWD2016: Celebrating the Women in the Canadian Restaurant Industry

Join us today in celebrating International Women’s Day 2016. A day that marks both the plights and achievements of women around the world, International Women’s Day was first organized in 1911 by ...
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March 03, 2016 - Branding, copy, Copywriting, photography, Research, Restaurants, Community Post, General, Marketing, Restaurant Marketing

6 rules for writing good restaurant marketing material

Businesses are often told that they should be spending anywhere between 10 per cent to 30 per cent of their sales on advertising and marketing. For some smaller restaurant operators, this is a ...
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February 16, 2016 - Alberta, Atlantic Canada, Canadian Dollar, Canadian Economy, Economist's Notebook, Economy, Members, Oil, Research, SMBs, Restaurants, Business, Commodities, Manitoba, Ontario, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Western Canada

Outlook for 2016: An Economist's Dilemma

Between oil prices and the stock market, there’s a lot of uncertainty about what lies ahead for the Canadian economy. Even the major economic forecasters can’t agree, since they’re predicting real ...
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